manipulator

See also: manipulátor and manipülatör

English

Etymology

From manipulate + -or.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /məˈnɪpjʊleɪtə(ɹ)/

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Noun

manipulator (plural manipulators)

1. Agent noun of manipulate; one who manipulates.
2. A device which can be used to move, arrange or operate something.
   • 1989, Dan Simmons, Hyperion, London: Headline, published 1991, page 157:

     The power lights blinked red and the amplifier failed, but not before Kassad had seen the tapering ovoid shapes, spotted with thrusters and cockpit blisters, each trailing a tangle of six jointless manipulator arms.

3. A puppeteer, especially one controlling marionettes.

Derived terms

• master-slave manipulator
• micromanipulator
• nanomanipulator
• telemanipulator

Translations

person

• Afrikaans: manipuleerder
• Catalan: manipulador m
• Czech: manipulátor m
• French: manipulateur (fr) m
• Macedonian: манипула́тор m (manipulátor)
• Polish: manipulator (pl) m pers, manipulatorka (pl) f, manipulant (pl) m pers, manipulantka (pl) f
• Portuguese: manipulador (pt) m
• Romanian: manipulator (ro) m
• Spanish: manipulador m
• Swedish: manipulatör (sv) c, intrigör (sv) c
• Tamil: கையாளுபவர் (kaiyāḷupavar)
• Turkish: manipülatör (tr)

device

• French: manipulateur (fr) m
• Japanese: マニピュレータ (manipyurēta)
• Macedonian: манипула́тор m (manipulátor)
• Polish: manipulator (pl) m inan
• Romanian: manipulator (ro) m
• Swedish: manipulator (sv) c, manipulerare c
• Tamil: இயக்கி (ta) (iyakki)

Indonesian

Etymology

Internationalism, borrowed from English manipulator.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.ni.puˈla.tɔr/
• Hyphenation: ma‧ni‧pu‧la‧tor

Noun

manipulator

1. manipulator

   Synonym: pemanipulasi

Further reading

• “manipulator”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French manipulateur, from Latin manipulus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.ɲi.puˈla.tɔr/
• Rhymes: -atɔr
• Syllabification: ma‧ni‧pu‧la‧tor

Noun

manipulator m pers (female equivalent manipulatorka, related adjective manipulatorski)

1. manipulator

   Synonym: manipulant

Declension

Declension of manipulator

	singular	plural
nominative	manipulator	manipulatorzy/manipulatory (deprecative)
genitive	manipulatora	manipulatorów
dative	manipulatorowi	manipulatorom
accusative	manipulatora	manipulatorów
instrumental	manipulatorem	manipulatorami
locative	manipulatorze	manipulatorach
vocative	manipulatorze	manipulatorzy

Noun

manipulator m inan

1. manipulator (device which can be used to move, arrange or operate something)

Declension

Declension of manipulator

	singular	plural
nominative	manipulator	manipulatory
genitive	manipulatoru	manipulatorów
dative	manipulatorowi	manipulatorom
accusative	manipulator	manipulatory
instrumental	manipulatorem	manipulatorami
locative	manipulatorze	manipulatorach
vocative	manipulatorze	manipulatory

Further reading

• “manipulator”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “manipulator”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French manipulateur. Equivalent to manipula +‎ -tor.

Noun

manipulator m (plural manipulatori)

1. technician, operator

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	manipulator	manipulatorul	manipulatori	manipulatorii
genitive-dative	manipulator	manipulatorului	manipulatori	manipulatorilor
vocative	manipulatorule		manipulatorilor