improvisator

English

Etymology

From improvise +‎ -ator, after French improvisateur and Italian improvvisatore.

Noun

improvisator (plural improvisators)

1. Someone who improvises; improviser.
2. An improvisatore.
   • 1807, [Germaine] de Staël Holstein, translated by D[ennis] Lawler, “[Book XV. The Farewell to Rome, and the Journey to Venice.] Chap[ter] VIII.”, in Corinna; or, Italy. […], volume IV, London: […] Corri, […]; and sold by Colburn, […], and Mackenzie, […], →OCLC, page 144:

     They did not offer the people those gross pleasures which brutalize them; but they gave them music, paintings, improvisators, and festivals, and the government watched over the people as a sultan does over his seraglio.

Derived terms

• improvisatorize

References

• “improvisator”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian improvvisatore. By surface analysis, improviseren +‎ -ator.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪm.proː.viˈzaː.tɔr/

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• Hyphenation: im‧pro‧vi‧sa‧tor
• Rhymes: -aːtɔr

Noun

improvisator m (plural improvisatoren or improvisators, no diminutive)

1. improviser

Related terms

• improvisatie
• improviseren

References

• van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “improvisator”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
• Matthias de Vries; Lambert Allard te Winkel (1864), “improvisator”, in Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal, published 2001