interpreter

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ɪnˈtɜː.pɹɪ.tə/
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• General-American: /ɪnˈtɝ.pɹɪ.tɚ/
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• General-American: [ɪnˈtɝ.pɹɪ.ɾɚ]
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• CMU ARPABET: IH2 N T ER1 P R AH0 T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English interpreter, interpretour, etc., from Old French interpreteur, interpreteeur, etc., from Late Latin interpretātōr, from classical Latin interpretātus (“explained, translated”) + -or (“-er: forming agent nouns”), from interpretārī (“to explain, to translate”), from interpres (“go-between, translator”) + -ārī (“to be ~ed”), q.v. In reference to divine emissaries, a calque of Mercury's Latin epithet interpres divum (“go-between of the gods”). In reference to the rhetorical device, a calque of Latin interpretatio. Equivalent to interpret + -er. Displaced native Old English wealhstod.

246 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: tolk — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Akkadian: 𒅴𒁄 (targumannum) — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Albanian: interpretues — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Albanian: përkthyes — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Amharic: አስተርጓሚ (ʾästärgwami) — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Jicarilla: déełbidi — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Arabic: مُتَرْجِم (mutarjim) — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Arabic: مُتَرْجِمَة (mutarjima) — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܬܲܪܓܡܵܢܵܐ (tārgmana) — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܬܲܪܓܡܵܢܬܵܐ (tārgmanta) — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Armenian: թարգմանիչ (tʻargmaničʻ) — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Asturian: intérprete — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Azerbaijani: tərcüməçi — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Azerbaijani: dilmanc — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Bashkir: тәржемәсе (tərjeməse) — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Belarusian: перакла́дчык (pjerakládčyk) — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Belarusian: перакла́дчыца (pjerakládčyca) — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Belarusian: тлума́ч (tlumáč) — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Belarusian: тлума́чка (tlumáčka) — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Bengali: অনুবাদক (onubadok) — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Bulgarian: превода́ч (prevodáč) — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Bulgarian: превода́чка (prevodáčka) — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Burmese: စကားပြန် (ca.ka:pran) — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Catalan: intèrpret — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Chechen: талмаж (talmaž) — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Chinese Cantonese: 傳譯 /传译 (cyun4 jik6) — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Chinese Mandarin: 口譯員 /口译员 (kǒuyìyuán) — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Chinese Mandarin: 口譯者 /口译者 (kǒuyìzhě) — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Chinese Mandarin: 譯員 /译员 (yìyuán) — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Chinese Mandarin: 翻譯 /翻译 (fānyì) — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Chinese Mandarin: 翻譯員 /翻译员 (fānyìyuán) — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Chinese Mandarin: 翻譯者 /翻译者 (fānyìzhě) — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Chinese Mandarin: 通事 (tōngshì) — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Chinese Mandarin: 通譯 /通译 (tōngyì) — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Chinese Mandarin: 傳譯員 /传译员 (chuányìyuán) — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Chinese Mandarin: 舌人 (shérén) — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Chuvash: тӑлмач (tălmač) — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Ngazidja Comorian: mkalimani — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Cornish: latimer — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Cornish: latimores — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Czech: tlumočník — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Czech: tlumač — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Danish: tolk — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Dutch: tolk — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Esperanto: interpretisto — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Estonian: tõlk — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Finnish: tulkki — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• French: interprète — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Galician: intérprete — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Georgian: თარჯიმანი (tarǯimani) — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Georgian: მთარგმნელი (mtargmneli) — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• German: Dolmetscher — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• German: Dolmetscherin — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• German: Dolmetsch — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• German: Dolmetschin — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Greek: διερμηνέας (dierminéas) — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Ancient Greek: ἑρμηνεύς (hermēneús) — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Gujarati: દુભાષિયો (dubhāṣiyo) — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Hebrew: מתורגמן \ מְתֻרְגְּמָן (meturgemán) — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Hindi: अनुवादक (anuvādak) — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Hindi: दुभाषिया (dubhāṣiyā) — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• White Hmong: tus kws txhais lus — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Hungarian: tolmács — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Hungarian: tolmácsnő — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Icelandic: túlkur — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Indonesian: penerjemah — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Indonesian: juru bahasa — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Interlingua: interprete — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Irish: teangaire — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Italian: interprete — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Japanese: 通訳 (tsūyaku) — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Japanese: 通訳者 (tsūyakusha) — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Javanese: juru basa — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Kannada: ದುಭಾಷಿ (dubhāṣi) — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Kashubian: tłómôcz — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Kazakh: аударушы (audaruşy) — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Kazakh: аудармашы (audarmaşy) — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Kazakh: тілмаш (tılmaş) — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Khmer: អ្នកបកប្រែ (nĕək bɑɑk prae) — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Korean: 통역 (tong'yeok) — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Korean: 통역자 (tong'yeokja) — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Korean: 해석자 (haeseokja) — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Korean: 통역사 (tong'yeoksa) — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Korean: 통역인 (tong'yeogin) — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Northern Kurdish: terciman — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Kyrgyz: котормочу (kotormocu) — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Kyrgyz: тилмеч (tilmec) — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Lao: ລ່າມ (lām) — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Lao: ຜູ້ແປ (phū pǣ) — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Lao: ນາຍພາສາ (nāi phā sā) — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Latin: interpres — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Latin: interprex — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Latvian: tulks — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Latvian: tulkotājs — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Latvian: tulkotāja — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Lithuanian: vertėjas — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Lower Tanana: ch'ek'oxaɬnayenh — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Macedonian: преведувач (preveduvač) — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Macedonian: преведувачка (preveduvačka) — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Macedonian: толкувач (tolkuvač) — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Macedonian: толкувачка (tolkuvačka) — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Malay: jurubahasa — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Malay: juru bahasa — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Malay: penterjemah — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Malayalam: ദ്വിഭാഷി (dvibhāṣi) — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Maltese: interpretu — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Māori: kaiwhakamāori — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Marathi: दुभाष्या (dubhāṣyā) — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Mongolian: тайлбарлагч (tajlbarlagč) — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Mongolian: хэлмэрч (xelmerč) — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Navajo: adiitsʼaʼii — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Navajo: ataʼ halneʼé — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Norwegian Bokmål: tolk — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Occitan: interprèt — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Odia: ଅନୁବାଦକ (anubādaka) — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Old East Slavic: тълкъ (tŭlkŭ) — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Old East Slavic: тълмачь (tŭlmačĭ) — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Old English: wealhstod — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Pashto: ترجمان (tarjomãn) — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Pashto: مترجم (motarajém) — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Pashto: ژباړن (žbāṛán) — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Pashto: ژباړونکی (žbāṛúnkay) — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Iranian Persian: تَرْجُمان (tarjomân) — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Iranian Persian: تَرْگُمان (targomân) — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Iranian Persian: تیلْماچی (tilmâči) — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Iranian Persian: مُتَرْجِم (motarjem) — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Polish: tłumacz — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Polish: tłumaczka — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Polish: tłumacz symultaniczny — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Polish: tłumacz ustny — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Portuguese: intérprete — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Romanian: interpret — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Romanian: interpretă — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Romanian: translator — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Romanian: translatoare — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Romanian: traducător — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Romanian: traducătoare — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Russian: перево́дчик (perevódčik) — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Russian: перево́дчица (perevódčica) — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Russian: у́стный перево́дчик (ústnyj perevódčik) — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Russian: у́стная перево́дчица (ústnaja perevódčica) — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Russian: толма́ч (tolmáč) — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Russian: толма́чка (tolmáčka) — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Scottish Gaelic: eadar-theangaiche — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Scottish Gaelic: eadar-theangaichear — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Serbo-Croatian: ту̀ма̄ч — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Serbo-Croatian: тумачица — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Serbo-Croatian: tùmāč — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Serbo-Croatian: tumačica — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Sinhalese: තෝල්කයා (tōlkayā) — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Slovak: tlmočník — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Slovak: tlmočníčka — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Slovene: tolmač — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Slovene: tolmačka — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Upper Sorbian: tołmač — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Spanish: intérprete — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Spanish: trujamán — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Spanish: truchimán — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Spanish: drogmán — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Spanish: dragomán — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Spanish: trujimán — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Swedish: tolk — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Syriac: ܬܲܪܓܡܵܢܵܐ (targmānā) — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Tagalog: tagaliwat — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Tajik: тарҷумон (tarjumon) — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Tamil: மொழிபெயர்ப்பாளர் (moḻipeyarppāḷar) — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Tatar: тәрҗемәче (tärcemäçe) — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Telugu: దుబాసీ (dubāsī) — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Tetum: durubasa — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Thai: ผู้แปล (pûu-bplɛɛ) — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Thai: นักแปล (nák-bplɛɛ) — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Thai: ล่าม (lâam) — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Tibetan: སྐད་སྒྱུར (skad sgyur) — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Turkish: çevirici — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Turkish: çevirmen — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Turkish: dilmaç — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Turkish: dragoman — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Turkish: tercüman — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Turkmen: terjimeçi — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Turkmen: dilmaaç — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Ukrainian: переклада́ч (perekladáč) — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Ukrainian: переклада́чка (perekladáčka) — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Ukrainian: товма́ч (tovmáč) — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Ukrainian: товма́чка (tovmáčka) — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Ukrainian: тлума́ч (tlumáč) — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Ukrainian: тлума́чка (tlumáčka) — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Urdu: مُتَرْجِم (mutarjim) — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Urdu: تَرْجُمان (tarjumān) — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Urdu: اَنُوَادَک (anūādak) — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Uyghur: تەرجىمان (terjiman) — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Uyghur: تىلماچ (tilmach) — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Uzbek: tilmoch — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Uzbek: tarjimon — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Uzbek: perevodchik — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Vietnamese: thông dịch viên — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Vietnamese: người thông dịch — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Volapük: nätäpretan — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Welsh: cyfieithydd — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Yakut: тылбаасчыт (tïlbaasčït) — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Yiddish: פֿאַרטײַטשער (fartaytsher) — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Yiddish: פֿאַרטײַטשערין (fartaytsherin) — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Yiddish: דאָלמעטשער (dolmetsher) — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Yiddish: דאָלמעטשערקע (dolmetsherke) — one who interprets a language — see also dragoman
• Bulgarian: тълкува́тел (tǎlkuvátel) — one who explains
• Dutch: uitlegger — one who explains
• Esperanto: komentariisto — one who explains
• Esperanto: komentisto — one who explains
• Esperanto: gvidisto — one who explains
• Finnish: opas — one who explains
• Korean: 해설자 (haeseolja) — one who explains
• Romanian: comentator — one who explains
• Romanian: interpretator — one who explains
• Spanish: exégeta — one who explains
• Spanish: exegeta — one who explains
• Catalan: intèrpret — computer program
• Chinese Mandarin: 解釋程序 /解释程序 (jiěshì chéngxù) — computer program
• Czech: interpret — computer program
• Esperanto: interpretilo — computer program
• Finnish: ohjelmatulkki — computer program
• Finnish: tulkki — computer program
• French: interpréteur — computer program
• German: Interpreter — computer program
• Greek: διερμηνευτής (diermineftís) — computer program
• Hindi: दुभाषिया (dubhāṣiyā) — computer program
• Hungarian: értelmező — computer program
• Hungarian: interpreter — computer program
• Icelandic: túlkur — computer program
• Interlingua: interpretator — computer program
• Japanese: インタープリタ (intāpurita) — computer program
• Korean: 인터프레터 (inteopeureteo) — computer program
• Korean: 번역기 (beonyeokgi) — computer program
• Norwegian Bokmål: tolk — computer program
• Norwegian Nynorsk: tolk — computer program
• Iranian Persian: تَرْجُمان (tarjomân) — computer program
• Polish: interpreter — computer program
• Portuguese: interpretador — computer program
• Romanian: interpretor — computer program
• Russian: интерпрета́тор (intɛrpretátor) — computer program
• Serbo-Croatian: interpreter — computer program
• Serbo-Croatian: interpretator — computer program
• Spanish: intérprete — computer program
• Swedish: interpretator — computer program
• Swedish: programtolk — computer program
• Swedish: tolk — computer program
• Turkish: yorumlayıcı — computer program
• Welsh: dehonglydd — computer program