compactor - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (original) (raw)
English
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Alternative forms
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Pronunciation
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- (General American) IPA(key): /kɑmˈpæktɚ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kɒmˈpæktə/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -æktə(ɹ)
- Homophone: compacter
Noun
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English Wikipedia has an article on:
compactor (plural compactors)
- A machine that reduces the bulk of waste or other material by compaction.
Derived terms
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Translations
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A Material-reducing Machine
- Dutch: compactor (nl) m
- French: compacteur (fr) m
- German: Stampfer (de) m
- Italian: compattatore m
- Polish: ubijarka (pl) f, zagęszczarka f
- Romanian: compactor (ro) n
- Spanish: compactador m
- Swedish: komprimator c
Latin
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Etymology
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Etymology tree
Latin compingō
Proto-Indo-European *-tōr
Proto-Italic *-tōr
Latin -tor
Latin compāctor
From compingō (“bind, attach, join”) + -tor.
Pronunciation
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- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kɔmˈpaːk.tɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [komˈpak.tor]
Noun
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compāctor m (genitive compāctōris); third declension
Declension
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Third-declension noun.
| | singular | plural | | | ------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | nominative | compāctor | compāctōrēs | | genitive | compāctōris | compāctōrum | | dative | compāctōrī | compāctōribus | | accusative | compāctōrem | compāctōrēs | | ablative | compāctōre | compāctōribus | | vocative | compāctor | compāctōrēs |
Romanian
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Etymology
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Borrowed from French compacteur, from Latin compactor.
Noun
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compactor n (plural compactoare)
Declension
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| | singular | plural | | | | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | | | nominative-accusative | compactor | compactorul | compactoare | compactoarele | | genitive-dative | compactor | compactorului | compactoare | compactoarelor | | vocative | compactorule | compactoarelor | | |