# interpreter

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɪnˈtɜː.pɹɪ.tə/ · frequency rank #14,145

## Definitions
1. A person or thing that interprets the meaning of something for another, particularly
2. A person or thing that interprets the meaning of something for another
3. A person or thing that interprets the meaning of something for another
4. A person or thing that interprets the meaning of something for another
5. A person or thing that interprets the meaning of something for another
6. A person or thing that interprets the meaning of something for another
7. A person or thing that interprets the meaning of something for another
8. A person or thing that interprets the meaning of something for another
9. A person or thing that interprets the meaning of something for another
10. A person or thing that interprets the meaning of something for another
11. A person or thing that interprets the meaning of something for another
12. A person or thing that interprets the meaning of something for another
13. A person or thing that interprets the meaning of something for another

## Etymology
From Middle English interpreter, interpretour, etc., from Old French interpreteur, interpreteeur, etc., from Late Latin interpretātōr, from classical Latin interpretātus (“explained, translated”) + -or (“-er: forming agent nouns”), from interpretārī (“to explain, to translate”), from interpres (“go-between, translator”) + -ārī (“to be ~ed”), q.v. In reference to divine emissaries, a calque of Mercury's Latin epithet interpres divum (“go-between of the gods”). In reference to the rhetorical device, a calque of Latin interpretatio. Equivalent to interpret + -er.
Displaced native Old English wealhstod.

## Easily confused with
- **interpreters** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/interpreter-vs-interpreters)
- **interpret** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/interpret-vs-interpreter)
- **interpreted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/interpreted-vs-interpreter)

## Common misspellings (17)
`inetrpreter`, `innterpreter`, `inteprreter`, `interperter`, `interppreter`, `interpreetr`, `interpreterr`, `interpretre`, `interpretter`, `interprreter`, `interprteer`, `interrpeter`, `interrpreter`, `intrepreter`, `intterpreter`, `itnerpreter`, `niterpreter`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/interpreter