Meaning

4 senses
  1. A person who takes part in dialogue or conversation: a locutive partner.

    Gesprächspartner, Gesprächspartnerin

    собесе́дникsobesédnik, собесе́дницаsobesédnica

    співрозмо́вникspivrozmóvnyk, співрозмо́вницяspivrozmóvnycja, співбесі́дникspivbesídnyk

    a person who takes part in a conversation

  2. A man in the middle of the line in a minstrel show who questions the endmen and acts as leader.

    a performer in the middle of a minstrel line who engages the others in talk

  3. An interlocutory judgement or sentence.

  4. A decree of a court.

Examples

5 sentences
  1. You are a very interesting interlocutor.

    ruВы очень интересный собеседник.

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  2. I'm talking to an imaginary interlocutor.

    ruЯ разговариваю с воображаемым собеседником.

    deIch unterhalte mich mit einem imaginären Gesprächspartner.

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  3. You can't have a conversation without an interlocutor.

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  4. As if in reply, the animal raised his long ears and pointed them at his interlocutor.

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  5. I do not eschew an elevated style of speech, especially when my interlocutors are themselves well read.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
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a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation:
Русский
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a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation:

Origin

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin interlocūtor, from the agent noun counterpart (via t

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin interlocūtor, from the agent noun counterpart (via the suffix -tor) of Latin interloquor (“speak between, issue an interlocutory decree”), from inter- + loquor (“speak”).

From French interlocutoire, from Latin interlocūtōrium.

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