redactor

English

Etymology

From redact +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈdæktə(ɹ)/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

Noun

redactor (plural redactors)

1. A person who redacts: one who edits or compiles texts; one who censors portions of them.
   • 1999, Emanuel Tov, The Greek and Hebrew Bible: Collected Essays on the Septuagint:

     Why the redactor created this conflate version, despite its inconsistencies, is a matter of conjecture.

Derived terms

• redactor-in-chief

 

Related terms

• redact
• redaction

Further reading

• “redactor”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “redactor”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• carroted, creotard

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [rə.ðəkˈto]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [re.ðakˈtoɾ]

Noun

redactor m (plural redactors, feminine redactora)

1. editor (of a publication)

Related terms

• redactar

Further reading

• “redactor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Portuguese

Noun

redactor m (plural redactores, feminine redactora, feminine plural redactoras)

1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of redator. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn't come into effect; may occur as a sporadic misspelling.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French rédacteur.

Noun

redactor m (plural redactori)

1. editor

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	redactor	redactorul		redactori	redactorii
genitive-dative	redactor	redactorului		redactori	redactorilor
vocative	redactorule			redactorilor

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /redaɡˈtoɾ/ [re.ð̞aɣ̞ˈt̪oɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: re‧dac‧tor

Noun

redactor m (plural redactores, feminine redactora, feminine plural redactoras)

1. editor (especially of a publication)

   redactor jefe ― editor in chief

Related terms

• redactar

 

Further reading

• “redactor”, 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