admirator

English

Noun

admirator (plural admirators)

1. (archaic) An admirer; one who admires.

Latin

Etymology

From admīror +‎ -tor.

Noun

admīrātor m (genitive admīrātōris); third declension

1. admirer

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	admīrātor	admīrātōrēs
Genitive	admīrātōris	admīrātōrum
Dative	admīrātōrī	admīrātōribus
Accusative	admīrātōrem	admīrātōrēs
Ablative	admīrātōre	admīrātōribus
Vocative	admīrātor	admīrātōrēs

Descendants

• Catalan: admirador
• French: admirateur
• Galician: admirador
• Italian: ammiratore
• Portuguese: admirador
• Romanian: admirator
• Spanish: admirador

Verb

admīrātor

1. second/third-person singular future active imperative of admīror

References

• “admirator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “admirator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• admirator in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• admirator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin admīrātor. First attested in 1638.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ad.miˈra.tɔr/

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• Rhymes: -atɔr
• Syllabification: ad‧mi‧ra‧tor

Noun

admirator m pers (female equivalent admiratorka)

1. admirer, lover (person who admires something)

   Synonyms: wielbiciel, miłośnik

   gorący admirator ― ardent admirer

   wielki admirator ― great admirer

   admirator muzyki ― music admirer

   admirator sztuki ― art admirer

   admirator czyjegoś dzieła/czyjejś twórczości ― admirer of someone's work

   admirator talentu ― talent admirer

Declension

Declension of admirator

	singular	plural
nominative	admirator	admiratorzy/admiratory (deprecative)
genitive	admiratora	admiratorów
dative	admiratorowi	admiratorom
accusative	admiratora	admiratorów
instrumental	admiratorem	admiratorami
locative	admiratorze	admiratorach
vocative	admiratorze	admiratorzy

Related terms

adjective

• admiracyjny

 

adverb

• (rare) admiracyjnie

 

noun

• admiracja

 

verbs

• admirować impf
• naadmirować pf
• poadmirować pf
• wyadmirować pf

 

Further reading

• admirator in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• admirator in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “admirator”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 8
• admirator in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French admirateur. Equivalent to admira +‎ -tor.

Noun

admirator m (plural admiratori)

1. admirer

Declension

Declension of admirator

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) admirator	admiratorul	(niște) admiratori	admiratorii
genitive/dative	(unui) admirator	admiratorului	(unor) admiratori	admiratorilor
vocative	admiratorule		admiratorilor