impulsor

English

Etymology

Latin impulsor

Noun

impulsor (plural impulsors)

  1. One who or that which impels; an inciter, an instigator.
    • 1658, Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus:
      Which consisting of two Vectes or armes, converted towards each other, the innitency and stresse being made upon the hypomochlion or fulciment in the decussation, the greater compression is made by the union of two impulsors.

References
  • impulsor in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
  • impulsor in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin impulsor.

Adjective

impulsor (feminine impulsora, masculine plural impulsors, feminine plural impulsores)

  1. impulsive

Further reading

Latin

Pronunciation

Noun

impulsor m (genitive impulsōris); third declension

  1. inciter, instigator

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative impulsor impulsōrēs
Genitive impulsōris impulsōrum
Dative impulsōrī impulsōribus
Accusative impulsōrem impulsōrēs
Ablative impulsōre impulsōribus
Vocative impulsor impulsōrēs

Descendants
  • Catalan: impulsor
  • Italian: impulsore
  • Portuguese: impulsor
  • Spanish: impulsor

References
  • “impulsor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “impulsor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin impulsōrem.

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩ.puwˈsoʁ/ [ĩ.puʊ̯ˈsoh]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ĩ.puwˈsoɾ/ [ĩ.puʊ̯ˈsoɾ]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ĩ.puwˈsoʁ/ [ĩ.puʊ̯ˈsoχ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩ.puwˈsoɻ/ [ĩ.puʊ̯ˈsoɻ]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ĩ.pulˈsoɾ/ [ĩ.puɫˈsoɾ]

Adjective

impulsor (feminine impulsora, masculine plural impulsores, feminine plural impulsoras)

  1. impulsive; impellent (which impels, drives)
    Synonyms: impulsivo, impelente

Noun

impulsor m (plural impulsores, feminine impulsora, feminine plural impulsoras)

  1. impulsor; inciter; instigator
    Synonym: instigador

Romanian

Etymology

From French impulseur.

Noun

impulsor n (plural impulsoare)

  1. impeller (of a pump)

Declension
Declension of impulsor
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) impulsor impulsorul (niște) impulsoare impulsoarele
genitive/dative (unui) impulsor impulsorului (unor) impulsoare impulsoarelor
vocative impulsorule impulsoarelor

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin impulsor.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /impulˈsoɾ/ [ĩm.pulˈsoɾ]
  • Rhymes: -oɾ
  • Syllabification: im‧pul‧sor

Adjective

impulsor (feminine impulsora, masculine plural impulsores, feminine plural impulsoras)

  1. driving
  2. impulsive

Noun

impulsor m (plural impulsores)

  1. impeller

Further reading
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