conector

Latin

Verb

cōnector

1. first-person singular present passive indicative of cōnectō

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• conetor

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Latin con-

Latin nectō

Latin cōnectō

Latin connectō

English connect

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Italic *-tōr

Latin -tor

Latin -ātor

Old French -eorbor.

Middle English -our

▲

Latin -torlbor.

English -or

English connectorbor.

Portuguese conector

Borrowed from English connector.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ko.ne.kiˈtoʁ/ [ko.ne.kiˈtoh], /ko.nekˈtoʁ/ [ko.nekˈtoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ko.ne.kiˈtoʁ/ [ko.ne.kiˈtoh], /ko.nekˈtoʁ/ [ko.nekˈtoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ko.ne.kiˈtoɾ/, /ko.nekˈtoɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ko.ne.kiˈtoʁ/ [ko.ne.kiˈtoχ], /ko.nekˈtoʁ/ [ko.nekˈtoχ]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ko.ne.kiˈtoɻ/, /ko.nekˈtoɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ku.nɨkˈtoɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ku.nɨkˈtoɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ku.nɨkˈto.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: co‧nec‧tor

Noun

conector m (plural conectores)

1. connector

Further reading

• “conector”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “conector”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French connecteur.

Noun

conector n (plural conectoare)

1. connector

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	conector	conectorul	conectoare	conectoarele
genitive-dative	conector	conectorului	conectoare	conectoarelor
vocative	conectorule		conectoarelor

Noun

conector m (plural conectori)

1. logical connective

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	conector	conectorul	conectori	conectorii
genitive-dative	conector	conectorului	conectori	conectorilor
vocative	conectorule		conectorilor

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koneɡˈtoɾ/ [ko.neɣ̞ˈt̪oɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: co‧nec‧tor

Adjective

conector (feminine conectora, masculine plural conectores, feminine plural conectoras)

1. connecting

Noun

conector m (plural conectores) (electrical engineering, in colloquial usage chiefly Latin America)

1. plug

   Near-synonym: (Spain) cargador (“phone, laptop, etc. charger”)

2. power outlet, power socket, power point, outlet, socket

   Synonym: enchufe

3. both the plug and the outlet as a whole (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)

Noun

conector m (plural conectores)

1. (grammar) connector

Related terms

• conectar

Further reading

• “conector”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026