convector

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English convect

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Italic *-tōr

Latin -tor

Latin -ātor

Old French -eorbor.

Middle English -our

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Latin -torlbor.

English -or

English convector

From convect + -or.

Pronunciation

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Noun

convector (plural convectors)

1. A space heater that transfers heat by convection; a radiator.

Translations

space heater

• Catalan: convector m
• French: convecteur (fr) m
• Greek: θερμοπομπός (el) m (thermopompós)
• Italian: convettore m
• Portuguese: aquecedor por convecção m, convector m
• Spanish: convector (es) m

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Latin con-

Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *wéǵʰeti

Proto-Italic *weɣō

Latin vehō

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Italic *-tōr

Latin -tor

Latin vector

Latin convector

From con- + vector (“carrier, passenger”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kɔnˈwɛk.tɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [koɱˈvɛk.tor]

Noun

convector m (genitive convectōris); third declension

1. one who carries or brings together
2. a fellow passenger

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	convector	convectōrēs
genitive	convectōris	convectōrum
dative	convectōrī	convectōribus
accusative	convectōrem	convectōrēs
ablative	convectōre	convectōribus
vocative	convector	convectōrēs

References

• “convector”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “convector”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French convecteur.

Noun

convector n (plural convectoare)

1. convector

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	convector	convectorul	convectoare	convectoarele
genitive-dative	convector	convectorului	convectoare	convectoarelor
vocative	convectorule		convectoarelor