Dictionary

illustrator en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈɪləˌstɹeɪtəɹ/ (US)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Latin lūstrō Latin illūstrō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin illūstrātiōbor. Middle French illustrationbor. English illustrationbf. English illustrate English -or English illustrator From illustrate + -or.

Meanings

1. a person who draws pictures (especially illustrations in books or magazines)
   • Mary is one of the best illustrators of children's books in the country.

Forms

Deriveds

paleoillustrator · illustratress

Descendants

イラストレーター

Relateds

illustrate · illustration · artist

Translations (27)

fr illustrateur (person who draws pictures) · ar مُصَوِّر (person who draws pictures) · uk ілюстра́торка (person who draws pictures) · cs ilustrátor (person who draws pictures) · es ilustrador (person who draws pictures) · fa تصویرگر (person who draws pictures) · fr illustratrice (person who draws pictures) · gl ilustrador (person who draws pictures) · hu illusztrátor (person who draws pictures) · da illustrator (person who draws pictures) · tr illüstratör (person who draws pictures) · cmn 插圖畫家 /插图画家 (person who draws pictures) · pt desenhista (person who draws pictures) · ja イラストレーター (person who draws pictures) · tl ilustrador (person who draws pictures) · pt ilustrador (person who draws pictures) · de Illustrator (person who draws pictures) · es ilustradora (person who draws pictures) · be ілюстра́тар (person who draws pictures) · ru иллюстра́тор (person who draws pictures) · nn illustratør (person who draws pictures) · nb illustratør (person who draws pictures) · uk ілюстра́тор (person who draws pictures) · sv illustratör (person who draws pictures) · fi kuvittaja (person who draws pictures) · el εικονογράφος (person who draws pictures) · nl illustrator (person who draws pictures)