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interpreter
- /ɪnˈtɜː.pɹɪ.tə/ UK
- /ɪnˈtɝ.pɹɪ.tɚ/ US
- [ɪnˈtɝ.pɹɪ.ɾɚ] US
Where it comes from
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.
noun interpreters · interpretour · enterpretour · enterpretor
- A person or thing that interprets the meaning of something for another, particularly ... an interpreter of dreams ...
- A person or thing that translates speech or signing, as opposed to texts. A Japanese man who is tried before a German court is assisted by an interpreter in making oral statements.
- Synonym of translator, one who translates various forms of texts.
- Synonym of commentator, one who explains laws or scripture. ... the holy fathers interpretours of holy scrypture ...
- Synonym of emissary, particularly in reference to Hermes or angels as messengers between humans and the divine.
- Synonym of guide, one who explains a thing, person, or group of people. At the historic site, there are a number of interpreters who demonstrate ancient crafts.
- A thing that, figuratively speaking, performs a similar role explaining, revealing, or clarifying. Leo. ... theſe thy offices (So rarely kind) are as Interpreters Of my behind-hand ſlackneſſe.
- Synonym of synonymy, the use of one term to explain another.
- Synonym of dictionary or glossary, a book that explains uncommon terms.
- A machine that reads the pattern of holes on a punch card and prints its meaning along the top of the card.
- An analyst of reconnaissance photographs.
- A program that converts commands into machine language in real time rather than compiling it in advance. Programs written in BASIC are usually run through an interpreter rather than a compiler.
- A performer who presents a piece of art in a distinct style, particularly so as to make older works relevant to their audience. ... one of the foremost interpreters of Beethoven's piano works ...
Similar: decoder, elucidator, explainer, explicator, expounder, terp
