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Definitions: ILLUMINATOR |
ILLUMINATORNoun1. One whose occupation is to adorn books, especially manuscripts, with miniatures, borders, etc. See Illuminate, v. t., 3. Transitive verb1. A condenser or reflector of light in optical apparatus; also, an illuminant. |
Date "ILLUMINATOR" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
Etymology: Illuminator \Il*lu"mi*na`tor\, noun. [Latin expression, an enlightener, Late Latin expression also, an illuminator of books.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Literature | Illuminator Gregory, the apostle of Christianity among the Armenians (257-331). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Synonyms by domain: film illuminator (medicine), view box, viewing box, viewing screen, X-ray film viewer, X-ray viewing screen. |
Crosswords: ILLUMINATOR |
| English words defined with "ILLUMINATOR": Alluminor. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "ILLUMINATOR": Gemolite ♦ script artist. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "ILLUMINATOR" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. German (illuminator), Swedish (illuminator). |
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| "ILLUMINATOR" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "ILLUMINATOR" is used about 17 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 17 | 85,106 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| United Kingdom | Illuminator PLC |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expression using "ILLUMINATOR": laser illuminator. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "ILLUMINATOR": epi-illuminator. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
infrared illuminator | 37 |
illuminator | 31 |
ir illuminator | 13 |
ashampoo illuminator | 12 |
illuminator infrared laser | 10 |
fiber optic illuminator | 9 |
casio illuminator | 7 |
bible expositor illuminator | 6 |
aqua illuminator | 5 |
illuminator infrared long range | 5 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "ILLUMINATOR"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Bulgarian | рефлектор (reflector, reverberator, speculum), осветител (gaffer, juicer). (various references) | |
Chinese | 反光板. (various references) | |
Danish | roentgenbetragtningskasse (film illuminator, view box, viewing box, viewing screen), lyskasse (film illuminator, view box, viewing box, viewing screen). (various references) | |
Dutch | roentgenscreening (film illuminator, view box, viewing box, viewing screen), negatoscoop (film illuminator, view box, viewing box, viewing screen), lichtkast (film illuminator, view box, viewing box, viewing screen). (various references) | |
French | négatoscope (film illuminator). (various references) | |
German | Beleuchter (illuminators, lamp set). (various references) | |
Greek | στροβοσκοπική διάταξη φωτισμού (range-gated illuminator). (various references) | |
Hungarian | világítótest, világítóeszköz (illuminant), világítóberendezés, reflektor (broadside, dazzle lamps, dazzle lights, headlight, reflector, reverberator, searchlight, spotlight, sun lamp). (various references) | |
Italian | schema roentgen (film illuminator, view box, viewing box, viewing screen, X-ray film viewer, X-ray viewing screen), negatoscopio (film illuminator, view box, viewing box, viewing screen, X-ray film viewer, X-ray viewing screen). (various references) | |
Korean | 조명기. (various references) | |
Manx | soilsheyder (demonstrator, enlightener, explainer, interpreter, publicist, publisher), jesheyder (finisher). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | illuminatoray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | dispositivo de iluminação (range-gated illuminator), crisógrafo (illuminator in gold of manuscripts). (various references) | |
Spanish | iluminador (illuminating, lamp set), negatoscopio (film illuminator, view box, viewing box, viewing screen, X-ray film viewer, X-ray viewing screen). (various references) | |
Swedish | illuminator, belysningsanordning. (various references) | |
Ukranian | світильник (candelabrum, lamp), ілюмінатор (bull's eye, porthole), освітлювач (electrician, illuminant). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | đèn chiếu sáng người soi sáng. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "ILLUMINATOR": illuminators. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "ILLUMINATOR": transilluminator. (additional references) | |
Words containing "ILLUMINATOR": transilluminators. (additional references) | |
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"ILLUMINATOR" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: illuminatri. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "ILLUMINATOR" (pronounced i'luw"munā'ter) |
| 6 | -m u n ā' t er | denominator, exterminator, Terminator. |
| 5 | -u n ā' t er | coordinator, detonator, originator. |
| 4 | -n ā' t er | alternator. |
| 3 | -ā' t er | accelerator, accumulator, activator, actuator, administrator, agitator, alligator, allocator, animator, applicator, appropriator, arbitrator, aviator, calculator, carburetor, cogenerator, collaborator, commentator, communicator, conciliator, consolidator, decorator, defibrillator, demonstrator, educator, elevator, escalator, evaporator, excavator, fabricator, facilitator, generator, gladiator, illustrator, imitator, incinerator, incubator, indicator, infiltrator, innovator, instigator, insulator, integrator, interrogator, investigator, irrigator, legislator, liquidator, litigator, locator, manipulator, mediator, Moderator, modulator, navigator, negotiator, operator, oscillator, percolator, perpetrator, radiator, refrigerator, regulator, renovator, respirator, simulator, speculator, stimulator, syndicator, ventilator, violator. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-i-i-l-l-m-n-o-r-t-u" | |
-2 letters: trinomial. | |
-3 letters: antiroll, illation, minutial, mirliton, trillion, trillium. | |
-4 letters: amorini, intimal, liminal, litoral, luminal, maillot, manitou, martini, million, millrun, minutia, mullion, natrium, nautili, outlain, rainout, romaunt, ruminal, tinamou, tollman, tumoral, turmoil, unmoral. | |
-5 letters: allium, alumin, alumni, amount, antrum, aroint, atrium, intima, ionium, latino, limina, limuli, lintol, lumina, maloti, maltol, manito, manitu, marlin, martin, matron, mitral, moirai, mortal, morula, moulin, nitril, normal, nutria, oilman, outman, outran, ramtil, ration, ratlin, rialto, ritual, rumina, tailor, talion, torula, trinal, ultima, ultimo, unroll, untrim, urinal. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-i-i-l-l-m-n-o-r-t-u" | |
+1 letter: illuminators. | |
+2 letters: multiregional. | |
+4 letters: circumvallation. | |
+5 letters: circumvallations, multibillionaire, multidirectional, multimillionaire, transilluminator, ultranationalism. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)49 4C 4C 55 4D 49 4E 41 54 4F 52 |
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).. .-.. .-.. ..- -- .. -. .- - --- .-. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001001 01001100 01001100 01010101 01001101 01001001 01001110 01000001 01010100 01001111 01010010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)I L L U M I N A T O R |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0049 004C 004C 0055 004D 0049 004E 0041 0054 004F 0052 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4346465547434835544952 |
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