initiator

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Borrowed from Latin initiātor. By surface analysis, initiate + or.

38 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: مُبَادِر (mubādir) — one who initiates
• Azerbaijani: təşəbbüskar — one who initiates
• Bulgarian: инициатор (iniciator) — one who initiates
• Catalan: iniciador — one who initiates
• Catalan: iniciadora — one who initiates
• Chinese Mandarin: 创办者,发起人 — one who initiates
• Dutch: initiator — one who initiates
• Finnish: alullepanija — one who initiates
• Finnish: aloittaja — one who initiates
• Finnish: käynnistäjä — one who initiates
• French: initiateur — one who initiates
• French: initiatrice — one who initiates
• Georgian: ინიციატორი (iniciaṭori) — one who initiates
• Georgian: წამომწყები (c̣amomc̣q̇ebi) — one who initiates
• German: Initiator — one who initiates
• German: Initiatorin — one who initiates
• Indonesian: inisiator — one who initiates
• Indonesian: pemrakarsa — one who initiates
• Indonesian: pelopor — one who initiates
• Italian: iniziatore — one who initiates
• Italian: iniziatrice — one who initiates
• Japanese: 言い出しっ屁 (iidashippe) — one who initiates
• Malay: pemula — one who initiates
• Russian: инициа́тор (iniciátor) — one who initiates
• Russian: основополо́жник (osnovopolóžnik) — one who initiates
• Spanish: iniciador — one who initiates
• Spanish: iniciadora — one who initiates
• Ukrainian: ініціа́тор (iniciátor) — one who initiates
• Ukrainian: ініціа́торка (iniciátorka) — one who initiates
• Ukrainian: зачина́тель (začynátelʹ) — one who initiates
• Ukrainian: зачина́телька (začynátelʹka) — one who initiates
• Ukrainian: основополо́жник (osnovopolóžnyk) — one who initiates
• Ukrainian: основополо́жниця (osnovopolóžnycja) — one who initiates
• Finnish: käynnistäjä — chemistry: substance that initiates a chain reaction or polymerization
• German: Initiator — chemistry: substance that initiates a chain reaction or polymerization
• Finnish: laukaisin — military: component of a nuclear weapon
• Finnish: käynnistäjä — medicine: material whose presence in the body eventually leads to cancer
• Finnish: initiaattori — medicine: material whose presence in the body eventually leads to cancer