pollinator

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English pollin-

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos

Proto-Italic *-ātos

Latin -ātuslbor.

English -ate

English pollinate

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 pollinator

From pollinate + -or.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɒlɪˌneɪtə(ɹ)/

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Noun

pollinator (plural pollinators)

1. (biology) the agent that pollinates a plant; often an insect

   Hyponyms: bee, butterfly

2. the plant that is the source of pollen for cross-pollination

Translations

agent

• Breton: pollener m
• Catalan: pol·linitzador m
• Czech: opylovač (cs) m
• Dutch: bestuiver m
• Finnish: pölyttäjä (fi)
• French: pollinisateur (fr) m
• Galician: polinizador (gl) m
• Georgian: დამამტვერიანებელი (damamṭverianebeli), პოლინატორი (ṗolinaṭori)
• German: Bestäuber (de) m
• Greek: επικονιαστής (el) m (epikoniastís)
• Indonesian: polinator
• Italian: impollinatore m
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: perîner

• Polish: zapylacz m
• Portuguese: polinizador m
• Spanish: polinizador (es) m

source of pollen

• Finnish: pölyttäjä (fi)

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