conductor
English
editAlternative forms
edit- conductour (obsolete)
Etymology
editBorrowed from Middle French conductour, from Old French conduitor, from Latin conductor.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editconductor (plural conductors)
- One who conducts or leads; a guide; a director.
- 1687, [John Dryden], “The Third Part”, in The Hind and the Panther. A Poem, in Three Parts, 2nd edition, London: […] Jacob Tonson […], →OCLC, page 96:
- […] Zeal, the blind conductor of the will;
- (music) A person who conducts an orchestra, choir or other music ensemble; a professional whose occupation is conducting.
- (rail transport) A person who takes tickets on public transportation and also helps passengers.
- train conductor
- tram conductor
- 2022 April 6, “Network News: Booze ban continues as part of move to prioritise women's safety”, in RAIL, number 954, page 6:
- " […] And one of the things that makes me feel safe is when I see the conductor."
- (physics) Something that can transmit electricity, heat, light, or sound.
- Antonyms: dielectric, nonconductor, insulator
- Coordinate term: semiconductor
- 1952, Safety Maintenance:
- Falling conductors may come in contact with grounded objects or puddles of water.
- 1997, Institution of Electrical Engineers, Fourth International Conference on Advances in Power System Control, Operation & Management, 11-13 November 1997, Institution of Electrical Engineers:
- The failure of HIF detection leads to potential hazard to human beings and potential fire. HIFS are usually caused by falling conductors coming into contact with a surface having poor conductivity.
- (mathematics) An ideal of a ring that measures how far it is from being integrally closed
- 1988, F van Oystaeyen, Lieven Le Bruyn, Perspectives in ring theory:
- If c is the conductor ideal for R in R then prime ideals not containing c correspond to localizations yielding discrete valuation rings.
- A grooved sound or staff used for directing instruments, such as lithontriptic forceps; a director.
- (architecture) A leader.
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editCatalan
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin conductōrem (“contractor, employer”).
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): (Central) [kun.dukˈto]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [kon.dukˈto]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [kon.dukˈtoɾ]
Adjective
editconductor (feminine conductora, masculine plural conductors, feminine plural conductores)
Noun
editconductor m (plural conductors)
Related terms
editLatin
editEtymology
editFrom condūcō (“I lead”) + -tor.
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /konˈduk.tor/, [kɔn̪ˈd̪ʊkt̪ɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /konˈduk.tor/, [kon̪ˈd̪ukt̪or]
Noun
editconductor m (genitive conductōris, feminine conductrīx); third declension
- employer, entrepreneur
- contractor
- (physics) conductor (of heat, electricity etc)
Declension
editThird-declension noun.
singular | plural | |
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nominative | conductor | conductōrēs |
genitive | conductōris | conductōrum |
dative | conductōrī | conductōribus |
accusative | conductōrem | conductōrēs |
ablative | conductōre | conductōribus |
vocative | conductor | conductōrēs |
Descendants
edit- Catalan: conductor
- English: conductor
- French: conducteur
- Galician: conductor
- Old French: conduitor
- Portuguese: condutor
- Romanian: conducător, conductor
- Russian: конду́ктор (kondúktor)
- Spanish: conductor
References
edit- “conductor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “conductor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- conductor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- conductor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Portuguese
editNoun
editconductor m (plural conductores, feminine conductora, feminine plural conductoras)
Romanian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French conducteur, from Latin conductor.
Noun
editconductor n (plural conductoare)
Declension
editsingular | plural | ||||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
nominative-accusative | conductor | conductorul | conductoare | conductoarele | |
genitive-dative | conductor | conductorului | conductoare | conductoarelor | |
vocative | conductorule | conductoarelor |
Noun
editconductor m (plural conductori)
Declension
editsingular | plural | ||||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
nominative-accusative | conductor | conductorul | conductori | conductorii | |
genitive-dative | conductor | conductorului | conductori | conductorilor | |
vocative | conductorule | conductorilor |
Spanish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin conductorem (“contractor, employer”). Cognate with English conductor.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /konduɡˈtoɾ/ [kõn̪.d̪uɣ̞ˈt̪oɾ]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -oɾ
- Syllabification: con‧duc‧tor
Noun
editconductor m (plural conductores, feminine conductora, feminine plural conductoras)
- driver
- motorist
- Synonym: motorista
- (Argentina, Uruguay) presenter; host (of a television show)
- Synonym: presentador
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editNoun
editconductor m (plural conductores)
- conductor (transmitter of electricity, heat, light or sound)
Further reading
edit- “conductor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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