edificator

English

Noun

edificator (plural edificators)

1. (rare) One who or that which edifies; an edifier.
   • 1878, George Boardman, Studies in the Creative Week, page 209:

     Language is the grand edificator of the race.

Translations

one who edifies

• Romanian: edificator (ro)

References

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “edificator”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

Romanian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin aedēs

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.

Proto-Italic *θakos

Proto-Italic *-fakos

Latin -ficus

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin -ficō

Latin aedificō

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Italic *-tōr

Latin -tor

Latin aedificator

French édificateurbor.

Romanian edificator

Borrowed from French édificateur, from Latin aedificator.

Adjective

edificator m or n (feminine singular edificatoare, masculine plural edificatori, feminine/neuter plural edificatoare)

1. edifying

Declension

Declension of edificator

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	edificator		edificatoare	edificatori	edificatoare
	definite	edificatorul		edificatoarea	edificatorii	edificatoarele
genitive- dative	indefinite	edificator		edificatoare	edificatori	edificatoare
	definite	edificatorului		edificatoarei	edificatorilor	edificatoarelor