senator

See also: Senator and senátor

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin senātor, ultimately from senex (“old”).

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈsɛn.ə.tə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈsɛn.ə.tɚ/, /ˈsɛn.ə.ɾɚ/

Noun

senator (plural senators)

  1. A member, normally elected, in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate. The legislatures of the United States and Canada have senators.
    • 2003, Olga Gardner Galvin, The Alphabet Challenge, Page 31
      It was disbanded when Derrick was only six, after that grouchy old ultra-Libertarian senator Timothy de Illy
  2. (historical) A position in government held in ancient Rome by experienced, elder officials as advisors or consultants for younger, less experienced functionaries.
  3. A member of the king's council.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Burrill to this entry?)

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Dutch

Etymology

From Latin senātor, ultimately from senex (“old”).

Pronunciation
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: se‧na‧tor

Noun

senator m (plural senatoren or senators, diminutive senatortje n)

  1. senator

Ladin

Noun

senator f (plural senatores)

  1. senator

Latin

Etymology

From senātus (“senate”) +‎ -tor, originally from senex (“old”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /seˈnaː.tor/, [sɛˈnaː.tɔr]

Noun

senātor m (genitive senātōris); third declension

  1. senator, member of the Roman Senate

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative senātor senātōrēs
Genitive senātōris senātōrum
Dative senātōrī senātōribus
Accusative senātōrem senātōrēs
Ablative senātōre senātōribus
Vocative senātor senātōrēs

Derived terms

Descendants

References
  • senator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • senator in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • senator in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

senator m (definite singular senatoren, indefinite plural senatorer, definite plural senatorene)

  1. (politics) a senator

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

senator m (definite singular senatoren, indefinite plural senatorar, definite plural senatorane)

  1. (politics) a senator

References

Old French

Etymology

From Latin senātor.

Noun

senator m (oblique plural senators, nominative singular senators, nominative plural senator)

  1. senator (in Ancient Rome)

Romanian

Etymology

From French sénateur, Latin senātor.

Noun

senator m (plural senatori)

  1. senator

Declension
declension of senator
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) senator senatorul (niște) senatori senatorii
genitive/dative (unui) senator senatorului (unor) senatori senatorilor
vocative senatorule senatorilor

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From sènāt.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sěnaːtor/
  • Hyphenation: se‧na‧tor

Noun

sènātor m (Cyrillic spelling сѐна̄тор)

  1. senator

Declension
Declension of senator
singular plural
nominative senator senatori
genitive senatora senatora
dative senatoru senatorima
accusative senatora senatore
vocative senatore senatori
locative senatoru senatorima
instrumental senatorom senatorima

References
  • “senator” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Swedish

Noun

senator c

  1. a senator (member of a senate)

Declension
Declension of senator 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative senator senatorn senatorer senatorerna
Genitive senators senatorns senatorers senatorernas
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