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Definitions: Operator |
OperatorNoun1. (mathematics) a symbol that represents a function from functions to functions; "the integral operator". 2. An agent that operates some apparatus or machine; "the operator of the switchboard". 3. Someone who owns or operates a business; "who is the operator of this franchise?". 4. (informal) a shrewd or unscrupulous person who knows how to circumvent difficulties. 5. A speculator who trades aggressively on stock or commodity markets. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "operator" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1677. (references) |
Etymology: Operator \Op"er*a`tor\, noun. [Latin expression]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Computing | Operator |
Finance | Any natural or legal person who produces, prepares or imports from a third country, with a view to the subsequent marketing thereof, products as referred to in Article 1, or who markets such products. Source: European Union. (references) |
| Any person carrying on an activity involving the storage, working, processing, sale or purchase of goods in a free zone or a free warehouse. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Individual or firm acting as a principal in the stock market. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Labor | The worker or workers given the task of using work equipment. Source: European Union. (references) |
Post & Telecom | A person who handles switching and signalling operations needed to establish connections between stations or who performs various auxiliary functions associated therewith. Source: European Union. (references) |
Transportation | An employee of a transport system who spends his or her working day in the operation of a vehicle or train-for example, a bus driver, tram driver, trolleybus driver, motorman, bus conductor-or in the supervision of operations from a control centre. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: OperatorSynonyms: hustler (n), manipulator (n), wheeler dealer (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Agent | Noun: doer, actor, agent, performer, perpetrator, operator; executor, executrix; practitioner, worker, stager. |
Mart | Investor, speculator, operator; bull, buyer; bear, short seller; scalper, arbitrager, arbitrageur; stockholder, share-holder, stockholder of record; bond holder, coupon-clipper. |
Remedy | Doctor, physician, surgeon; medical practitioner, general practitioner, specialist; medical attendant, apothecary, druggist; leech; osteopath, osteopathist; optometrist, ophthalmologist; internist, oncologist, gastroenterologist; epidemiologist, public health specialist; dermatologist; podiatrist; witch doctor, shaman, faith healer, quack, exorcist; Aesculapius, Hippocrates, Galen; accoucheur, accoucheuse, midwife, oculist, aurist; operator; nurse, registered nurse, practical nurse, monthly nurse, sister; nurse's aide, candystriper; dresser; bonesetter; pharmaceutist, pharmacist, druggist, chemist, pharmacopolist. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Will it appear again this Friday? The entire Channel 6 News Team will be there, except for Bill, the boom mike operator, who's getting fired tomorrow. (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) Just in case the telephone operator should be eavesdropping. (Topsy-Turvy; writing credit: Mike Leigh) An electronics engineer, a radar officer, a mathematician and systems analyst, a radar operator, a couple of plotters. (The Giant Claw; writing credit: Paul Gangelin; Samuel Newman) Operator, you have obviously never been trapped in a Chinese opium den! (Thoroughly Modern Millie; writing credit: Richard Morris) | |
Lyrics | He's a smooth operator, (SMOOTH OPERATOR; performing artist: Sade; writing credit: Sade Adu and St. John) Try the operator ("Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under?"; performing artist: Shania Twain) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Big Operator (1959) Federal Operator 99 (1945) Motel the Operator (1940) Telephone Operator (1937) Operator 13 (1934) | |
Song Titles | Smooth Operator (performing artist: Sade) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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 | Operator using Dorsey Fathometer with flashing light method Merchant Marine Bulletin No. 9, May 1931. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Leo Otis Colbert with Dorsey Fathometer No. 3 The first effective shallow and deep water echosounder Operator watched flashing light On the ship OCEANOGRAPHER. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Noah White, the Antarctic radio operator, takes a well-deserved rest. Homeward bound after 12 months at the South Pole. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |  | Cathy, the radio operator during the summer months, communicating with McMurdo Station. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |
 | Power block operator monitors the net as it comes aboard. If need be, he will stop the net in case of a problem. Credit: Fisheries. |  | The winch operator is hauling in the cables to close the net. This closes the bottom of the net such that it is now like a purse. The fish no longer have any way to escape. Credit: Fisheries. |
 | Figure 45. Jacobsen and Paulsen apparatus for the measurement of plankton in a water sample. Devised by Jacob Peter Jacobsen of the Danish Hydrographic Laboratory and Doctor Ove Paulsen, of the Botanical Museum of the University of Copenhagen, in 1910. This instrument was easier to use and less subject to "operator" error than the preceding model. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |  | Air refueling boom operator. |
 | The boom operator aboard an KC-134. |  | Dudley Kubo and Barbra Fossum, GIS Operator, discuss natural resource inventories and GIS in Honolulu, HI. [Slide 97CS2956]. Credit: Ron Nichols. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | This operator did his office after a different manner from those of his trade in Europe. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
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Health | In situations where patient anatomy or operator inexperience preclude successful endoscopic stone extraction, interventional radiologic therapy may be considered. (references) | |
Licensed homes were found to provide more supportive services, operator training in care of the elderly, and less use of psychotropic drugs and medications contraindicated for use in the elderly than unlicensed board and care homes. (references) | ||
The clinical effectiveness of these invasive studies is severely limited by several factors, including the lack of normative data, operator dependence, variable interpretation of results, and poor predictability of therapeutic outcomes of arterial and venous surgery. (references) | ||
Business | There is a private mobile operator - Telecel. (references) | |
Initially the company was a satellite operator. (references) | ||
Estonian Telephone is the main telephone operator. (references) | ||
Children | Greece | In the civil service, 5 percent of administrative staff and 80 percent of telephone operator positions are reserved for persons with disabilities. (references) |
Civil Liberties | China | Internet entrepreneurs have complained that Government regulations controlling the Internet were so broadly written that MSS officials could find any Web page operator or e-commerce merchant guilty of violating regulations. (references) |
Economic History | Romania | Radiocom is the national radio-communications operator. (references) |
Human Rights | China | Huang was the operator of an Internet site that posted information about missing persons, including students who disappeared in June 1989 in Tiananmen Square. (references) |
Minorities | Japan | In June the Tokyo District Court rejected a suit filed by a Korean resident seeking compensation from a Chiba golf club operator for denying him membership because he is a foreigner. (references) |
Political Economy | FINLAND | It is also possible to choose which operator is used when calling from a fixed-line phone to a mobile subscriber. (references) |
Trade | Singapore | The system also allows an operator to control up to six cranes, simultaneously, as opposed to one crane, previously. (references) |
Luxembourg | Authorization may be subject to conditions governing in particular the technical equipment at the disposal of the applicant and/or operator. (references) | |
Costa Rica | ISO 14001 certification for environmental responsibility has been granted to banana producers and at least one hotel operator in ecologically sensitive areas. (references) | |
Travel | Honduras | Costs are based on the destination, and rates are available through operator assistance. (references) |
Guatemala | Calls can be placed through the hotel operator, or directly with AT&T, MCI, or Sprint calling cards, or collect. (references) | |
Uk | In London, travelers should use only licensed "black taxi cabs" or car services recommended by their hotel or tour operator. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Operator" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.94% of the time. "Operator" is used about 1,541 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.94% | 1,540 | 5,311 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.06% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,541 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "operator": aeronautical station operator ♦ alternative operator services ♦ arithmetic operator ♦ arithmetical operator ♦ bastard Operator From Hell ♦ bear operator ♦ boom operator ♦ bull operator ♦ camera operator ♦ commercial air transport operator ♦ commodity pool operator ♦ company operator ♦ computer operator ♦ crane operator ♦ DRG operator ♦ dynamic route guidance system operator ♦ elevator operator ♦ excavator operator ♦ existential operator ♦ flight radio operator ♦ identity operator ♦ independent system operator ♦ international operator ♦ keyboard operator ♦ lathe operator ♦ lift operator ♦ linear operator ♦ machine operator ♦ modulo operator ♦ monadic operator ♦ newsstand operator ♦ operator distance dialing ♦ operator distance dialling ♦ operator gene ♦ operator ID ♦ operator overloading ♦ operator position ♦ operator precedence ♦ Operator Regions (Genetics) ♦ operator requested job ♦ operator service call ♦ operator specific service ♦ punching machine operator ♦ radar operator ♦ radio operator ♦ radiolocator operator ♦ spaceship operator ♦ spatial operator ♦ streetcar operator ♦ switchboard operator ♦ switchboard operator position ♦ system operator ♦ systems operator ♦ telegraph operator ♦ telephone operator ♦ terminals to long distance operator ♦ tool operator ♦ tour operator ♦ transport operator ♦ unary operator ♦ undercover operator ♦ wireless operator. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "operator": operator-assisted call, operator-assisted long-distance call, operator-bar, operator-fragment, operator-initiated, operator-led, operator-tree. | |
Ending with "operator": co-operator, repressor-operator. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "operator"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | operator, zanatçi (artisan, craftsman, handicraftsman, mechanic), spiun (agent, company checkers, fink, lurcher, overlooker, rat, Spier, spy), punëtor i kualifikuar (journeyman), makinist (carman, driver, engine driver, machinist, manipulator, mate, mechanic, runner), agjent (agent, factor, informant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | سائق (carter, chauffeur, driver, haul, jockey, motorist, teamster), عامل كبانية الهاتف, عامل الهاتف (telephone operator, telephonist), عامل رياضيات, المشعوذ (charlatan, conjurer, magician, magus, mountebank, prestidigitator, sorcerer, voodoo, warlock), العامل (factor, laborer, laborist, labourer, labourist, operative, performer, stiff, worker), الجراح (surgeon), الدجال (charlatan, impostor, magus, mountebank, quack, sham, witchdoctor), البارع (dab, skilled, stuntman). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | средство за управление, свързочник (signaller, signalman), собственик (holder, master, owner, possessor, propraetor, proprietor), хирург (sawbones, surgeon), хитрец (coon, dodger, file, shuffler, slicker, slyboots, smart aleck, smarty), телефонист (telephonist), шарлатанин (charlatan, humbug, mountebank, phoney, phony, quack, quacksalver, shyster), кинооператор (cameraman), обслужващо лице, операция (knife, operation), оператор (cameraman, mechanic), механик (engineer, fitter, grease monkey, machinist, mechanic, mechanician, mechanist), знак за операция, борсов спекулант (bear, punter, stag, stock jobber, wildcatter), борсов посредник (jobber, stockbroker). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | "作者 , "作员. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | operátor, telegrafista (telegrapher, telegraphist), telefonista (telephonist), technik (engineer, technician), provozovatel, podnikatel (businessman, contractor, entrepreneur, undertaker), kameraman (camera operator, cameraman). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | operator, operatør (typist), togpersonale, televirksomhed (operating body), telefonist (switchboard operator, telephonist), maskinfoerer, indehaver af koeretoej (car owner, operator of vehicles), forarbejder (firm, trader, user), erhvervsdrivende (firm, group encompassing one or more of the economic activities, trader, traders, user), dealer (dealer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | overgangsregel, operator, operateur (projectionist), machinist (engine driver, engine man, machine minder, machineman, machinist), bediener, bediener van egaliserende oppervlaktetriller, bedrijfswacht, betonverdelermachinist, beursmakelaar (dealer), bewerkingsteken, autobezitter (car owner, operator of vehicles), houder (holder, socket), veredelaar (converter, firm, refiner, trader, user), marktdeelnemer (firm, group encompassing one or more of the economic activities, trader, user), telefonist (switchboard operator, telephonist), telefoniste (switchboard operator), exploitant. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | گرداننده , تلفن چی , عمل کننده (Operative). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | operaattori, välittäjä (agent, broker, intermediary, mediator, middleman), puhelunvälittäjä, pörssimeklari (dealer), käyttäjä (user), diileri (dealer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | téléphoniste (telephone operator), opérateur (machine operator, operative). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | vermittlung (agency, arrangement, arranging, connection, conveying, exchange, finding, giving, imparting, insemination, instrumentality, intercession, mediation, negotiation, placement, procuration, switchboard), operator, betreiber (carrier), bediener (operators), börsenmakler (stock brokers, stockbroker, stockbrokers). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | χειριστής (lehr attendant, lehr man, lehr minder). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מפעיל (actuator, agent, effector, reagent), שרת (caretaker, custodian, custody, janitor, service personnel, serviceman, servo), פועל (executive, hand, laborer, labourer, operative, worker, workman), טלפו אי (telephonist). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | telefonközpontos (telephonist), operátor, gépész (driver, engine driver, engineer, engine-room artificer, engine-room hand, machinist, mechanic, projectionist). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | penyelenggara. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | operatore (agent). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 交換手 , 技手 (assistant engineer), "算子 , オプション取引 (medical operation, obelisk, oblisque, Omaha, omega, omelette, omelette rice, omit, omnibus, Omron Corporation, opaque, opcode, OPEC, opera, opera glasses, opera house, opera-comique, operand, operating, operating system, operating-system, operation, operation center, operation code, operational, operational amplifier, operations, operations research, operetta, opossum, opportunism, opportunist, opposition party, optical, optical art, optimism, optimist, optimistic, optimize, optimizer, option dealing, option trading, option transaction, optoelectronics, OR, Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OS). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ぎしゅ (artificial arm, assistant engineer), "うか"しゅ, オペレーター , オペレータ , え"ざ"し. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 통 수. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | obbreyder, obbraidee, guilley chellvane, caillin chellvane (telephone girl). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | operatoray operadora, operador (operating). (various references) telefonista. (various references) operator (operative), motorist, mecanic (by power, driver, machinist, mechanic, mechanical, mechanician, mechanistic, mechanistically, tender), maşinist (engineer, machinist, mechanic, tender), şofer (Carman, chauffeur, driver). (various references) оператор (controller, instruction, operating surgeon, operation, statement, typist). (various references) operator, telefonista (telephonist), rukovodilac (director, leader, manager, ruler), rukovalac, prevoznik (carrier, carter, shipper, trucker, truckman). (various references) operario (hand, operative), operadora, operador (driver, keyboarder), corredor de bolsa (dealer). (various references) telefonist (telephonist), operatör (administration), maskinist (boiler-man, engineer). (various references) operatör (attendant, operating surgeon, operative, surgeon), uygulayıcı, telsizci (wireless operator, wireman), telefon operatörü (telephone operator), teknisyen (engineer, operative, technician), spekülatör (adventurer, bear, bull, plunger, speculator, stag), kullanan (exploiter, occupation, occupier, user), işletmeci (business administrator, business manager, exploiter, keeper, manager), cerrah (butcher, operating surgeon, sawbones, surgeon). (various references) radist (r) (radio operator). (various references) радист, фабрикант (maker, manufacturer), телефоніст (telephonist), власник підпри"мства, обслуговуючий номер, оперуючий хірург, оператор (comptroller, controller, manipulator), механік (artificer, machinist, mechanic, mechanician, operative, tender), машиніст (driver, engineer, machinist, manipulator), зв'язківець (messenger, signalman), промисловець (industrialist), прожекторист (movies), диспетчер (dispatcher, expediter). (various references) người thợ máy. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Date | Source | Proverbs Chapter 22, Verse 2 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | PlousioV kai ptwcoV sunhnthsan allhloiV amfoterouV de o kurioV epoihsen |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Dives et pauper obviaverunt sibi utriusque operator est Dominus |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | The riche man and the pore metten togidere; the werkere of euer either is the Lord. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | The man of wealth and the poor man come face to face: the Lord is the maker of them all. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Proverbs Chapter 22, Verse 2 |
| Cebuano | ¶ Ang adunahan ug ang kabus magakahibalag sila: Si Jehova mao ang nagbuhat kanilang tanan. |
| Chinese | 富 戶 窮 人 、 在 世 相 遇 、 都 為 耶 ' 華 所 。 |
| Croatian | Bogataš se i siromah sreæu: obojicu ih Jahve stvori. |
| Danish | Rig og fattig mødes, HERREN har skabt dem begge. |
| Dutch | Rijken en armen ontmoeten elkander; de HEERE heeft hen allen gemaakt. |
| Finnish | Rikas ja köyhä kohtaavat toisensa; Herra on luonut kumpaisenkin. |
| French | Le riche et le pauvre se rencontrent; C`est l`Éternel qui les a faits l`un et l`autre. |
| German | Reiche und Arme müssen untereinander sein; der HERR hat sie alle gemacht. |
| Hungarian | A gazdag és szegény összetalálkoznak, mindkettõt pedig az Úr szerzi. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Orang kaya dan orang miskin mempunyai satu hal yang sama: Tuhanlah yang menciptakan mereka semua. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Orang kaya dan miskin bertemu seorang dengan seorang, maka telah dijadikan Tuhan akan mereka itu sekalian. |
| Italian | Il ricco e il povero si incontrano, il Signore ha creato l'uno e l'altro. |
| Maori | ¶ Ka tutataki te tangata taonga raua ko te rawakore; ko Ihowa te kaihanga o ratou katoa. |
| Norwegian | Rik og fattig møtes; Herren har skapt dem begge. |
| Portuguese | O rico e o pobre se encontram; quem os faz a ambos é o Senhor. |
| Rumanian | Bogatul wi sqracul se kntklnesc: Domnul i -a fqcut wi pe unul wi pe altul. - |
| Spanish | El rico y el pobre tienen esto en común: A todos ellos los hizo Jehovah. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "operator": operatorless, operators. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "operator": cooperator, noncooperator. (additional references) | |
Words containing "operator": cooperators, noncooperators. (additional references) | |
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"Operator" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: obertor, operat, operater, Perstorp. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "operator" (pronounced Ä"perā'ter) |
| 5 | -p er ā' t er | evaporator, respirator. |
| 4 | -er ā' t er | accelerator, carburetor, cogenerator, collaborator, decorator, generator, incinerator, Moderator, refrigerator. |
| 3 | -ā' t er | accumulator, activator, actuator, administrator, agitator, alligator, allocator, alternator, animator, applicator, appropriator, arbitrator, aviator, calculator, commentator, communicator, conciliator, consolidator, coordinator, defibrillator, demonstrator, denominator, detonator, educator, elevator, escalator, excavator, exterminator, fabricator, facilitator, gladiator, illuminator, illustrator, imitator, incubator, indicator, infiltrator, innovator, instigator, insulator, integrator, interrogator, investigator, irrigator, legislator, liquidator, litigator, locator, manipulator, mediator, modulator, navigator, negotiator, originator, oscillator, percolator, perpetrator, radiator, regulator, renovator, simulator, speculator, stimulator, syndicator, Terminator, ventilator, violator. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-o-o-p-r-r-t" | |
-1 letter: praetor, prorate, trooper. | |
-2 letters: orator, parrot, poorer, porter, prater, pretor, protea, raptor, report, rooter, torero, torpor. | |
-3 letters: aport, apter, oater, opera, orate, pareo, parer, pater, peart, prate, raper, rater, repot, repro, retro, roper, rotor, taper, tarre, terra, toper, troop, trope. | |
-4 letters: aero, aper, atop, orra, pare, parr, part, pate, pear, peat, pert, poet, poor. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-o-o-p-r-r-t" | |
+1 letter: corporate, operators, prorogate. | |
+2 letters: baroceptor, cooperator, evaporator, orthoptera, percolator, perforator, peroration, personator, procaryote, procreator, prokaryote, pronatores, propraetor, prorogated, prorogates, waterproof. | |
+3 letters: arthroscope, arthrospore, baroceptors, cooperators, corporately, corporative, crapshooter, evaporators, exploratory, incorporate, orthopteran, overoperate, paratrooper, percolators, perforation, perforators, perorations, personators, petrodollar, predoctoral, probationer, procaryotes, procreation, procreators, prokaryotes, propraetors, protectoral, prothoraces, prothoraxes, provocateur, reapportion, reoperation, reportorial, reprobation, reprobatory, tamperproof, topographer, trapshooter, waterproofs. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4F 70 65 72 61 74 6F 72 |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Quotations: Fiction | 9. Quotations: Non-fiction 10. Usage Frequency 11. Expressions 12. Expressions: Internet | 13. Translations: Modern 14. Bible Trace 15. Derivations 16. Rhymes | 17. Anagrams 18. Orthography 19. Bibliography |
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vertaling, transferim, transmetim, ترجمة من لغة أجنبية للغة الأم, ترجمة, إفتتان, транслация, огъване, превод, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, превеждане, 翻译, překlad, oversættelse, translatie, taajuusmuutos, translaatio, traduction, oersetting, Übersetzung, μετάφραση, תור'מ ות, תר'ום, "עתק", "עתק, fordítás, traduzione, 翻訳 , へい"ういどう, やくしょ, やくしゅつ, "うどく, ほ"やく, トランスレーション , やくじゅつ, ほ"やくしょ, 번역, tradukshon, tradução, translaţie, tãlmãcire, traducere, сдвиг, трансляция, перемещение, перевод, tumačenje, traducción, översättning, tercüme, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення, sự dịch, sự biến th nh sự giải thích, trosiad, for translation; Albaans, Albanies, Albaniese taal, shqip, الألبانية, الألباني, албанец, албански език, албански, Albanyano, 阿"巴尼亚语, 阿爾巴尼亞人 , albánský, Albanees, albanskt, albanialainen, Albanais, Albaneesk, albaner, αλβανικόσ, Αλβανός, αλβανόσ, arbnisht, arbërisht, albán, albanskur, albanska, AlbÚinis, albanese, 알"니아, Albaneagh, albanês, arnãut, albanez, arnãuţesc, албанский, Alapania, albanski, albanac, albanés, alban, Arnavut, албанський, албанка, албанець, for Albanian; Arabies, arabishte, العربية, عربي, اللغة العربية, арабски език, арабски, 阿拉伯 , arabský, arabština, arábiskt, arabialainen, arabe, Arabysk, arabisch, αραβικόσ, ערבית, ערבי, arab, arabo, 아라비아, Arabish, arabir, arabic, арабский, Arapi, arapski, árabe, arabisk, าษาหรืออักขระอาหรับ, เกี่ยวกับอาระเบีย, arapça, arap, araplara özgü, арабська мова, арабський, tiếng A-rập, thuộc A-rập, for Arabic; Bulgaars, Bulgaar, bulgr, البلغارية, بلغاري, Búlgaru, български, български език, българин, Bulgaryan, 保 利亚, bulharský, bulgarer, bulgarskt, bulgarialainen, Bulgaarsk, bulgare, 'ούλγαρος, bullgar, bolgár, bulgaro, 불가리아, Bulgeyragh, Bulgeyrish, Bułgar, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, búlgaro, bulgar, bulgaristan ile ilgili, болгарський, người Bun-ga-ri tiếng Bun-ga-ri, for Bulgarian; Sjinees, Chinees, kinez, الصينية, لغة الصين, صيني, الصيني أحد أبناء الصين, Chinu, китайски, Ininsik, 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , èínský, èínština, èíòan, kineser, kinesiskt, kinverskur, kiinalainen, Chinois, Sineesk, Chinesisch, Κινέζος, κινέζικα, κινέζικοσ, κινέζοσ, σινικόσ, kínai, Kínverji, Sínis, cinese, チフス菌 , チャイニーズ , 중국, Cina, Sheenish, Sheenagh, Hainamana, chines, Chińczyk, chinês, chinés, chinezesc, chinezeşte, chinezã, chinez, китайский, китаец, Saina, kineski jezik, kineski, chino, snesi, sneysi, kinesisk, çinli, çince, çin ile ilgili, çin, китаянка, китайська мова, китайський, кита"ць, for Chinese; Tsjeggies, Tsjeg, çek, تشيكي, اللغة التشيكوسلوفاكية, التشيكي أحد أبناء تشيكوسلوفاكيا, Checu, чешки, Sekoslovakyano, 捷克語 , 捷克语, 捷克 , èesky, èeské, èech, èeština, èeský, èeška, tjekker, tjekke, Tsjech, Tsjechisch, tjekkiskt, t?ekkiläinen, tchèque, Tsjechysk, Tscheche, tschechisch, Tschechin, Τσέχος, cseh, ceco, 체", Sheckagh, Sheckish, Czech, chèc, ceh, чешский, češki jezik, čeh, češki, checo, tjeck, Çek, çekoslovakyalı kimse, çekoslovakyalı, çek dili, чех, чеська мова, чеський, чешка, người Séc tiếng Séc, for Czech; Deens, danisht, danishte, لغة الدانمركية, نوع كعك, دانماركي, датски език, датски, Daniko, 丹麦语, dánský, dánština, danskur, danskt, tanskalainen, danois, Deensk, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, עו'ת שמרים, " י, dán, danska, Danmhairgis, danese, 덴마크, Danvargish, Danvargagh, danes, dinamarquês, danez, датский, danski, danski jezik, danés, dansk, danimarkalı, danimarka dili, датський, датська мова, tiếng Đan-mạch, for Danish; Nederlands, Hollands, holandez, هولندي, اللغة الهولندية, холандски, немски език, холандски език, холандците, немски, Olandes, 菏蘭語 , 荷兰语, holandský, nizozemský, hollandsk, hollendskt, hollantilainen, néerlandais, Nederlânsk, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, holandisht, "ול "י, holland, hollenskur, Ollainnis, olandese, 네덜란", Belanda, Ollanish, Germaanish, Tatimana, nederlandsk, ulandes, hulandes, holandês, neerlandés, olandez, nemţesc, limba olandezã, german, голландский, holanđanin, u škripcu, holandski, holandés, bakratongo, holländsk, ชาวเนเธอร์แลน"์, เกี่ยวกับเนเธอร์แลน"์, รรยา, alman, eş, flemenkçe, holandaca, hollanda, karı, hollandalı, hollandalılara özgü olan, Hollandali, hollanda'ya ait, голландська мова, голландський, ngôn ngữ khó hiểu, "b xã", for Dutch; Farsi, Parsi, persiskt, Fasi, for Farsi; Fins, finlandez, finlandishte, finlandisht, اللغة الفنلندية, فنلندية, فنلندي, фински език, фински, Pinlandino, 芬蘭語 , 芬兰语, finský, finskt, suomi, suomalainen, finnois, Finlandaise, finlandais, finnisch, φινλανδικόσ, פי י, finn, finnskur, finnska, finlandese, 핀란", Fynlannish, Fynlannagh, finlandês, finês, finlandezã, финский, Finisi, finski jezik, finski, finlandés, finés, finsk, fince, finlandiya'ya özgü, фінська мова, фінський, tiếng Phần-lan, for Finnish; Franse taal, Frans, franceze, francez, frëngjisht, frëng, frëngjishte, فرنسي, اللغة الفرنسية, الشعب الفرنسي, gall, френски език, френски, Pranses, 法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, francouzština, francouzský, franskur, franskt, ranskalainen, français, Frânsk, französisch, γάλλοσ, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, צרפתי, צרפתית, francia, Fraincis, francese, フレコン化 , フランス" , 仏文 , 仏 , ふつぶ", フレンチ , フランセ , ふつ, "랑스, Perancis, Ny Frangee, Mooinjey ny Frank, frances, franses, francês, francezii, francezã, franţuzesc, franţuzeşte, французский, Falani, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, sí-Fulentji, fransk, franska, fransızca, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransız, fransa ile ilgili, французька мова, французький, Ffrengig, isiFulentshi, for French; Duits, Duitser, Duitse taal, Germaan, gjerman, ضرب من الرقص, جرماني, المانية, الماني, اللغة الألمانية, роден, германски, немски език, немски, немец, готически, германец, 德語 , 德语, 德文 , 德國 , nìmecký, nìmec, tysker, Duitse, týskur, týskt, týskari, saksalainen, Allemand, Dútsk, Deutsche, Deutsch, "ερμανός, gjermanisht, 'רמ י, 'רמ ית, német, þjóðverji, þýskur, GearmÚnach, GearmÚinis, tedesco, ジプシー音楽 , ジャーマン , 독일, todesch, Germaanagh, Garmane, Germaanish, Carmane, aleman, Niemiec, niemiecki, alemão, alemand, neamţ, немецкий, Siamani, germanski, alemán, Tudesku, Doysri, mjeremani, mdachi, sí-Jalimáne, tysk, เยอรมัน, าษาเยอรมัน, Alman, німкеня, німецький, німець, $sisters german$ chị em ruột, $cousin german$ anh chị em con chú bác ruột, sister, Almaenwr, isiJalimane, iliJalimane, iJalimane, for German; Grieks, Griek, الإغريقي, يوناني, اللغة اليونانية, Griegu, гръцки език, гръцки, грък, Griyego, 希臘語 , 希腊语, řecký, řeètina, řek, græker, grikst, kreikkalainen, grec, Gryk, Gryksk, Gryks, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, יו ית, יו י, görög, Grikki, greco, ギリシア語 , ギリシア", 그리스, Greagish, Greagagh, grego, grèc, greacã, греческий, Eleni, grk, grčki jezik, grčki, griego, grek, Yunanli, yunanlı, yunanca, yunan, Rumca, yunanistan'a ait, rum, грек, гречанка, грецька мова, грецький, kẻ cắp b gi gặp nhau, quân bạc bịp tôi không thể hiểu được điều đó thật l kỳ phùng địch thủ, người Hy-lạp tiếng Hy-lạp kẻ bịp bợm, kẻ lừa đảo, Groegwr, for Greek; Jood, Hebreeus, Israeliet, hebraishte, يهودي, عبري, اليهودية, اللغة العبرية, العبرية, Hebréu, иврит, древен жител на юдея, юдейски, израилтянин, евреин, староеврейски, староеврейски език, юдей, 西伯来, 希伯來語 , hebrejský, hebrejka, hebrejec, hebrejština, joods, Hebreeuws, hebraiskt, juutalainen, hébreu, Hebrieusk, hebräisch, hebräer, εβραϊκόσ, εβραϊκά, εβραίοσ, עברית, עברי, zsidó, héber, izraelita, Eabhrais, ebraico, ebreo, ヘブライ語 , ヘブライ", Ewagh, Ew, Ewnish, hudiu, hebraico, hebreu, ebrèu, limba ebraicã, izraelit, evreu, evreiesc, ebraic, еврейский, еврей, древнееврейский, древнееврейский язык, Eperu, hibru, hebreo, dyu, Myahudi, Yahudi, hebreiska, hebreisk, jude, ชาวฮิบรู (ปัจจุบันคือประเทศอิสราเอลและปาเลสไตน์), าษาฮิบรู (ปัจจุบันคือประเทศอิสราเอลและปาเลสไตน์), musevi, ibranice, ibrani, іудей, старо"врейська мова, старо"врейський, іврит, "врейський, "врей, người Hê-brơ, Hebraeg, Hebreaidd, for Hebrew; Hongaars, Hongaar, hungarez, الهنغاري, مجري, هنغاري, المجري, اللغة الهنغارية, Húngaru, унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, Hungaryan, 匈牙利語 , 匈牙利语, maïarský, maïar, maïarština, ungarer, Hongaarse, ungarskt, unkarilainen, hongrois, Hongaarsk, ungar, Ούγγρος, "ו 'רי, magyar, ungherese, 헝가리, Ungaarish, Ungaaragh, Węgier, ongrés, ungureşte, ungur, limba maghiarã, unguresc, maghiar, limba ungarã, венгр, венгерский, mađarski, mađar, mađarski jezik, húngaro, ungrare, ชาวฮังการี, macarca, macar, угорська мова, угорка, угорський, угорець, người Hung-ga-ri tiếng Hung-ga-ri, for Hungarian; Indonesies, indonezian, الماليزي أحد أبناء ماليزيا, اللغة الأندونيسية, Indonesiu, индонезийски език, индонезийски, 印度尼西亚语, 印度尼西亞語 , indonéský, indonéština, indonésan, indoneser, Indonesisch, Indisch, Indonesiër, indonesiskt, indonesialainen, indonésien, Yndonesysk, Indonesier, Ινδονήσιος, indonéz, indonesiano, インドネシア語 , インドネシア", 인도네시아, Indoneesagh, indonésio, indonésia, индонезийский, индонезиец, Indtasisian, indonezijski, indonežanin, indonesio, indones, Indonesyo, endonezya'ya ait, endonezyalı, endonezya dili, endonezya, індонезі"ць, індонезійський, індонезійська мова, індонезійка, người In-ddô-nê-xi-a tiếng In-ddô-nê-xi-a, for Indonesian; Italianer, Italiaans, Italiaan, شخص إيطالي, اللغة الإيطالية, الإيطالي, إيطالي, Italianu, италиански език, италиански, италианец, Italyano, 意大利 , 意大利語 , 意大利语, italština, italský, ital, italiener, italienskt, italialainen, Italien, Italjaansk, italienisch, Ιταλός, italisht, איטלקי, איטלקית, olasz, Ítali, IodÚilis, italiano, 이탈리아, Iddaalish, Włoch, italianã, italienesc, italieneşte, italian, итальянский язык, итальянский, итальянец, Italia, italijanski, italijanski jezik, italijan, sí-Taliyáne, italienare, italiensk, italienska, เกี่ยวกับอิตาลี, ชาวอิตาลี, าษาอิตาลี, italyanca, italyan, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка, for Italian; korean, كوري شمالي, اللغة الكورية, كوري جنوبي, كوري, Coreanu, корейски, корейски език, Koryano, 韩国语, "國 , 朝鮮語 , korejský, korejec, korejština, Koreaans, koreanskt, coréen, Koreaansk, koreanisch, Koreaner, κορεάτησ, κορεάτικοσ, koreai, 한국, koreano, coréia, a língua coreana, coreean, limba coreeanã, кореец, корейский, Kolea, korejski jezik, korejski, koreanac, coreano, koreansk, ชาวเกาหลี, kore'li, кореянка, коре"ць, корейська мова, корейський, người Triều tiên tiếng Triều tiên, for korean; gjuha e popullsisë së ishullit men, manský, manština, manx, mann-szigeti nyelv, Gaelgagh, Yn Ghaelg, Manninish, Manninagh, язык жителей о-ва мэн, с о-ва мэн, s ostrva mana, los habitantes de la isla de man, lengua de la isla de man, de la isla de man, från ön man, man dili, man adası, менський діалект, менський, for manx; Portugees, portugez, portugalisht, اللغة البرتغالية, البرتغالية, البرتغالي, португалски език, португалски, португалец, Potuges, 葡萄牙语, 葡萄牙人 , 葡萄牙語 , portugalský, portugiser, portugisiskt, portugalilainen, portugais, Portugeesk, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, Portaingéilis, portoghese, ポルトガル語 , ポルトガル", 포르투갈, Portiugish, Portiugagh, portugues, Portugalczyk, português, portughez, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalski, portugalac, portugués, Mreno, si-Putúkezi, portugis, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli, portekizce, португальська мова, португальський, португалець, người B"-đ o-nha tiếng B"-đ o-nha, for Portuguese; Roemeen, rumun, Rumanu, румънски език, румънски, румънец, Romanyan, 罗马尼亚语, rumunský, rumunština, rumæner, Roemeens, rumenskt, romanialainen, roumain, Roemeensk, rumäne, ρουμανόσ, Ρουμάνος, román, rumeno, 루마니아, Roomainagh, romeno, romanés, român, румын, румынский, rumunski, rumunski jezik, rumano, rumänsk, румунська мова, румун, румунський, румунка, for Romanian; Russies, Rus, الروسية, روسي, اللغة الروسية, Rusu, руски, руски език, руснак, Rusyan, 俄語 , 俄语, 俄文 , ruština, ruský, russer, russur, russiskt, venäläinen, Russysk, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, רוסי, orosz, rússneskur, Rússi, Rúisis, russo, ロシア語 , ロシア", 러시아, Rooshish, Rooshagh, russisk, Rosjanin, русский, Lusia, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, sí-Rashîya, ryss, ชาวรัสเซีย, rusça, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський, người Nga tiếng Nga, for Russian; 塞爾維亞克羅地亞語 , 塞"维亚-克罗地亚语, serbokroatisch, 세르보크로아티아, servo-croata, sârbo-croat, srpsko-hrvatski, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk, เกี่ยวกับ าษาเซอร์เบียและโครเอเชีย, าษาหลักของชาวเซอร์เบียและโครเอเชีย, for Serbo-Croatian; Spaans, Spaanse taal, spanjoll, اللغة الأسبانية, الأسبانية, أسباني, испански език, испански, espanyoles, Espanyol, 西班牙语, 西班牙文 , 西班牙語 , španìlský, španìlština, spanskt, espanjalainen, espagnol, Spaansk, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, karaiñe'êmegua, ספר"ית, ספר"י, spanyol, SpÚinnis, spagnolo, スペイン語 , スパイ罪 , スペイン", スパニッシュ , 스페인, Spaainagh, Spaainish, spañó, espanhol, espanhòl, spaniolesc, spanioleşte, spaniol, испанский, Sipaniolo, španski jezik, španski, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyolca, ispanyol, іспанська мова, іспанський, for Spanish; Sweeds, suedez, اللغة السويدية, Suecu, шведски език, шведски, швед, Swedis, 瑞典語 , 瑞典语, švédský, švédština, Zweeds, svenskt, ruotsalainen, suédois, Sweedsk, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, sænskur, Sualainnis, svedese, スウェーデン語 , スウェーデン", 스웨덴, Soolynish, Soolynagh, suèc, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk, เกี่ยวกับคน าษาและวั'นธรรมของประเทศสวีเ"น, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí, шведська мова, шведський, người Thuỵ điển tiếng Thuỵ điển, for Swedish; Turks, turk, تركي أحد أبناء تركيا, اللغة التركية, Turcu, турски, турски език, Turko, 土耳其, 土耳其語 , tureètina, turecký, turkist, turkkilainen, turque, turc, Turksk, türkisch, τούρκικοσ, טורקי, török, Yn Turkish, Turkagh, turcesc, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turco, turkisk, türk, türkçe, турецька мова, турецький, tiếng Thổ nhĩ kỳ, for Turkish; Тюркменски Език, turkmener, Turkmeen, Turkmeense, turkmenistanilainen, Turkmène, Turkmene, Turkmenin, Τουρκομάνος, turkmeno, turcomano, turquemeno, turquemene, turkmenistanier, for Turkmen; 乌克兰, for Ukranian; Vietnamees, vietnamez, vietnamisht, виетнамски език, виетнамски, Vietnamis, 越南語 , 越南 , 越南语, vietnamský, vietnamka, vietnamec, vietnamština, vietnameser, vjetmanskt, vietnamilainen, vietnamien, Fjetnameesk, vietnamese, vietnamesisch, Vietnamesin, 'ιετναμέζος, vietnami, vietnámi, ベトナ 人 , ベトナ じ", 트남, vietnamita, вьетнамский, vijetnamski jezik, vijetnamski, vijetnamac, vietnames, vietnam, vietnamlı, vietnam dili, в'"тнамець, в'"тнамський, người Việt nam tiếng Việt, for Vietnamese; 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