mutator

English

Etymology

From mutate +‎ -orCategory:English terms suffixed with -or#MUTATOR.

The video gaming sense likely originated in the video game Unreal Tournament (1999).

Pronunciation

Noun

mutator (plural mutators)Category:English lemmas#MUTATORCategory:English nouns#MUTATORCategory:English countable nouns#MUTATORCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#MUTATORCategory:Pages with entries#MUTATORCategory:Pages with 3 entries#MUTATOR

  1. That which causes mutation or change.
    In object-oriented programming, the mutator function changes the value of the field that gives its name.Category:English terms with usage examples#MUTATOR
  2. (video gamesCategory:en:Video games#MUTATOR) A setting which alters specific gameplay mechanics, such as rules, physics, or abilities.
    • 2015 October 28, Tom Phillips, “Rocket League match mutators to arrive in free November update”, in Eurogamer.net‎:
      Rocket League will gain match-modifying mutators […] The football-meets-cars mashup will let you toggle on gameplay-changing settings such as low gravity, time warping and explosions.
      Category:English terms with quotations#MUTATOR

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Translations

Latin

Pronunciation

Verb

mūtātorCategory:Latin non-lemma forms#MUTATORCategory:Latin verb forms#MUTATORCategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#MUTATORCategory:Pages with entries#MUTATORCategory:Pages with 3 entries#MUTATOR

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

References

  • “mutator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “mutator”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “mutator”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from FrenchCategory:Romanian terms borrowed from French#MUTATORCategory:Romanian terms derived from French#MUTATOR mutateur. By surface analysis, muta +‎ -torCategory:Romanian terms suffixed with -tor#MUTATOR.

Noun

mutator n (plural mutatoare)Category:Romanian lemmas#MUTATORCategory:Romanian nouns#MUTATORCategory:Romanian nouns with red links in their headword lines#MUTATORCategory:Romanian countable nouns#MUTATORCategory:Romanian entries with incorrect language header#MUTATORCategory:Romanian neuter nouns#MUTATORCategory:Pages with entries#MUTATORCategory:Pages with 3 entries#MUTATOR

  1. mutator

Declension

Category:English 3-syllable words Category:English countable nouns Category:English lemmas Category:English nouns Category:English terms suffixed with -or Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation Category:English terms with quotations Category:English terms with usage examples Category:Entries with translation boxes Category:Latin 3-syllable words Category:Latin non-lemma forms Category:Latin terms with IPA pronunciation Category:Latin verb forms Category:Pages with 3 entries Category:Pages with entries Category:Romanian countable nouns Category:Romanian lemmas Category:Romanian neuter nouns Category:Romanian nouns Category:Romanian nouns with red links in their headword lines Category:Romanian terms borrowed from French Category:Romanian terms derived from French Category:Romanian terms suffixed with -tor Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations Category:Terms with Czech translations Category:Terms with Danish translations Category:Terms with Dutch translations Category:Terms with Esperanto translations Category:Terms with Estonian translations Category:Terms with French translations Category:Terms with German translations Category:Terms with Greek translations Category:Terms with Italian translations Category:Terms with Polish translations Category:Terms with Romanian translations Category:Terms with Russian translations Category:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations Category:en:Video games