imitator

• imitatour (obsolete)

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imitator (plural imitators)

1. A person who imitates or apes another.

   Synonym: aper

• imitate

• Mariotti, Timariot

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /i.miˈtaː.tor/, [ɪmɪˈt̪äːt̪ɔr]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /i.miˈta.tor/, [imiˈt̪äːt̪or]

imitātor m (genitive imitātōris); third declension

1. imitator
2. mimic

Third-declension noun.

imitātor

1. second/third-person singular future active imperative of imitor

• “imitator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “imitator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• imitator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

From Latin imitator.

imitator m (definite singular imitatoren, indefinite plural imitatorer, definite plural imitatorene)

1. an imitator

• imitere

• “imitator” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “imitator” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

From Latin imitator.

imitator m (definite singular imitatoren, indefinite plural imitatorar, definite plural imitatorane)

1. an imitator

• imitere

• “imitator” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Borrowed from French imitateur, from Latin imitātor.

• IPA^(key): /i.miˈta.tɔr/
• Rhymes: -atɔr
• Syllabification: i‧mi‧ta‧tor

imitator m pers (feminine imitatorka)

1. imitator, mimic

• imitator in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• imitator in Polish dictionaries at PWN

From French imitateur. Equivalent to imita +‎ -tor.

imitator m (plural imitatori)

1. copycat

• IPA^(key): /imǐtaːtor/
• Hyphenation: i‧mi‧ta‧tor

imìtātor m (Cyrillic spelling имѝта̄тор)

1. imitator