illustrator

See also: Illustrator and illustratør

English

Etymology

illustrate +‎ -or

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ˈɪləˌstɹeɪtəɹ/

Noun

illustrator (plural illustrators)

a person who draws pictures (especially illustrations in books or magazines)
Terry is one of the best illustrators of children's books in the country.

Related terms

Descendants

→ Japanese: イラストレーター (irasutorētā)

Translations

person who draws pictures

Arabic: مُصَوِّر m (muṣawwir)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 插圖畫家／插图画家 (chātú huàjiā)
Czech: ilustrátor m
Dutch: illustrator (nl) m
Finnish: kuvittaja (fi)
French: illustrateur (fr) m, illustratrice (fr) f
German: Illustrator (de) m
Greek: εικονογράφος (el) m (eikonográfos)
Hungarian: illusztrátor (hu)
Japanese: イラストレーター (ja) (irasutorētā)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: illustratør m

Nynorsk: illustratør m
Persian: تصویرگر (tasvirgar)
Portuguese: desenhista (pt), ilustrador (pt) m
Russian: иллюстра́тор (ru) m (illjustrátor)
Spanish: ilustrador (es) m, ilustradora (es) f
Swedish: illustratör (sv) c
Tagalog: ilustrador
Turkish: illüstratör

Dutch

Alternative forms

(obsolete, nonstandard) illustrateur

Etymology

From Latin illustrātor. Equivalent to illustreren +‎ -ator. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌɪ.lyˈstraː.tɔr/, /ˌi.lyˈstraː.tɔr/
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Hyphenation: il‧lus‧tra‧tor
Rhymes: -aːtɔr

Noun

illustrator m (plural illustratoren or illustrators, diminutive illustratortje n, feminine illustratrice)

illustrator
Synonym: tekenaar

Related terms

Latin

Verb

illūstrātor

second/third-person singular future passive imperative of illūstrō

References

“illustrator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
illustrator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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