commentator

English

Alternative forms

commentatour (archaic)

Etymology

comment +‎ -ator.

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑmənˌteɪtəɹ/

Noun

commentator (plural commentators)

A person who comments; especially someone who is paid to give his/her opinions in the media about current affairs, sports, etc.

Derived terms

commentate

Related terms

commentary

Translations

person who comments

Bulgarian: комента́тор m (komentátor)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 評論員 (zh), 评论员 (zh) (pínglùnyuán)
Czech: komentátor (cs) m
Dutch: commentator (nl) m
Esperanto: komentisto
Finnish: selostaja (fi), kommentaattori (fi)
French: commentateur (fr) m
German: Kommentator m
Greek: σχολιαστής (el) m (scholiastís)

Japanese: コメンテーター (ja) (komentētā), 評論家 (hyōronka)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: kommentator m

Nynorsk: kommentator m
Polish: komentator (pl) m
Portuguese: comentarista (pt) m or f
Russian: коммента́тор (ru) m (kommentátor)
Spanish: comentador m, comentadora f
Telugu: వ్యాఖ్యాత (te) (vyākhyāta)
Thai: นักวิจารณ์ (nák-wí-jaan)

Latin

Verb

commentātor

second-person singular future active imperative of commentor
third-person singular future active imperative of commentor

References

commentator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
commentator in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
commentator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
commentator in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

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