English

Alternative forms

• inventour (obsolete)

Noun

inventor ‎(plural inventors)

1. One who invents, either as a hobby or as an occupation.

Coordinate terms

• inventress
• inventrix

Related terms

• invent
• inventer
• invention

Translations

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin inventor, inventorem.

Adjective

inventor m ‎(feminine inventora, masculine plural inventors, feminine plural inventores)

1. inventive

Noun

inventor m ‎(plural inventors, feminine inventora)

1. inventor

Related terms

• inventar
• invenció

Latin

Etymology

From inventus, from invenio.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /inˈwen.tor/, [ɪnˈwɛn.tɔr]

Noun

inventor m ‎(genitive inventōris); third declension

1. contriver, author, discoverer, inventor

Inflection

Third declension.

Related terms

• inventio

Descendants

References

• inventor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• inventor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• INVENTOR in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “inventor”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • a legislator: legum scriptor, conditor, inventor
    

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin inventor, inventorem.

Noun

inventor m (plural inventores, feminine inventora, feminine plural inventoras)

1. inventor (one who invents things)

Related terms

• inventar
• invenção

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin inventor, inventorem.

Noun

inventor m ‎(plural inventores)

1. inventor (one who invents things)

Related terms

• inventar
• invención