Meaning

1 senses
  1. One who invents, either as a hobby or as an occupation.

    Thomas Edison was the inventor of the phonograph.

    The young inventor received a patent for her design.

    Erfinder, Erfinderin

    изобрета́тельizobretátelʹ, изобрета́тельницаizobretátelʹnica, зате́йникzatéjnik

    винахі́дникvynaxídnyk, винахі́дницяvynaxídnycja

More definitions
  • someone who is the first to think of or make something

Examples

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  1. I enjoy hearing stories about inventors.

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  2. When I was young, I wanted to be an inventor.

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  3. Are you an inventor?

    deBist du Erfinder?

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  4. Tom is an inventor.

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  5. Who was the inventor of the radio?

    Хто винайшов радіо?

    ruКто изобрёл радио?

    deWer ist der Erfinder des Radios?

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Translations

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Українська
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Русский
By meaning 1
one who invents:
Deutsch
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one who invents:

Origin

Borrowed from Latin inventor. By surface analysis, invent + -or.

Borrowed from Latin inventor. By surface analysis, invent + -or.

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Forms

plural: inventors
Singularinventor
Pluralinventors

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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