locomotor

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -əʊtə(ɹ)

Adjective

locomotor (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to movement or locomotion.
   • 2015 December 3, “Abnormal Motor Activity and Thermoregulation in a Schizophrenia Rat Model for Translational Science”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     Adult animals were implanted with E-Mitter transponders intraabdominally to record body temperature and locomotor activity continuously.

Translations

relating to locomotion

• Romanian: locomotor (ro)

Noun

locomotor (plural locomotors)

1. Something that is capable of locomotion.

Related terms

• locomotor ataxia

Catalan

Etymology

From loco- +‎ motor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [lu.ku.muˈtor]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [lo.ko.moˈtor]

Adjective

locomotor (feminine locomotora, masculine plural locomotors, feminine plural locomotores)

1. locomotive (relating to locomotion)

Related terms

• locomoció
• locomotora

Further reading

• “locomotor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “locomotor”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “locomotor” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “locomotor” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Adjective

locomotor (feminine locomotora, masculine plural locomotores, feminine plural locomotoras)

1. locomotive (relating to locomotion)

Related terms

• locomoción
• locomotora

Further reading

• “locomotor”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /lo.ko.moˈtoʁ/ [lo.ko.moˈtoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /lo.ko.moˈtoʁ/ [lo.ko.moˈtoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /lo.ko.moˈtoɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /lo.ko.moˈtoʁ/ [lo.ko.moˈtoχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /lo.ko.moˈtoɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lu.ku.muˈtoɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lu.ku.muˈtoɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /lu.ku.muˈto.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: lo‧co‧mo‧tor

Adjective

locomotor (feminine locomotora or locomotriz, masculine plural locomotores, feminine plural locomotoras or locomotrizes)

1. locomotive (relating to locomotion)

Related terms

• locomoção
• locomotora

Further reading

• “locomotor”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French locomoteur.

Adjective

locomotor m or n (feminine singular locomotoare, masculine plural locomotori, feminine and neuter plural locomotoare)

1. locomotory

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	locomotor		locomotoare		locomotori	locomotoare
	definite	locomotorul		locomotoarea		locomotorii	locomotoarele
genitive- dative	indefinite	locomotor		locomotoare		locomotori	locomotoare
	definite	locomotorului		locomotoarei		locomotorilor	locomotoarelor

Spanish

Adjective

locomotor (feminine locomotora, masculine plural locomotores, feminine plural locomotoras)

1. locomotive (relating to locomotion)

Related terms

• locomoción
• locomotora

 

Further reading

• “locomotor”, 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