# translator

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈtɹænzleɪtɚ/ · frequency rank #11,812

## Definitions
1. A person or thing that translates meaning from one language into another, particularly
2. A person or thing that translates meaning from one language into another, particularly
3. A person or thing that translates meaning from one language into another, particularly
4. A person or thing that translates meaning from one language into another, particularly
5. A person or thing that translates meaning from one language into another, particularly
6. A person or thing that translates meaning from one language into another, particularly
7. Synonym of carrier, a person who transports something, now particularly (Roman Catholicism, rare) holy relics.
8. Synonym of repairer, particularly of leather or cloth goods.
9. A used and repaired shoe, boot, or other item of clothing.
10. Synonym of repeater, a thing that automatically retransmits an incoming message along a telegraph line.
11. A thing that converts energy from one form to another.
12. The retinaculum of asclepiads.

## Etymology
Directly from Latin trānslātor and French translator, and also from Middle English translatour, from Old French translatour, translateur, etc., from Latin trānslātor, from trānslātus (“carried across”) + -or (“-er: forming agent nouns”), from trānsferō (“carry across”), from trans (“across”) + ferō (“bear, carry”), q.v. Equivalent to translate + -or.

## Easily confused with
- **translate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/translate-vs-translator)
- **translated** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/translated-vs-translator)
- **transistor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/transistor-vs-translator)
- **translation** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/translation-vs-translator)

## Common misspellings (16)
`rtanslator`, `tarnslator`, `tranlsator`, `trannslator`, `transaltor`, `translaotr`, `translatorr`, `translatro`, `translattor`, `transllator`, `transltaor`, `transslator`, `trasnlator`, `trnaslator`, `trranslator`, `ttranslator`

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