originator

English

Etymology

From originate + -or.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˈɹɪd͡ʒɪneɪtə/

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• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /əˈɹɪd͡ʒɪneɪtɚ/, [əˈɹɪd͡ʒɪneɪɾɚ]

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• (dialectal, US) IPA^(key): /ɔˈɹɪd͡ʒɪneɪtɚ/, [ɔˈɹɪd͡ʒɪneɪɾɚ]

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• Hyphenation: ori‧gi‧nat‧or

Noun

originator (plural originators)

1. Someone who originates, creates or founds something.
   • 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 180:

     Another perfume was known as nicerotiana, named after its originator Nicerotas.

   • 2004, Jeff Duntemann, Degunking Your Email, Spam, and Viruses, page 209:

     These relay stations are actually special-purpose email servers. They are used to relay spam from the spam's originator so that the originator cannot be traced.

Derived terms

• call originator
• originatress

Translations

someone who originates

• Bulgarian: автор (bg) m (avtor), създател (bg) (săzdatel), основоположник (bg) m (osnovopoložnik)
• Czech: původce (cs) m
• Danish: ophavsmand c
• French: demandeur (fr) m, expéditeur (fr) m
• German: Verursacher (de) m, Urheber (de) m
• Hindi: संस्थापक (hi) m (sansthāpak), संस्थापिका f (sansthāpikā), प्रवर्तक (hi) m (pravartak)
• Irish: tionscnóir m, údar m
• Latin: repertor m
• Macedonian: основопо́ложник m (osnovopóložnik), о́сновач m (ósnovač), а́втор m (ávtor)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: opphavsperson m

  Nynorsk: opphavsperson m

• Polish: autor (pl) m, autorka (pl) f
• Romanian: promotor (ro) m, inițiator (ro) m
• Russian: состави́тель (ru) m (sostavítelʹ), а́втор (ru) m (ávtor)
• Serbo-Croatian: začetnik (sh) m
• Swedish: upphovsmakare (sv) c, upphovsman (sv) c