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interpreter en · NOUN

Pronunciation

/ɪnˈtɜː.pɹɪ.tə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
[ɪnˈtɝ.pɹɪ.ɾɚ] (General-American)
/ɪnˈtɝ.pɹɪ.tɚ/ (General-American)
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Etymology

From Middle English interpreter, interpretour, etc., from Old French interpreteur, interpreteeur, etc., from Late Latin interpretātōr, from classical Latin interpretātus (“explained, translated”) + -or (“-er: forming agent nouns”), from interpretārī (“to explain, to translate”), from interpres (“go-between, translator”) + -ārī (“to be ~ed”), q.v. In reference to divine emissaries, a calque of Mercury's Latin epithet interpres divum (“go-between of the gods”). In reference to the rhetorical device, a calque of Latin interpretatio. Equivalent to interpret + -er. Displaced native Old English wealhstod.

Meanings

A person or thing that interprets the meaning of something for another, particularly
- […] the Priest or Medicine-man […] early appeared on the plantation and found his function as the healer of the sick, the interpreter of the Unknown […] and the one who rudely but picturesquely expressed the longing, disappointment, and resentment of a stolen and oppressed people. 1903, W. E. B. Du Bois, chapter 10, in The Souls of Black Folk, Chicago: McClurg, page 196:
- ... an interpreter of dreams ...
A person or thing that interprets the meaning of something for another ▸ A person or thing that translates speech or signing, as opposed to texts.
- I had many Acquaintance among Persons of the best Fashion, and being always attended by my Interpreter, the Conversation we had was not disagreeable. 1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “The Author Leaves Luggnagg, and Sails to Japan. From thence He Returns in a Dutch Ship to Amsterdam, and from Amsterdam to England.”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume II, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], →OCLC, part III (A Voyage to Laputa, Balnibarbi, Glubbdubdribb, Luggnagg, and Japan), page 137:
- Once in the classroom the interpreter might inform the deaf person of various auditory information occurring in the environment such as: The teacher has a strong accent. Your hearing aid is making a noise. The fire alarm has gone off! 1991, Jerome Daniel Schein et al., Postsecondary Education for Deaf Students:
- I can understand German as well as the maniac that invented it, but I talk it best through an interpreter. 1880, Mark Twain, chapter 14, in A Tramp Abroad, volume 1, London: Chatto & Windus, page 115:
- ... when you ſallie vpon him, ſpeake what terrible Language you will: though you vnderſtand it not your ſelues, no matter: for we must not ſeeme to vnderſtand him, vnleſſe ſome one among vs, whom wee must produce for an Interpreter. 1623, William Shakespeare, All's Well That Ends Well, Act IV, Scene 1:
- 14. A party or witness in any proceedings who does not understand or speak the language in which the proceedings are conducted or who is deaf has the right to the assistance of an interpreter. 1982, Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms:
- So began my career as our family’s official interpreter. From then on, I would fill in our blanks, our silences, stutters, whenever I could. I code switched. I took off our language and wore my English, like a mask, so that others would see my face, and therefore yours. 2019, Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, Penguin Random House, Part 1:
- A Japanese man who is tried before a German court is assisted by an interpreter in making oral statements.
(obsolete) A person or thing that interprets the meaning of something for another ▸ Synonym of translator, one who translates various forms of texts.
(obsolete) A person or thing that interprets the meaning of something for another ▸ Synonym of commentator, one who explains laws or scripture.
- Then said Christian to the Interpreter, Expound this matter more fully to me. 1678, John Bunyan, Pilgrim's Progress, section 23:
- ... the holy fathers interpretours of holy scrypture ... 1529, Thomas More, Dialogue of Diverse Matters, London: J. Rastell, Book 4, Chapter 6:
(obsolete) A person or thing that interprets the meaning of something for another ▸ Synonym of emissary, particularly in reference to Hermes or angels as messengers between humans and the divine.
(uncommon) A person or thing that interprets the meaning of something for another ▸ Synonym of guide, one who explains a thing, person, or group of people.
- A severe interpreter might say that the mere facts of their relation to each other, the melancholy position of this woman who depended on his will, made a standing banquet for his delight in dominating. 1876, George Eliot, Daniel Deronda, Leipzig: B. Tauchnitz, Volume 2, Book 4, Chapter 30, p. 205:
- At the historic site, there are a number of interpreters who demonstrate ancient crafts.
(figuratively) A person or thing that interprets the meaning of something for another ▸ A thing that, figuratively speaking, performs a similar role explaining, revealing, or clarifying.
- Flowers are the interpreters of love in India, painting in the most vivid but in the softest colours speaking in the sweetest sighs: while each blossom that fades is a mournful remembrancer either of blighted hopes or departed pleasures. 1823, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Forget Me Not 1824, The Indian Orphan, page 67:
- Leo. ... theſe thy offices (So rarely kind) are as Interpreters Of my behind-hand ſlackneſſe. 1623, William Shakespeare, The Winter's Tale, Act V, Scene 1:
- ... the modern drama—the strongest and most far-reaching interpreter of our deep-felt dissatisfaction ... 1910, Emma Goldman, “The Modern Drama”, in Anarchism and Other Essays, New York: Mother Earth Publishing Association, page 247:
(obsolete, rhetoric) A person or thing that interprets the meaning of something for another ▸ Synonym of synonymy, the use of one term to explain another.
(obsolete) A person or thing that interprets the meaning of something for another ▸ Synonym of dictionary or glossary, a book that explains uncommon terms.
(historical) A person or thing that interprets the meaning of something for another ▸ A machine that reads the pattern of holes on a punch card and prints its meaning along the top of the card.
(historical) A person or thing that interprets the meaning of something for another ▸ An analyst of reconnaissance photographs.
A person or thing that interprets the meaning of something for another ▸ A program that converts commands into machine language in real time rather than compiling it in advance.
- Programs written in BASIC are usually run through an interpreter rather than a compiler.
A person or thing that interprets the meaning of something for another ▸ A performer who presents a piece of art in a distinct style, particularly so as to make older works relevant to their audience.
- ... one of the foremost interpreters of Beethoven's piano works ...

Forms

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enterpretour		alternative	lexicographic
enterpretor		alternative	lexicographic
interpretour		alternative	lexicographic
interpreters	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Coordinates

compiler (in computing)

Translations (246)

sv tolk (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · hy թարգմանիչ (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · pl tłumacz symultaniczny (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · es intérprete (computer program) · vi người thông dịch (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · ro traducătoare (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · hu tolmács (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · ko 통역 (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · fi tulkki (computer program) · ar مُتَرْجِمَة (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · ko 번역기 (computer program) · taa ch'ek'oxaɬnayenh (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · hsb tołmač (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · cmn 翻譯 /翻译 (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · mi kaiwhakamāori (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · ia interpretator (computer program) · ga teangaire (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · eo komentariisto (one who explains) · ba тәржемәсе (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · fa-ira مُتَرْجِم (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · mn тайлбарлагч (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · tk terjimeçi (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · eo komentisto (one who explains) · gl intérprete (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · my စကားပြန် (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · or ଅନୁବାଦକ (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · ro interpretator (one who explains) · csb tłómôcz (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · pt interpretador (computer program) · be тлума́ч (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · sh тумачица (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · cmn 通事 (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · lv tulkotāja (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · nl tolk (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · cmn 通譯 /通译 (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · bo སྐད་སྒྱུར (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · sq përkthyes (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · be перакла́дчык (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · yi פֿאַרטײַטשערין (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · zdj mkalimani (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · sl tolmačka (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · it interprete (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · kw latimores (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · ky котормочу (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · ta மொழிபெயர்ப்பாளர் (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · is túlkur (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · gu દુભાષિયો (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · tg тарҷумон (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · uz perevodchik (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · id penerjemah (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · mk преведувач (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · bg превода́ч (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · ps ژباړونکی (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · be тлума́чка (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · km អ្នកបកប្រែ (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · cmn 傳譯員 /传译员 (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · ko 해설자 (one who explains) · si තෝල්කයා (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · orv тълкъ (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · cmn 舌人 (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · sl tolmač (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · ur مُتَرْجِم (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · vo nätäpretan (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · sk tlmočníčka (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · gd eadar-theangaichear (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · ko 통역자 (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · bg превода́чка (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · eo gvidisto (one who explains) · ja 通訳者 (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · es exégeta (one who explains) · tr dragoman (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · ia interprete (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · nv adiitsʼaʼii (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · sah тылбаасчыт (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · mn хэлмэрч (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · es dragomán (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · ko 인터프레터 (computer program) · kk тілмаш (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · lv tulks (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · mr दुभाष्या (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · cy cyfieithydd (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · he מתורגמן \ מְתֻרְגְּמָן (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · ru у́стный перево́дчик (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · id juru bahasa (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · es drogmán (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · mt interpretu (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · de Interpreter (computer program) · gd eadar-theangaiche (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · ang wealhstod (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · be перакла́дчыца (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · es intérprete (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · nb tolk (computer program) · nv ataʼ halneʼé (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · yue 傳譯 /传译 (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · uz tilmoch (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · ro translator (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · yi דאָלמעטשער (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · akk 𒅴𒁄 (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · jv juru basa (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · eo interpretisto (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · lo ລ່າມ (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · yi דאָלמעטשערקע (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · tl tagaliwat (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · aii ܬܲܪܓܡܵܢܵܐ (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · pl tłumaczka (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · ro interpret (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · cs interpret (computer program) · ja インタープリタ (computer program) · mk толкувач (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · tr dilmaç (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · tk dilmaaç (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · pl tłumacz ustny (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · tr yorumlayıcı (computer program) · ro traducător (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · af tolk (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · oc interprèt (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · sh tumačica (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · es trujamán (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · pt intérprete (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · cmn 翻譯者 /翻译者 (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · vi thông dịch viên (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · az tərcüməçi (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · sh interpreter (computer program) · la interpres (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · ce талмаж (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · ca intèrpret (computer program) · tet durubasa (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · hu tolmácsnő (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · mww tus kws txhais lus (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · uk товма́ч (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · es trujimán (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · pl interpreter (computer program) · bg тълкува́тел (one who explains) · hi अनुवादक (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · ru перево́дчица (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · ur تَرْجُمان (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · uk товма́чка (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · fr interpréteur (computer program) · ru перево́дчик (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · cy dehonglydd (computer program) · ka მთარგმნელი (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · eo interpretilo (computer program) · et tõlk (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · orv тълмачь (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · sv programtolk (computer program) · fa-ira تیلْماچی (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · bn অনুবাদক (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · ps مترجم (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · ru толма́чка (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · tt тәрҗемәче (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · fi tulkki (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · ro translatoare (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · lo ຜູ້ແປ (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · fr interprète (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · kw latimer (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · ko 해석자 (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · az dilmanc (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · ko 통역인 (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · uk переклада́ч (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · uk переклада́чка (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · cs tlumočník (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · fa-ira تَرْجُمان (computer program) · sk tlmočník (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · sh ту̀ма̄ч (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · hu értelmező (computer program) · ml ദ്വിഭാഷി (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · cmn 解釋程序 /解释程序 (computer program) · ur اَنُوَادَک (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · uz tarjimon (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · fi ohjelmatulkki (computer program) · kmr terciman (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · es exegeta (one who explains) · mk толкувачка (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · de Dolmetschin (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · ru у́стная перево́дчица (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · fa-ira تَرْگُمان (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · sh interpretator (computer program) · te దుబాసీ (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · ar مُتَرْجِم (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · ru интерпрета́тор (computer program) · kk аударушы (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · th ล่าม (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · lo ນາຍພາສາ (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · el διερμηνέας (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · sq interpretues (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · es truchimán (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · hu interpreter (computer program) · th นักแปล (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · grc ἑρμηνεύς (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · th ผู้แปล (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · la interprex (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · fi opas (one who explains) · el διερμηνευτής (computer program) · nn tolk (computer program) · kk аудармашы (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · kn ದುಭಾಷಿ (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · ug تىلماچ (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · nb tolk (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · pl tłumacz (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · fa-ira تَرْجُمان (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · uk тлума́чка (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · ru толма́ч (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · ko 통역사 (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · da tolk (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · cmn 口譯員 /口译员 (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · uk тлума́ч (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · cmn 口譯者 /口译者 (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · sv interpretator (computer program) · lv tulkotājs (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · ja 通訳 (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · ast intérprete (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · sh tùmāč (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · apj déełbidi (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · yi פֿאַרטײַטשער (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · tr çevirici (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · ug تەرجىمان (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · cmn 譯員 /译员 (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · ps ژباړن (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · ca intèrpret (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · ky тилмеч (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · mk преведувачка (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · is túlkur (computer program) · hi दुभाषिया (computer program) · lt vertėjas (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · cmn 翻譯員 /翻译员 (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · ps ترجمان (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · tr çevirmen (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · cv тӑлмач (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · am አስተርጓሚ (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · ro comentator (one who explains) · ms penterjemah (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · nl uitlegger (one who explains) · de Dolmetsch (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · de Dolmetscher (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · syc ܬܲܪܓܡܵܢܵܐ (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · ka თარჯიმანი (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · ro interpretor (computer program) · sv tolk (computer program) · de Dolmetscherin (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · ms juru bahasa (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · hi दुभाषिया (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · tr tercüman (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · aii ܬܲܪܓܡܵܢܬܵܐ (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · ro interpretă (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · cs tlumač (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman) · ms jurubahasa (one who interprets a language — see also dragoman)

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