raptor
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English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American)IPA(key):/ˈɹæptɚ/
Audio(Southern England): (file) - Rhymes:-æptə(ɹ)
Etymology 1
[edit]FromMiddle Englishraptour,fromLatinraptor(“kidnapper, thief”).
Alternative forms
[edit]- raptour(obsolete, rare)
Noun
[edit]raptor(pluralraptors)
- Abird of prey.
- (obsolete)One whoravishesorplunders.
Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]bird of prey—seebird of prey
Etymology 2
[edit]Popularized (and possibly coined) in 1990 byMichael CrichtoninJurassic Park;clippingofvelociraptor,ultimately of the same etymology as above.
Noun
[edit]raptor(pluralraptors)
- (informal,paleontology)One of thedromaeosaurs,a family ofcarnivorousdinosaurshavingtearingclawson thehind legs.
Hyponyms
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “raptor”,inOneLook Dictionary Search.
Anagrams
[edit]Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Fromrapiō(“seize, grab, snatch”)+-tor
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin)IPA(key):/ˈrap.tor/,[ˈräpt̪ɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)IPA(key):/ˈrap.tor/,[ˈräpt̪or]
Noun
[edit]raptorm(genitiveraptōris);third declension
Declension
[edit]Third-declensionnoun.
singular | plural | |
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nominative | raptor | raptōrēs |
genitive | raptōris | raptōrum |
dative | raptōrī | raptōribus |
accusative | raptōrem | raptōrēs |
ablative | raptōre | raptōribus |
vocative | raptor | raptōrēs |
Derived terms
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Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “raptor”,inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879)A Latin Dictionary,Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “raptor”,inCharlton T. Lewis (1891)An Elementary Latin Dictionary,New York: Harper & Brothers
- raptorinGaffiot, Félix (1934)Dictionnaire illustré latin-français,Hachette.
Portuguese
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]
- Rhymes:-oɾ
- Hyphenation:rap‧tor
Etymology 1
[edit]Learned borrowingfromLatinraptor.
Noun
[edit]raptorm(pluralraptores,feminineraptora,feminine pluralraptoras)
- abductor;kidnapper
- Synonym:sequestrador
- bird of prey
- Synonym:ave de rapina
Adjective
[edit]raptor(feminineraptora,masculine pluralraptores,feminine pluralraptoras)
- abductive
- (relational)ofbirds of prey
- Synonym:rapinante
Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]raptorm(pluralraptores)
Further reading
[edit]- “raptor”,iniDicionário Aulete(in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital,2008–2024
- “raptor”,inDicio – Dicionário Online de Português(in Portuguese), Porto: 7Graus,2009–2024
- “raptor”,inDicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa(in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam,2008–2024
- “raptor”,inDicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa(in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora,2003–2024
- “raptor”,inMichaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa(in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos,2015–2024
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]raptorm(pluralraptores,feminineraptora,feminine pluralraptoras)
Further reading
[edit]- “raptor”,inDiccionario de la lengua española[Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7,Royal Spanish Academy[Spanish:Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
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