operator

See also: Operator, operatör, operatőr, operatør, and operátor

operator - English

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈɒpəˌɹeɪtə/
(General American) IPA: /ˈɑpəˌɹeɪtɚ/
Hyphenation: op‧er‧ator

Noun

operator (countable and uncountable, plural operators)

One who operates.
A telecommunications facilitator whose job is to establish temporary network connections.
(mathematics) A function or other mapping that carries variables defined on a domain into another variable or set of variables in a defined range.
(uncountable) The game of Chinese whispers.
(informal) A person who is adept at making deals or getting results, especially one who uses questionable methods.
A member of a military special operations unit.
(computing) The administrator of a channel or network on IRC.
(computing) A symbol that represents a construct in a programming language and differs from a normal function in its syntax.
(linguistics) A kind of expression that enters into an a-bar movement dependency and is said to bind a variable.
- In the sentence "What did Bill say he wants to buy?", "what" is an operator, binding a phonetically empty variable.

Hyponyms

Derived terms

operator theory

Related terms

Translations

Belarusian: апера́тар m (apjerátar)
Bulgarian: опера́тор (bg) m (operátor)
Chinese:
- Mandarin: 操作者 (zh) (cāozuòzhě)
Danish: operatør
Dutch: bediener (nl) m
Finnish: toimija (fi), operaattori (fi); käyttäjä (fi), koneenkäyttäjä (fi) (machine operator), kuljettaja (fi) (lit. driver); liikennöitsijä (fi) (transportation)
French: opérateur (fr) m
Galician: operador (gl) m
German: Betreiber (de) m
Greek: χειριστής (el) m (cheiristís)
Hebrew: מפעיל‎ m (maf3íl)
Hungarian: kezelő (hu), gépkezelő (hu), üzemeltető, üzembentartó
Japanese: 操作者 (そうさしゃ, sōsasha), オペレーター (operētā)
Korean: 조작자 (jojakja), 오퍼레이터 (opeoreiteo)
Macedonian: опера́тор m (operátor)
Polish: operator (pl) m
Portuguese: operador (pt) m
Romanian: operator (ro) m
Russian: опера́тор (ru) m (operátor)
Serbo-Croatian: operater (sh) m, оператер m
Spanish: operador (es) m
Swedish: operatör (sv) c
Turkish: operatör (tr)
Ukrainian: опера́тор m (operátor)

Chinese:
- Mandarin: 話務員／话务员 (zh) (huàwùyuán), 接線員／接线员 (zh) (jiēxiànyuán)
Danish: telefonist, telefonistinde
Finnish: operaattori (fi), teleoperaattori (fi); keskuksenhoitaja, vaihteenhoitaja
French: téléphoniste (fr) m or f
Galician: telefonista m or f
German: Telefonist (de) f, Telefonistin (de) f, Vermittlung (de) f
Greek: τηλεφωνητής (el) m (tilefonitís), τηλεφωνήτρια (el) f (tilefonítria)
Hebrew: מרכזיה‎ f (merkaziyá)
Hungarian: kezelő (hu), operátor (hu), (archaic) telefonos kisasszony
Japanese: 交換手 (こうかんしゅ, kōkanshu)
Persian: اپراتور‎ (fa) (operâtor), تلفنچی‎ (fa) (telefonči)
Polish: operator (pl) m
Portuguese: telefonista m or f
Romanian: operator (ro) m, operatoare (ro) f, telefonistă (ro) f
Russian: телефони́ст (ru) m (telefoníst), телефони́стка (ru) f (telefonístka), опера́тор (ru) m (operátor)
Serbo-Croatian: operater (sh) m, оператер m
Swedish: telefonist (sv) c, telebolag n, operatör (sv) c
Turkish: operatör (tr)

Chinese:
- Mandarin: 算子 (zh) (suànzi)
Czech: operátor (cs) m
Danish: operator
Esperanto: operacio (eo)
Finnish: operaattori (fi)
French: opérateur (fr) m
German: Operator (de) m, Rechenzeichen (de) n
Greek: τελεστής (el) m (telestís)
Hungarian: műveleti jel (hu), operátor (hu)
Icelandic: virki m
Italian: operatore (it) m
Japanese: 演算子 (えんざんし, enzanshi), 作用素 (ja) (さようそ, sayōso)
Kazakh: оператор (operator)
Persian: عملگر‎ (fa) ('amalgar), عملیپتال‎ (fa)
Polish: operator (pl) m
Portuguese: operador (pt) m
Romanian: operator (ro) m
Russian: опера́тор (ru) m (operátor)
Serbo-Croatian: operator (sh) m, djelatelj m
Swedish: operator (sv) c
Tagalog: pakilos
Turkish: operatör (tr)

Greek: διαχειριστής (el) m (diacheiristís), διαχειρίστρια (el) f (diacheirístria)

Anagrams

aeroport, aëroport, poor rate

operator - Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA: /o.peˈraː.tor/, [ɔpɛˈräːt̪ɔr]
(Ecclesiastical) IPA: /o.peˈra.tor/, [opeˈräːt̪or]

Noun

operātor m (genitive operātōris); third declension

worker, operator

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	operātor	operātōrēs
Genitive	operātōris	operātōrum
Dative	operātōrī	operātōribus
Accusative	operātōrem	operātōrēs
Ablative	operātōre	operātōribus
Vocative	operātor	operātōrēs

Descendants

Catalan: obrador
→ English: operator
→ French: opérateur
Italian: operatore
Old French: ovrëor
- French: ouvreur
Piedmontese: operator
Portuguese: obrador
→ Romanian: operator
→ Russian: опера́тор (operátor)
Spanish: obrador

Verb

operātor

second/third-person singular future active imperative of operor

operator - Northern Kurdish

Pronunciation

IPA: /oːpɛɾɑːˈtoːɾ/

Noun

operator ?

surgeon

operator - Polish

Pronunciation

IPA: /ɔ.pɛˈra.tɔr/
Syllabification: o‧pe‧ra‧tor

Noun

operator m pers (feminine operatorka)

machinist, operator
(medicine) surgeon
- Synonym: chirurg
(cinematography) cameraman, cinematographer
(telecommunications) operator (company providing operator services)

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	operator	operatorzy/operatory (depreciative)
genitive	operatora	operatorów
dative	operatorowi	operatorom
accusative	operatora	operatorów
instrumental	operatorem	operatorami
locative	operatorze	operatorach
vocative	operatorze	operatorzy

Noun

operator m inan

(mathematics) operator
(linguistics) operator

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	operator	operatory
genitive	operatoru	operatorów
dative	operatorowi	operatorom
accusative	operator	operatory
instrumental	operatorem	operatorami
locative	operatorze	operatorach
vocative	operatorze	operatory

Derived terms

adjectives

operatorowy
operatorski

noun

operatornia

operator - Romanian

Adjective

operator m or n (feminine singular operatoare, masculine plural operatori, feminine and neuter plural operatoare)

operating

Declension

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	operator		operatoare	operatori	operatoare
nominative/ accusative	definite	operatorul		operatoarea	operatorii	operatoarele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	operator		operatoare	operatori	operatoare
genitive/ dative	definite	operatorului		operatoarei	operatorilor	operatoarelor

Noun

operator m (plural operatori)

worker, operator

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) operator	operatorul	(niște) operatori	operatorii
genitive/dative	(unui) operator	operatorului	(unor) operatori	operatorilor
vocative	operatorule		operatorilor

operator - Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

IPA: /opěraːtor/
Hyphenation: o‧pe‧ra‧tor

Noun

opèrātor m (Cyrillic spelling опѐра̄тор)

(mathematics) operator

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	operator	operatori
genitive	operatora	operatora
dative	operatoru	operatorima
accusative	operator	operatore
vocative	operatore	operatori
locative	operatoru	operatorima
instrumental	operatorom	operatorima

operator - Swedish

Noun

operator c

(mathematics, computing) an operator

Declension

Declension of operator
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	operator	operatorn	operatorer	operatorerna
Genitive	operators	operatorns	operatorers	operatorernas