conductor

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English

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Alternative forms

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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)

Noun

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conductor (plural conductors)

  1. One who conducts or leads; a guide; a director.
  2. (music) A person who conducts an orchestra, choir or other music ensemble; a professional whose occupation is conducting.
  3. (rail 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."
  4. (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.
  5. (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.
  6. A grooved sound or staff used for directing instruments, such as lithontriptic forceps; a director.
  7. (architecture) A leader.

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Catalan

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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)

  1. driver
  2. (physics) conductor
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Latin

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Etymology

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From condūcō (I lead) +‎ -tor.

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Noun

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

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

Declension

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Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative conductor conductōrēs
Genitive conductōris conductōrum
Dative conductōrī conductōribus
Accusative conductōrem conductōrēs
Ablative conductōre conductōribus
Vocative conductor conductōrēs

Descendants

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References

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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’s 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.

Portuguese

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Noun

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

  1. Obsolete form of condutor.

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French conducteur, from Latin conductor.

Noun

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conductor n (plural conductoare)

  1. (physics) conductor

Declension

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Noun

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conductor m (plural conductori)

  1. driver
  2. (physics) conductor

Declension

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Spanish

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

  1. driver
    Synonyms: volante, chofer
  2. motorist
    Synonym: motorista
  3. (Argentina, Uruguay) 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)

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