editor
See also: Editor
English
Etymology
From Medieval Latin ēditor, from Late Latin ēditor[1], from ēditus, perfect passive participle of ēdō (“give out, put forth, publish”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɛdɪtə/
- (General American)
- (formal) IPA(key): /ˈɛdɪtəɹ/, [ˈɛˑdɪtɚ]
- (lax) IPA(key): [ˈɛˑɾɪɾɚ]
Audio (US) (file)
- Hyphenation: ed‧i‧tor[2]
Noun
editor (plural editors)
- A person who edits or makes changes to documents.
- A copy editor.
- A person who edited a specific document.
- John Johnson wrote this term paper and the editor was Joan Johnson.
- A person at a newspaper, publisher or similar institution who edits stories and/or decides which ones to publish.
- John is the city editor at the Daily Times.
- A machine used for editing (cutting and splicing) movie film
- (computer software) A program for creating and making changes to files, especially text files.
- The TPU EVE editor is an excellent, extensible, programmable editor.
- (television, cinematography) Someone who manipulates video footage and assembles it into the correct order etc for broadcast; a picture editor.
Derived terms
- copy editor
- edit
- editorial
- editorializing
- editor in chief
- flatbed editor
- preditor
Translations
person who edits
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person who edited a specific document
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newspaper editor
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machine for editing film
program for modifying text files
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someone who manipulates video footage and assembles it into the correct order
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References
- http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/editor
- “editor”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
Catalan
Further reading
- “editor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Czech
Danish
Declension
Declension of editor
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | editor | editoren | editorer | editorerne |
genitive | editors | editorens | editorers | editorernes |
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɛdɪtɔr/
Audio (file)
Latin
Etymology 1
Form of the verb edō (“I eat”).
References
- editor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- editor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ediˈtoɾ/, [eðiˈt̪oɾ]
Related terms
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