interlocutor

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• UK: /ˌɪntəˈlɒkjʊtə/
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• UK: /ˌɪntəˈlɒkjətə/
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• General-American: /ˌɪn.təɹˈlɑk.jə.təɹ/
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• General-American: /ˌɪn.təɹˈlɑ.kə.təɹ/
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• General-American: /ˌɪn.təɹˈlɑk.ju.təɹ/
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• CMU ARPABET: IH2 N T ER0 L AA1 K Y AH0 T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin interlocūtor, from the agent noun counterpart (via the suffix -tor) of Latin interloquor (“speak between, issue an interlocutory decree”), from inter- + loquor (“speak”).

From French interlocutoire, from Latin interlocūtōrium.

90 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: զրուցակից (zrucʻakicʻ) — a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation
• Armenian: խոսակից (xosakicʻ) — a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation
• Azerbaijani: həmsöhbət — a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation
• Belarusian: суразмо́ўца (surazmówca) — a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation
• Belarusian: размо́ўца (razmówca) — a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation
• Belarusian: субясе́днік (subjasjédnik) — a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation
• Belarusian: субясе́дніца (subjasjédnica) — a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation
• Bulgarian: събесе́дник (sǎbesédnik) — a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation
• Bulgarian: събесе́дничка (sǎbesédnička) — a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation
• Bulgarian: събесе́дница (sǎbesédnica) — a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation
• Catalan: interlocutor — a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation
• Catalan: interlocutora — a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation
• Chinese Mandarin: 對話者 /对话者 (duìhuàzhě) — a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation
• Chinese Mandarin: 對談者 /对谈者 (duìtánzhě) — a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation
• Czech: účastník rozmluvy — a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation
• Czech: účastník dialogu — a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation
• Czech: partner v dialogu — a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation
• Danish: samtalepartner — a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation
• Dutch: gesprekspartner — a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation
• Faroese: samtalufelagi — a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation
• Finnish: keskustelutoveri — a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation
• Finnish: keskustelukumppani — a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation
• French: interlocuteur — a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation
• French: interlocutrice — a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation
• Galician: interlocutor — a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation
• Georgian: თანამოსაუბრე (tanamosaubre) — a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation
• Georgian: მოსაუბრე (mosaubre) — a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation
• German: Gesprächspartner — a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation
• German: Gesprächspartnerin — a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation
• Greek: συνομιλητής (synomilitís) — a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation
• Hebrew: בן־שיח — a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation
• Hebrew: בת־שיח — a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation
• Hindi: सामनेवाला (sāmnevālā) — a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation
• Hindi: सामनेवाली (sāmnevālī) — a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation
• Hindi: बात करनेवाला (bāt karnevālā) — a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation
• Hindi: बात करनेवाली (bāt karnevālī) — a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation
• Hungarian: beszélgetőpartner — a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation
• Hungarian: beszélgetőtárs — a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation
• Icelandic: viðmælandi — a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation
• Indonesian: lawan bicara — a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation
• Italian: interlocutore — a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation
• Italian: interlocutrice — a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation
• Japanese: 対話者 (taiwasha) — a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation
• Japanese: 対談者 (taidansha) — a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation
• Kazakh: әңгімелесуші (äñgımelesuşı) — a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation
• Korean: 대화자 (daehwaja) — a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation
• Macedonian: соговорник (sogovornik) — a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation
• Macedonian: соговорничка (sogovornička) — a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation
• Norwegian Bokmål: samtalepartner — a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation
• Old English: ġespreca — a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation
• Persian: طرف صحبت (taraf-e sohbat) — a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation
• Polish: rozmówca — a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation
• Polish: rozmówczyni — a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation
• Polish: interlokutor — a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation
• Polish: interlokutorka — a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation
• Polish: współrozmówca — a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation
• Polish: współrozmówczyni — a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation
• Portuguese: interlocutor — a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation
• Portuguese: interlocutora — a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation
• Romanian: interlocutor — a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation
• Romanian: interlocutoare — a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation
• Russian: собесе́дник (sobesédnik) — a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation
• Russian: собесе́дница (sobesédnica) — a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation
• Serbo-Croatian: саговорник — a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation
• Serbo-Croatian: суговорник — a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation
• Serbo-Croatian: саговорница — a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation
• Serbo-Croatian: суговорница — a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation
• Serbo-Croatian: sagovornik — a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation
• Serbo-Croatian: sugovornik — a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation
• Serbo-Croatian: sagovornica — a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation
• Serbo-Croatian: sugovornica — a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation
• Slovene: sogovornik — a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation
• Slovene: sogovornica — a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation
• Spanish: interlocutor — a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation
• Spanish: interlocutora — a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation
• Tajik: ҳамсӯҳбат (hamsühbat) — a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation
• Tajik: мусоҳиб (musohib) — a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation
• Turkish: muhatap — a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation
• Ottoman Turkish: كلیم (kelim) — a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation
• Ukrainian: співрозмо́вник (spivrozmóvnyk) — a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation
• Ukrainian: співрозмо́вниця (spivrozmóvnycja) — a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation
• Ukrainian: співбесі́дник (spivbesídnyk) — a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation
• Ukrainian: співбесі́дниця (spivbesídnycja) — a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation
• Uzbek: suhbatdosh — a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation
• Uzbek: hamsuhbat — a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation
• Vietnamese: người đối thoại — a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation
• Vietnamese: người đàm đạo — a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation
• Polish: konferansjer minstrel show — a man in the middle of the line in a minstrel show
• Polish: konferansjerka minstrel show — a man in the middle of the line in a minstrel show
• Polish: nakaz sądowy — Scots law: decree of a court