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conductor

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Middle French conductour, from Old French conduitor, from Latin conductor.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kənˈdʌktɚ/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Hyphenation: con‧duc‧tor

Noun

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conductor (plural conductors)

  1. One who conducts or leads; a guide; a director.
  3. (music) A person who conducts an orchestra, choir or other music ensemble; a professional whose occupation is conducting.
  5. (transport) A person who takes tickets on public transportation and also helps passengers.
    train conductor
    tram conductor
    • 2022 April 6, “Network News: Booze ban continues as part of move to prioritise women's safety”, in RAIL, number 954, page 6:
      " […] And one of the things that makes me feel safe is when I see the conductor."
  7. (physics) Something that can transmit electricity, heat, light, or sound.
    Antonyms: dielectric, nonconductor, insulator
    Coordinate term: semiconductor
    • 1952, Safety Maintenance:
      Falling conductors may come in contact with grounded objects or puddles of water.
    • 1997, Institution of Electrical Engineers, Fourth International Conference on Advances in Power System Control, Operation & Management, 11-13 November 1997, Institution of Electrical Engineers:
      The failure of HIF detection leads to potential hazard to human beings and potential fire. HIFS are usually caused by falling conductors coming into contact with a surface having poor conductivity.
  8. (mathematics) An ideal of a ring that measures how far it is from being integrally closed
    • 1988, F van Oystaeyen, Lieven Le Bruyn, Perspectives in ring theory:
      If c is the conductor ideal for R in R then prime ideals not containing c correspond to localizations yielding discrete valuation rings.
  9. A grooved sound or staff used for directing instruments, such as lithontriptic forceps; a director.
  10. (architecture) A leader.

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin conductōrem (“contractor, employer”).

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Adjective

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conductor (feminine conductora, masculine plural conductors, feminine plural conductores)

  1. driving
  2. conducting

Noun

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conductor m (plural conductors, feminine conductora, feminine plural conductores)

  1. driver

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conductor m (plural conductors)

  1. (physics) conductor

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Latin

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Etymology

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Etymology tree
Latin con
Proto-Indo-European *dewk-
Proto-Indo-European *déwkti
Proto-Italic *doukō
Latin dūcō
Latin condūcō
Proto-Indo-European *-tōr
Proto-Italic *-tōr
Latin -tor
Latin conductor

    From condūcō (“to lead”) + -tor.

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    conductor m (genitive conductōris, feminine conductrīx); third declension

    1. employer, entrepreneur
    2. contractor
    3. (physics) conductor (of heat, electricity etc)

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    Third-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative conductor conductōrēs
    genitive conductōris conductōrum
    dative conductōrī conductōribus
    accusative conductōrem conductōrēs
    ablative conductōre conductōribus
    vocative conductor conductōrēs

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    • “conductor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “conductor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • "conductor", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
    • “conductor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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    conductor m (plural conductores, feminine conductora, feminine plural conductoras)

    1. pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of condutor

    Romanian

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from French conducteur, from Latin conductor.

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    conductor n (plural conductoare)

    1. (physics) conductor

    Declension

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    singular plural
    indefinite definite indefinite definite
    nominative-accusative conductor conductorul conductoare conductoarele
    genitive-dative conductor conductorului conductoare conductoarelor
    vocative conductorule conductoarelor

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    conductor m (plural conductori)

    1. driver
    2. (physics) conductor

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    singular plural
    indefinite definite indefinite definite
    nominative-accusative conductor conductorul conductori conductorii
    genitive-dative conductor conductorului conductori conductorilor
    vocative conductorule conductorilor

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from Latin conductorem (“contractor, employer”). Cognate with English conductor.

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    • IPA(key): /konduɡˈtoɾ/ [kõn̪.d̪uɣ̞ˈt̪oɾ]
    • Audio (Colombia):(file)
    • Rhymes: -oɾ
    • Syllabification: con‧duc‧tor

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    conductor m (plural conductores, feminine conductora, feminine plural conductoras)

    1. driver
      Synonyms: volante, chofer
    2. motorist
      Synonym: motorista
    3. (Mexico, Rioplatense) presenter; host (of a television show)
      Synonym: presentador

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    Noun

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    conductor m (plural conductores)

    1. conductor (transmitter of electricity, heat, light or sound)
      Antonym: aislador/aislante

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