Etymology

From circulate +‎ -orCategory:English terms suffixed with -or#CIRCULATOR.

Pronunciation

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Noun

circulator (plural circulators)Category:English lemmas#CIRCULATORCategory:English nouns#CIRCULATORCategory:English countable nouns#CIRCULATORCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#CIRCULATORCategory:Pages with entries#CIRCULATORCategory:Pages with 3 entries#CIRCULATOR

1. A person or thing that causes something to circulate

   Who is the circulator of this rumor?Category:English terms with usage examples#CIRCULATOR

2. (transportCategory:en:Transport#CIRCULATOR) A local transit system that provides regular service within a closed loop

   You can ride the airport circulator to the next terminal.Category:English terms with usage examples#CIRCULATOR

3. (electronicsCategory:en:Electronics#CIRCULATOR) A passive electronic component with three or more ports, in which the ports can be accessed in such a way that when a signal is fed into any port it is transferred to the next port only

Anagrams

• corticular

Etymology

From circulor +‎ -torCategory:Latin terms suffixed with -tor#CIRCULATOR.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kɪr.kʊˈɫaː.tɔr]Category:Latin 4-syllable words#CIRCULATORCategory:Latin terms with IPA pronunciation#CIRCULATOR
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃir.kuˈlaː.tor]Category:Latin 4-syllable words#CIRCULATORCategory:Latin terms with IPA pronunciation#CIRCULATOR

Noun

circulātor m (genitive circulātōris, feminine circulātrix)Category:Latin lemmas#CIRCULATORCategory:Latin nouns#CIRCULATORCategory:Latin third declension nouns#CIRCULATORCategory:Latin masculine nouns in the third declension#CIRCULATORCategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#CIRCULATORCategory:Latin masculine nouns#CIRCULATORCategory:Pages with entries#CIRCULATORCategory:Pages with 3 entries#CIRCULATOR; third declension

1. itinerant peddler or performer
2. mountebank, quack

Verb

circulātorCategory:Latin non-lemma forms#CIRCULATORCategory:Latin verb forms#CIRCULATORCategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#CIRCULATORCategory:Pages with entries#CIRCULATORCategory:Pages with 3 entries#CIRCULATOR

1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of circulō

References

• “circulator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “circulator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "circulator", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “circulator”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “circulator”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• circulator in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Etymology

Borrowed from FrenchCategory:Romanian terms borrowed from French#CIRCULATORCategory:Romanian terms derived from French#CIRCULATOR circulatoire, from LatinCategory:Romanian terms derived from Latin#CIRCULATOR circulatorius. Equivalent to circula +‎ -torCategory:Romanian terms suffixed with -tor#CIRCULATOR.

Adjective

circulator m or n (feminine singular circulatoare, masculine plural circulatori, feminine/neuter plural circulatoare)Category:Romanian lemmas#CIRCULATORCategory:Romanian adjectives#CIRCULATORCategory:Romanian entries with incorrect language header#CIRCULATORCategory:Pages with entries#CIRCULATORCategory:Pages with 3 entries#CIRCULATOR

1. circulatory