deviator

English

Etymology

From deviate +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈdivieɪtɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈdiːvieɪtə/

Noun

deviator (plural deviators)

1. That which deviates, or causes deviation
   • 2007 April 29, Jon Meacham, “Friends of Winston”, in The New York Times Book Review‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 5 August 2021:

     For Tories like Cartland, deviating from the Chamberlain line was seen as betrayal, not disagreement, and the deviators were subjected to raw schoolboy pressure.

Derived terms

• deviatoric
• nondeviator

Translations

1. That which deviates, or causes deviation

• German: Abweichler (de) m

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [deː.wiˈaː.tɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [de.viˈaː.tor]

Verb

dēviātor

1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of dēviō

References

• “deviator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “deviator”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French déviateur. By surface analysis, devia + -tor.

Noun

deviator m (plural deviatori, feminine equivalent deviatoare)

1. diverter

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	deviator	deviatorul	deviatori	deviatorii
genitive-dative	deviator	deviatorului	deviatori	deviatorilor
vocative	deviatorule		deviatorilor