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Category:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#CONDUCTOR Category:English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dewk-#CONDUCTOR

Borrowed from Middle French Category:English terms borrowed from Middle French#CONDUCTOR Category:English terms derived from Middle French#CONDUCTOR conductour, from Old French Category:English terms derived from Old French#CONDUCTOR conduitor, from Latin Category:English terms derived from Latin#CONDUCTOR conductor.

conductor (plural conductors)Category:English lemmas#CONDUCTOR Category:English nouns#CONDUCTOR Category:English countable nouns#CONDUCTOR Category:English entries with incorrect language header#CONDUCTOR Category:Pages with entries#CONDUCTOR Category:Pages with 6 entries#CONDUCTOR

One who conducts or leads; a guide; a director.
- 1687, [John Dryden], “The Third Part”, in The Hind and the Panther. A Poem, in Three Parts, 2nd edition, London: […] Jacob Tonson […], →OCLC, page 96:
  […] Zeal, the blind conductor of the will;
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(music Category:en:Musicians#CONDUCTOR) A person who conducts an orchestra, choir or other music ensemble; a professional whose occupation is conducting.
(transport Category:en:Transport#CONDUCTOR) A person who takes tickets on public transportation and also helps passengers.
train conductor
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tram conductor
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- 2022 April 6, “Network News: Booze ban continues as part of move to prioritise women's safety”, in RAIL, number 954, page 6:
  " […] And one of the things that makes me feel safe is when I see the conductor."
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(physics Category:en:Physics#CONDUCTOR) Something that can transmit electricity, heat, light, or sound.
Antonyms: dielectric, nonconductor, insulator

Coordinate term: semiconductor
- 1952, Safety Maintenance:
  Falling conductors may come in contact with grounded objects or puddles of water.
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- 1997, Institution of Electrical Engineers, Fourth International Conference on Advances in Power System Control, Operation & Management, 11-13 November 1997, Institution of Electrical Engineers:
  The failure of HIF detection leads to potential hazard to human beings and potential fire. HIFS are usually caused by falling conductors coming into contact with a surface having poor conductivity.
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(mathematics Category:en:Mathematics#CONDUCTOR) An ideal of a ring that measures how far it is from being integrally closed
- 1988, F van Oystaeyen, Lieven Le Bruyn, Perspectives in ring theory:
  If c is the conductor ideal for R in R then prime ideals not containing c correspond to localizations yielding discrete valuation rings.
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A grooved sound or staff used for directing instruments, such as lithontriptic forceps; a director.
(architecture Category:en:Architecture#CONDUCTOR) A leader.

person who conducts an orchestra, choir or other music ensemble

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person who takes tickets on public transportation

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something which can transmit electricity, heat, light or sound

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Catalan

Borrowed from Latin Category:Catalan terms borrowed from Latin#CONDUCTOR Category:Catalan terms derived from Latin#CONDUCTOR conductōrem (“contractor, employer”).

conductor (feminine conductora, masculine plural conductors, feminine plural conductores)Category:Catalan lemmas#CONDUCTOR Category:Catalan adjectives#CONDUCTOR Category:Catalan entries with incorrect language header#CONDUCTOR Category:Pages with entries#CONDUCTOR Category:Pages with 6 entries#CONDUCTOR

conductor m (plural conductors, feminine conductora, feminine plural conductores)Category:Catalan lemmas#CONDUCTOR Category:Catalan nouns#CONDUCTOR Category:Catalan countable nouns#CONDUCTOR Category:Catalan entries with incorrect language header#CONDUCTOR Category:Catalan masculine nouns#CONDUCTOR Category:Pages with entries#CONDUCTOR Category:Pages with 6 entries#CONDUCTOR

conductor m (plural conductors)Category:Catalan lemmas#CONDUCTOR Category:Catalan nouns#CONDUCTOR Category:Catalan countable nouns#CONDUCTOR Category:Catalan entries with incorrect language header#CONDUCTOR Category:Catalan masculine nouns#CONDUCTOR Category:Pages with entries#CONDUCTOR Category:Pages with 6 entries#CONDUCTOR

Latin

From condūcō (“to lead”) +‎ -torCategory:Latin terms suffixed with -tor#CONDUCTOR.

conductor m (genitive conductōris, feminine conductrīx)Category:Latin lemmas#CONDUCTOR Category:Latin nouns#CONDUCTOR Category:Latin third declension nouns#CONDUCTOR Category:Latin masculine nouns in the third declension#CONDUCTOR Category:Latin entries with incorrect language header#CONDUCTOR Category:Latin masculine nouns#CONDUCTOR Category:Pages with entries#CONDUCTOR Category:Pages with 6 entries#CONDUCTOR; third declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	conductor	conductōrēs
genitive	conductōris	conductōrum
dative	conductōrī	conductōribus
accusative	conductōrem	conductōrēs
ablative	conductōre	conductōribus
vocative	conductor	conductōrēs

Catalan: conductor
English: conductor
French: conducteur
Galician: conductor
Old French: conduitor
Portuguese: condutor
Romanian: conducător, conductor
Russian: конду́ктор (kondúktor)
Spanish: conductor

“conductor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“conductor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
"conductor", 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)
“conductor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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Portuguese

conductor m (plural conductores, feminine conductora, feminine plural conductoras)Category:Portuguese lemmas#CONDUCTOR Category:Portuguese nouns#CONDUCTOR Category:Portuguese countable nouns#CONDUCTOR Category:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#CONDUCTOR Category:Portuguese masculine nouns#CONDUCTOR Category:Pages with entries#CONDUCTOR Category:Pages with 6 entries#CONDUCTOR

Romanian

Borrowed from French Category:Romanian terms borrowed from French#CONDUCTOR Category:Romanian terms derived from French#CONDUCTOR conducteur, from Latin Category:Romanian terms derived from Latin#CONDUCTOR conductor.

conductor n (plural conductoare)Category:Romanian lemmas#CONDUCTOR Category:Romanian nouns#CONDUCTOR Category:Romanian countable nouns#CONDUCTOR Category:Romanian entries with incorrect language header#CONDUCTOR Category:Romanian neuter nouns#CONDUCTOR Category:Pages with entries#CONDUCTOR Category:Pages with 6 entries#CONDUCTOR

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	conductor	conductorul	conductoare	conductoarele
genitive-dative	conductor	conductorului	conductoare	conductoarelor
vocative	conductorule		conductoarelor

conductor m (plural conductori)Category:Romanian lemmas#CONDUCTOR Category:Romanian nouns#CONDUCTOR Category:Romanian countable nouns#CONDUCTOR Category:Romanian entries with incorrect language header#CONDUCTOR Category:Romanian masculine nouns#CONDUCTOR Category:Pages with entries#CONDUCTOR Category:Pages with 6 entries#CONDUCTOR

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	conductor	conductorul	conductori	conductorii
genitive-dative	conductor	conductorului	conductori	conductorilor
vocative	conductorule		conductorilor

Spanish

Borrowed from Latin Category:Spanish terms borrowed from Latin#CONDUCTOR Category:Spanish terms derived from Latin#CONDUCTOR conductorem (“contractor, employer”). Cognate with English conductor.

conductor m (plural conductores, feminine conductora, feminine plural conductoras)Category:Spanish lemmas#CONDUCTOR Category:Spanish nouns#CONDUCTOR Category:Spanish countable nouns#CONDUCTOR Category:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#CONDUCTOR Category:Spanish masculine nouns#CONDUCTOR Category:Pages with entries#CONDUCTOR Category:Pages with 6 entries#CONDUCTOR

conductor m (plural conductores)Category:Spanish lemmas#CONDUCTOR Category:Spanish nouns#CONDUCTOR Category:Spanish countable nouns#CONDUCTOR Category:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#CONDUCTOR Category:Spanish masculine nouns#CONDUCTOR Category:Pages with entries#CONDUCTOR Category:Pages with 6 entries#CONDUCTOR

conductor (transmitter of electricity, heat, light or sound)
Antonym: aislador/aislante

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