descriptor
Spanish, noun/deskɾibˈtoɾ/
descriptor is spelled D-E-S-C-R-I-P-T-O-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written Spanish, the 109,730th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Descriptor is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “descriptor (that which describes)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Palabra o frase descriptiva de los contenidos de un documento, con que se lo etiqueta para facilitar la…”.
What does descriptor mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedescriptor (that which describes)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que describe
noun: 1. Palabra o frase descriptiva de los contenidos de un documento, con que se lo etiqueta para facilitar la indización y búsqueda
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of descriptor
- descriptores plural
- descriptora feminine
- descriptoras feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce descriptor?
- /deskɾibˈtoɾ/
- [d̪es.kɾiβ̞ˈt̪oɾ]
- [d̪eskɾipˈt̪oɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to descriptor
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is descriptor in Spanish?
descriptor appears about once in every 9 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).