Dictionary

constructor en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /kənˈstɹʌktə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /kənˈstɹʌktɚ/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *ster- Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃- Proto-Indo-European *strew- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *stréweti Proto-Italic *strowō Latin struō Latin cōnstruō Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Italic *-ōs Medieval Latin -or Medieval Latin cōnstrūctorbor. English constructor Borrowed from Medieval Latin cōnstrūctor, from Latin cōnstruō + Medieval Latin -or. By surface analysis, construct + -or.

Meanings

1. A person who, or thing that, constructs.
   • All this time the great work over which South Australia was spending large sums of money, aided by unceasing efforts on the part of her telegraph constructors, was going on. 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 134:
   • It's a big help in solving cryptograms if you know how a cryptogram is constructed. The constructor normally uses two alphabets, one for plaintext, one for the substitute cipher letters. 1981, Norma Gleason, Cryptograms and Spygrams, Courier Corporation, →ISBN, page 7:
2. A company which, or individual who, builds racing vehicles. In Formula One, constructor status is strictly defined by the rules, but in other motorsports the term is merely a descriptor. Depending on the racing rules, some constructors (e.g. Cosworth) may provide vehicles to racing teams who are not themselves constructors, while others are both teams and constructors (Ducati Corse, Scuderia Ferrari).
3. (qualifier:object-oriented programming) A class method that creates and initializes each instance of an object.
4. (US, qualifier:crosswording) A person who creates crossword puzzles.

Forms

Antonyms

destructor · destructor

Deriveds

constructorship · bioconstructor

Hyponyms

default constructor (object-oriented programming) · nullary constructor (object-oriented programming) · empty constructor (object-oriented programming) · copy constructor (object-oriented programming)

Relateds

constructorless (object-oriented programming)

Synonyms

setter · compiler

Translations (34)

de Konstruktor (in object oriented programming: code that creates objects) · be канстру́ктар (one who constructs) · fi rakentaja (in object oriented programming: code that creates objects) · fr constructeur (in object oriented programming: code that creates objects) · ru констру́ктор (one who constructs) · he פעולה בונה (in object oriented programming: code that creates objects) · ba төҙөүсе (one who constructs) · pl konstruktor (in automotive: someone who builds racing vehicles) · pl konstruktor (one who constructs) · ru строи́тель (one who constructs) · uk будіве́льник (one who constructs) · ja コンストラクタ (in object oriented programming: code that creates objects) · cs konstruktér (one who constructs) · pl konstruktorka (one who constructs) · el κατασκευαστής (in object oriented programming: code that creates objects) · ja 構築子 (in object oriented programming: code that creates objects) · pl konstruktorka (in automotive: someone who builds racing vehicles) · vi hàm khởi tạo (in object oriented programming: code that creates objects) · cs konstruktor (in object oriented programming: code that creates objects) · fr écurie (in automotive: someone who builds racing vehicles) · eo konstruilo (in object oriented programming: code that creates objects) · it costruttore (in object oriented programming: code that creates objects) · uk констру́ктор (in object oriented programming: code that creates objects) · bg констру́ктор (in object oriented programming: code that creates objects) · ko 생성자 (in object oriented programming: code that creates objects) · uk констру́ктор (one who constructs) · fi muodostin (in object oriented programming: code that creates objects) · fi rakentaja (in automotive: someone who builds racing vehicles) · pt construtor (in object oriented programming: code that creates objects) · pl konstruktor (in object oriented programming: code that creates objects) · fi konstruktori (in object oriented programming: code that creates objects) · sv konstruktor (in object oriented programming: code that creates objects) · ru констру́ктор (in object oriented programming: code that creates objects) · fi rakentaja (one who constructs)