interpreter
nounEtymology
From Middle English interpreter, interpretour, etc., from Old French interpreteur, interpreteeur, etc., from Late Latin interpretātōr, from classical Latin interpretātus (“explained, translated”) + -or (“-er: forming agent nouns”), from interpretārī (“to explain, to translate”), from interpres (“go-between, translator”) + -ārī (“to be ~ed”), q.v. In reference to divine emissaries, a calque of Mercury's Latin epithet interpres divum (“go-between of the gods”). In reference to the rhetorical device, a calque of Latin interpretatio. Equivalent to interpret + -er. Displaced native Old English wealhstod.
- derived from interpretatio
- derived from interpretātus
- derived from interpretātōr
- derived from interpreteur
- inherited from interpreter
Definitions
A person or thing that interprets the meaning of something for another, particularly
- ... an interpreter of dreams ...
A person or thing that interprets the meaning of something for another
- A Japanese man who is tried before a German court is assisted by an interpreter in making oral statements.
- ... when you ſallie vpon him, ſpeake what terrible Language you will: though you vnderſtand it not your ſelues, no matter: for we must not ſeeme to vnderſtand him, vnleſſe ſome one among vs, whom wee must produce for an Interpreter.
- I had many Acquaintance among Persons of the best Fashion, and being always attended by my Interpreter, the Conversation we had was not disagreeable.
The neighborhood
- synonymdecoder
- synonymelucidator
- synonymexplainer
- synonymexplicator
- synonymexpounder
- synonymterp
- neighborinterpret
- neighborinterpretation
- neighborinterpretive
- neighborinterpretorial
- neighborcomputer program
- neighborexegete
- neighborcourt interpreter
- neighborsimultaneous interpreter
- neighborparts interpreter
- neighborcommand-line interpreter
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at interpreter. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at interpreter. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
8 hops · closes at interpreter
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA