interlocutor

English

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˌɪn.təˈlɒk.jʊ.tə/, /-jə.tə/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˌɪn.tɚˈlɑk.jə.tɚ/, /-ˈlɑ.kə.tɚ/, /-ˈlɑk.ju.tɚ/
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Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin interlocūtor, from the agent noun counterpart (via the suffix -tor) of Latin interloquor (“speak between, issue an interlocutory decree”), from inter- + loquor (“speak”).

Noun

interlocutor (plural interlocutors)

  2. A person who takes part in dialogue or conversation: a locutive partner.
    Synonyms: converser, conversant, conversationalist, partner, collocutor
    Coordinate terms: asker, answerer, correspondent, interviewer, interviewee, penpal
    • 1894, Calvin Thomas, “The Teacher's Outfit in German”, in The School Review, volume 2, number 7, page 406:
      Explanations which continually remind one's interlocutor of one's ignorance are a great damper upon the easy flow of talk.
    • 2025 January 14, Howard LaFranchi, “In Biden-Trump handoff, a foreign policy shift for a changed world?”, in The Christian Science Monitor‎[1], Boston, Massachusetts: Christian Science Publishing Society, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 September 2026:
      In the run-up to his return to the White House next Monday, Mr. Trump has rattled the world, and America’s neighborhood in particular, with a list of objectives – buying Greenland, seizing the Panama Canal, making Canada the 51st state – that treat friendly nations as weak interlocutors and impediments to be subdued.
  3. A man in the middle of the line in a minstrel show who questions the endmen and acts as leader.
    • 1991, Maureen Costonis, “Martha Graham's American Document: A Minstrel Show in Modern Dance Dress”, in American Music, volume 9, number 3, page 299:
      The "interlocutor" greeted the audience and engaged in comical repartee with the "end men," named Tambo and Bones.
  4. (law) An interlocutory judgement or sentence.
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Etymology 2

From French interlocutoire, from Latin interlocūtōrium.

Noun

interlocutor (plural interlocutors)

  1. (Scots law) A decree of a court.
    • 1869, “The Judicial System of Scotland”, in The American Law Register (1852-1891), volume 17, number 5, page 257:
      A decree of the English Court of Chancery is not entitled to more respect in Scotland than a decree (interlocutor) of the Scottish Court of Session in England.
Translations

Catalan

Pronunciation

Noun

interlocutor m (plural interlocutors, feminine interlocutora, feminine plural interlocutores)

  1. interlocutor (a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation)

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Galician

Noun

interlocutor m (plural interlocutores, feminine interlocutora, feminine plural interlocutoras)

  1. interlocutor (a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation)

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩ.teʁ.lo.kuˈtoʁ/ [ĩ.teɦ.lo.kuˈtoh]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ĩ.teɾ.lo.kuˈtoɾ/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ĩ.teʁ.lo.kuˈtoʁ/ [ĩ.teʁ.lo.kuˈtoχ]
    • (Caipira) IPA(key): /ĩ.teɻ.lo.kuˈtoɻ/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ĩ.tɨɾ.lu.kuˈtoɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ĩ.tɨɾ.lu.kuˈto.ɾi/

  • Hyphenation: in‧ter‧lo‧cu‧tor

Noun

interlocutor m (plural interlocutores, feminine interlocutora, feminine plural interlocutoras)

  1. interlocutor (a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation)
  • interlocução
  • interlocutório

Further reading

Romanian

Etymology

    Borrowed from French interlocuteur.

    Noun

    interlocutor m (plural interlocutori)

    1. interlocutor

    Declension

    singular plural
    indefinite definite indefinite definite
    nominative-accusative interlocutor interlocutorul interlocutori interlocutorii
    genitive-dative interlocutor interlocutorului interlocutori interlocutorilor
    vocative interlocutorule interlocutorilor

    Spanish

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /inteɾlokuˈtoɾ/ [ĩn̪.t̪eɾ.lo.kuˈt̪oɾ]
    • Rhymes: -oɾ
    • Syllabification: in‧ter‧lo‧cu‧tor

    Noun

    interlocutor m (plural interlocutores, feminine interlocutora, feminine plural interlocutoras)

    1. interlocutor
      • 1975, Jorge Luis Borges, “The Other”, in The Book of Sand, page 19:
        Los dos mentíamos y cada cual sabía que su interlocutor estaba mintiendo.
        We were both lying and each one of us knew that his interlocutor was lying.
    2. negotiator
      • 2009 June 10, “Gadafi levanta una tienda en Roma”, in BBC Mundo‎[2], archived from the original on 13 October 2026:
        Gadafi recibirá a sus interlocutores en una carpa de estilo beduino...
        Gaddafi will receive his negotiators with a Bedouin-style carpet...

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