excavator
English
An excavator (#2)
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɛkskəˌveɪtə/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɛkskəˌveɪtɚ/
- Hyphenation: ex‧ca‧vat‧or
- Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ)
Noun
excavator (plural excavators)
- A person who excavates.
- A vehicle, often on tracks, used to dig ditches etc.
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Excavator- Synonyms: digger, excavating machine
- A curette used to scrape out pathological material.
Hyponyms
Translations
person
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vehicle
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curette used to scrape out pathological material — see curette
References
Category:excavators on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Further reading
- “excavator”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “excavator”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “excavator”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “excavator”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
Latin
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French excavateur. Equivalent to excava + -tor.
Declension
Declension of excavator
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) excavator | excavatorul | (niște) excavatoare | excavatoarele |
| genitive/dative | (unui) excavator | excavatorului | (unor) excavatoare | excavatoarelor |
| vocative | excavatorule | excavatoarelor | ||
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