interlocutor
A person who takes part in dialogue or conversation: a locutive partnerA person who takes part in dialogue or conversation: a locutive partner.
» You are a very interesting interlocutor.
Вы очень интересный собеседник.
Ты очень интересный собеседник.
Meaning
4 sensesA 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
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
An interlocutory judgement or sentence.
A decree of a court.
Examples
5 sentencesYou are a very interesting interlocutor.
ruВы очень интересный собеседник.
I'm talking to an imaginary interlocutor.
ruЯ разговариваю с воображаемым собеседником.
deIch unterhalte mich mit einem imaginären Gesprächspartner.
You can't have a conversation without an interlocutor.
As if in reply, the animal raised his long ears and pointed them at his interlocutor.
I do not eschew an elevated style of speech, especially when my interlocutors are themselves well read.
Translations
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Origin
Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin interlocūtor, from the agent noun counterpart (via tLearned 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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Forms
plural: interlocutors| Singular | interlocutor |
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regular
Synonyms
6 synonyms- a person who takes part in a conversation:conversational partner