retor

See also: rétor

Latin

Verb

rētor

  1. second/third-person singular future active imperative of reor

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Probably through Latin rhētor, from Ancient Greek ῥήτωρ (rhḗtōr).

Noun

retor m (definite singular retoren, indefinite plural retorer, definite plural retorene)

  1. (historical) a rhetorician in Ancient Greece or Rome

Anagrams

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Probably through Latin rhētor, from Ancient Greek ῥήτωρ (rhḗtōr).

Noun

retor m (definite singular retoren, indefinite plural retorar, definite plural retorane)

  1. (historical) a rhetorician in Ancient Greece or Rome

Anagrams

Old French

Noun

retor oblique singular, m (oblique plural retors, nominative singular retors, nominative plural retor)

  1. return (act of instance of returning)

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ῥήτωρ (rhḗtōr).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrɛ.tɔr/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛtɔr
  • Syllabification: re‧tor

Noun

retor m pers

  1. (literary) wordsmith
    Synonyms: krasomówca, orator

Declension

Further reading

  • retor in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • retor in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ῥήτωρ (rhḗtōr) or Latin rhetor.

Noun

retor m (plural retori)

  1. teacher of rhetoric.

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From retòrika.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rêːtor/
  • Hyphenation: re‧tor

Noun

rȇtor m (Cyrillic spelling ре̑тор)

  1. rhetorician

Declension

References

  • retor” in Hrvatski jezični portal
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