"vibrator" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /vaɪˈbɹeɪtə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈvaɪbɹeɪtɚ/ [General-American], [ˈvaɪ̯bɹeɪ̯ɾɚ] [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-vibrator.wav [Southern-England] Forms: vibrators [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ) Etymology: From New Latin vibrātor, from Latin vibrō (“to vibrate”). By surface analysis, vibrate + -or. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|NL.|vibrātor}} New Latin vibrātor, {{der|en|la|vibrō||to vibrate}} Latin vibrō (“to vibrate”), {{surf|en|vibrate|-or}} By surface analysis, vibrate + -or Head templates: {{en-noun}} vibrator (plural vibrators)
  1. A device that vibrates or causes vibration.
    A vibrating device used for massage or sexual stimulation.
    Translations (device used for massage or sexual stimulation): вибра́тор (vibrátor) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 振子 (zhènzǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), 振動器 (Chinese Mandarin), 振动器 (zhèndòngqì) (Chinese Mandarin), vibrátor [masculine] (Czech), hieromalaite (english: massage) (Finnish), vibraattori (Finnish), hieromasauva (english: sexual stimulation) (Finnish), vibromasseur [masculine] (French), vibrador [masculine] (Galician), Vibrator [masculine] (German), δονητής (donitís) [masculine] (Greek), バイブレータ (baiburēta) (Japanese), バイブ (baibu) (Japanese), 진동기 (jindonggi) (alt: 振動器) (Korean), вибра́тор (vibrátor) [masculine] (Macedonian), वाय्ब्रेटर (vāybreṭar) (Marathi), wibrator [masculine] (Polish), vibrador [masculine] (Portuguese), вибра́тор (vibrátor) [masculine] (Russian), vibrátor [masculine] (Slovak), vibrador [masculine] (Spanish), vibratör (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-vibrator-en-noun-M60RJnM1 Disambiguation of 'device used for massage or sexual stimulation': 21 10 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 8
  2. A device that vibrates or causes vibration.
    (historical) A device designed to electromechanically interrupt current flowing to the step-up transformer which was used to generate the high tension positive supply in old battery-operated (automotive) valve radios.
    Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-vibrator-en-noun-xI07T4mJ
  3. A device that vibrates or causes vibration.
    A trembler, as of an electric bell.
    Sense id: en-vibrator-en-noun-f~3q4YMp
  4. A device that vibrates or causes vibration.
    A vibrating reed for transmitting or receiving pulsating currents in a harmonic telegraph system.
    Sense id: en-vibrator-en-noun-PHfFt3-O
  5. A device that vibrates or causes vibration.
    A device for vibrating the pen of a siphon recorder to diminish frictional resistance on the paper.
    Sense id: en-vibrator-en-noun-vN4DUM9V
  6. A device that vibrates or causes vibration.
    An oscillator.
    Categories (topical): Sex
    Sense id: en-vibrator-en-noun-JtrHdz9s Disambiguation of Sex: 8 10 7 7 7 19 7 10 9 14
  7. A device that vibrates or causes vibration.
    An ink-distributing roller in a printing machine, having an additional vibratory motion.
    Sense id: en-vibrator-en-noun-pof4DY8k
  8. A device that vibrates or causes vibration.
    A vibrating reed in a musical instrument, especially a reed organ.
    Sense id: en-vibrator-en-noun-t1KFFhSK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -or Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 14 7 7 14 7 7 23 9 7 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 6 14 6 6 13 6 6 26 9 6 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 5 12 5 6 11 5 5 37 8 5 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -or: 6 13 6 7 12 6 6 27 10 6
  9. A device that vibrates or causes vibration.
    (weaving) Any of various vibrating devices, such as one for slackening the warp as a shed opens.
    Categories (topical): Weaving
    Sense id: en-vibrator-en-noun-jroHcnpp Topics: business, manufacturing, textiles, weaving
  10. A device that vibrates or causes vibration.
    An attachment, usually pneumatic, in a moulding machine to shake the pattern loose.
    Sense id: en-vibrator-en-noun-Vsp3PKOO
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: stick shaker, cat Derived forms: master vibrator Related terms: vibrate, vibrant, vibration Translations (device that causes vibration): вибра́тор (vibrátor) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 振子 (zhènzǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), 振動器 (Chinese Mandarin), 振动器 (zhèndòngqì) (Chinese Mandarin), vibrátor [masculine] (Czech), tärytin (Finnish), väristin (Finnish), vibreur [masculine] (French), vibrador [masculine] (Galician), Vibrator [masculine] (German), δονητής (donitís) [masculine] (Greek), バイブレータ (baiburēta) (Japanese), вибра́тор (vibrátor) [masculine] (Macedonian), wibrator [masculine] (Polish), vibrador [masculine] (Portuguese), вибра́тор (vibrátor) [masculine] (Russian), pambayok (Tagalog), titreşim cihazı (Turkish) Translations (electromechanical current interruptor): vibreur [masculine] (French), δονητής (donitís) [masculine] (Greek), прерыва́тель (preryvátelʹ) [masculine] (Russian)
Disambiguation of 'device that causes vibration': 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 Disambiguation of 'electromechanical current interruptor': 6 19 6 8 14 6 6 22 8 6

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      "word": "vibromasseur"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "device used for massage or sexual stimulation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vibrador"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "device used for massage or sexual stimulation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Vibrator"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "donitís",
      "sense": "device used for massage or sexual stimulation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "δονητής"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "baiburēta",
      "sense": "device used for massage or sexual stimulation",
      "word": "バイブレータ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "baibu",
      "sense": "device used for massage or sexual stimulation",
      "word": "バイブ"
    },
    {
      "alt": "振動器",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jindonggi",
      "sense": "device used for massage or sexual stimulation",
      "word": "진동기"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "vibrátor",
      "sense": "device used for massage or sexual stimulation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "вибра́тор"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "vāybreṭar",
      "sense": "device used for massage or sexual stimulation",
      "word": "वाय्ब्रेटर"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "device used for massage or sexual stimulation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "wibrator"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "device used for massage or sexual stimulation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vibrador"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vibrátor",
      "sense": "device used for massage or sexual stimulation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "вибра́тор"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "device used for massage or sexual stimulation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vibrátor"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "device used for massage or sexual stimulation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vibrador"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "device used for massage or sexual stimulation",
      "word": "vibratör"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "electromechanical current interruptor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vibreur"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "donitís",
      "sense": "electromechanical current interruptor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "δονητής"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "preryvátelʹ",
      "sense": "electromechanical current interruptor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "прерыва́тель"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "vibrator"
  ],
  "word": "vibrator"
}

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