Meaning

3 senses
  1. Something or someone which creates or makes something.

    Kenneth E. Iverson was the creator of APL.

  2. (capitalized, sometimes)The deity that created the world.

    Schöpfer, Schöpfergott, Weltschöpfer

    созда́тельsozdátelʹ, творе́цtvoréc

    творе́цьtvorécʹ, твори́тельtvorýtelʹ

  3. A player who creates opportunities for their team to score goals; a playmaker.

    Schöpfer, Schöpferin, Erschaffer

    созда́тельsozdátelʹ, созда́тельницаsozdátelʹnica, творе́цtvoréc

    творе́цьtvorécʹ, ство́рювачstvórjuvač, ство́рювачкаstvórjuvačka

More definitions
  • a person who grows or makes or invents things
  • terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God

Examples

78 sentences
  1. Zamenhof, the creator of Esperanto, was an ophthalmologist.

    ruЗаменгоф, создатель эсперанто, был офтальмологом.

    deZamenhof, Begründer der Plansprache Esperanto, war ein Augenarzt.

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  2. Nothing would exist without a creator.

    ruНичто не существовало бы, если бы не было кем-то создано.

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  3. There are more creators than creations.

    deEs gibt mehr Schöpfer als Schöpfungen.

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  4. Sami doesn't believe in a creator.

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  5. Sami wants to be a creator.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
the deity that created the world:
one who creates:
Русский
By meaning 2
the deity that created the world:
one who creates:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
the deity that created the world:
one who creates:

Origin

From Middle English creatour, from Old French creator, creatur, creatour, from Latin creāt

From Middle English creatour, from Old French creator, creatur, creatour, from Latin creātor, agent noun from perfect passive participle creātus (“created”), from verb creō (“to create”) + agent suffix -or. Mostly displaced native Old English wyrhta (modern English wright).

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