adulator

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin adūlātor.

Noun

adulator (plural adulators)

One who lavishes excessive praises or flattery; one who adulates.

Derived terms

adulatress

Translations

one who adulates

Armenian: շողոքորթ (hy) (šoġokʻortʻ)
Azerbaijani: yaltaq (az)
Bashkir: ялағай (yalağay)
Danish: smigrer c, spytslikker c
Finnish: mielistelijä (fi), imartelija (fi)
French: adulateur (fr) m, adulatrice (fr) f
German: Schmeichler (de) m, Schmeichlerin (de) f
Greek: κόλακας (el) m (kólakas), γαλίφης (el) m (galífis), μαλαγάνας (el) m (malagánas)
Ancient: κόλαξ m (kólax), θώψ m (thṓps)
Hungarian: talpnyaló (hu)
Italian: adulatore (it) m, adulatrice f
Portuguese: adulador (pt) m, bajulador (pt) m
Romagnol: aduladôr m, adulatôr m
Romanian: adulator (ro) m, adulatoare (ro) f
Russian: льстец (ru) m (lʹstec), подхали́м (ru) m (podxalím), лизоблю́д (ru) m (lizobljúd), подли́за (ru) m or f (podlíza)
Spanish: adulador (es) m, aduladora (es) f

Anagrams

laudator

Latin

Etymology

adūlor (“to fawn upon, flatter”) +‎ -tor

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /a.duːˈlaː.tor/, [äd̪uːˈɫ̪äːt̪ɔr]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.duˈla.tor/, [äd̪uˈläːt̪or]

Noun

adūlātor m (genitive adūlātōris); third declension

a low cringing flatterer; a sycophant

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	adūlātor	adūlātōrēs
Genitive	adūlātōris	adūlātōrum
Dative	adūlātōrī	adūlātōribus
Accusative	adūlātōrem	adūlātōrēs
Ablative	adūlātōre	adūlātōribus
Vocative	adūlātor	adūlātōrēs

Derived terms

adūlātorius

Descendants

English: adulator
French: adulateur
Italian: adulatore
→ Polish: (Middle Polish) adulator (learned)
Gallo-Italic:
- Romagnol: aduladôr, adulatôr
Portuguese: adulador
Spanish: adulador

Verb

adūlātor

second/third-person singular future active imperative of adūlor

References

“adulator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“adulator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
adulator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Anagrams

laudātor

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin adūlātor. First attested in 1560.

Pronunciation

(Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /a.duˈlɒ.tɔr/

Noun

adulátor m animacy unattested

(Middle Polish) adulator
Synonyms: pochlebca, służalec

Declension

Attested forms of adulátor

	singular	plural
nominative	adulátor	—
genitive	—	—
dative	—	—
accusative	—	—
instrumental	—	—
locative	—	—
vocative	—	—

Related terms

noun

adulacja

References

Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “adulator”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French adulateur.

Noun

adulator m (plural adulatori, feminine equivalent adulatoare)

worshiper

Declension

Declension of adulator

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) adulator	adulatorul	(niște) adulatori	adulatorii
genitive/dative	(unui) adulator	adulatorului	(unor) adulatori	adulatorilor
vocative	adulatorule		adulatorilor

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