investigator

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ɪnˈvɛs.tɪˌɡeɪ̯.təː/
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• Received-Pronunciation: [ɪnˈvɛs.thɪˌɡeɪ̯.thəː]
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Attested in the mid‐16th century; from Latin investigator, from investigare, equivalent to investigate + -or.

118 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: hetues — one who investigates
• Arabic: مُحَقِّق (muḥaqqiq) — one who investigates
• Arabic: مُحَقِّقَة (muḥaqqiqa) — one who investigates
• Arabic: مُفَتِّش (mufattiš) — one who investigates
• Arabic: مُفَتِّشَة (mufattiša) — one who investigates
• Armenian: հետազոտող (hetazotoġ) — one who investigates
• Armenian: ուսումնասիրող (usumnasiroġ) — one who investigates
• Armenian: քննիչ (kʻnničʻ) — one who investigates
• Azerbaijani: müstəntiq — one who investigates
• Basque: ikerlari — one who investigates
• Basque: ikertzaile — one who investigates
• Basque: aztertzaile — one who investigates
• Belarusian: сле́дчы (sljédčy) — one who investigates
• Belarusian: сле́дчая (sljédčaja) — one who investigates
• Belarusian: сьле́дчы (sʹljédčy) — one who investigates
• Belarusian: сьле́дчая (sʹljédčaja) — one who investigates
• Bulgarian: сле́довател (slédovatel) — one who investigates
• Bulgarian: сле́дователка (slédovatelka) — one who investigates
• Bulgarian: изсле́довател (izslédovatel) — one who investigates
• Bulgarian: изсле́дователка (izslédovatelka) — one who investigates
• Catalan: investigador — one who investigates
• Chinese Mandarin: 調查者 /调查者 (diàocházhě) — one who investigates
• Czech: vyšetřovatel — one who investigates
• Czech: vyšetřovatelka — one who investigates
• Danish: efterforsker — one who investigates
• Dutch: onderzoeker — one who investigates
• Estonian: uurija — one who investigates
• Finnish: tutkija — one who investigates
• Finnish: selvittäjä — one who investigates
• Finnish: selvitysmies — one who investigates
• French: enquêteur — one who investigates
• French: enquêtrice — one who investigates
• French: investigateur — one who investigates
• French: investigatrice — one who investigates
• Galician: investigador — one who investigates
• Georgian: გამომძიებელი (gamomʒiebeli) — one who investigates
• German: Ermittler — one who investigates
• German: Ermittlerin — one who investigates
• German: Fahnder — one who investigates
• German: Fahnderin — one who investigates
• Gothic: 𐍃𐍉𐌺𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃 (sōkareis) — one who investigates
• Greek: διερευνητής (dierevnitís) — one who investigates
• Greek: διερευνήτρια (dierevnítria) — one who investigates
• Hebrew: חוֹקֵר (khokér) — one who investigates
• Hindi: जाँचकर्ता (jā̃ckartā) — one who investigates
• Hindi: अन्वेषक (anveṣak) — one who investigates
• Hungarian: nyomozó — one who investigates
• Icelandic: rannsakandi — one who investigates
• Indonesian: penyidik — one who investigates
• Indonesian: penyelidik — one who investigates
• Irish: fiosraitheoir — one who investigates
• Italian: investigatore — one who investigates
• Italian: investigatrice — one who investigates
• Japanese: 捜査員 (sōsain) — one who investigates
• Kazakh: тергеуші (tergeuşı) — one who investigates
• Khmer: វិចារកៈ (vicaaraʼkaʼ) — one who investigates
• Korean: 수사관 (susagwan) — one who investigates
• Korean: 조사관 (josagwan) — one who investigates
• Kyrgyz: тергөөчү (tergööcü) — one who investigates
• Latin: inquīsītor — one who investigates
• Latin: indāgātor — one who investigates
• Latin: indāgātrix — one who investigates
• Latin: investīgātor — one who investigates
• Latvian: izmeklētājs — one who investigates
• Lithuanian: tardytojas — one who investigates
• Macedonian: истра́жител (istrážitel) — one who investigates
• Macedonian: и́следник (íslednik) — one who investigates
• Macedonian: истра́жувач (istrážuvač) — one who investigates
• Malay: penyiasat — one who investigates
• Maltese: investigatur — one who investigates
• Māori: kaimātai — one who investigates
• Māori: kaitūhura — one who investigates
• Māori: kairapuhara — one who investigates
• Mongolian: мөрдөгч (mördögč) — one who investigates
• Norwegian Bokmål: etterforsker — one who investigates
• Iranian Persian: کارْآگاه (kâr'âgâh) — one who investigates
• Iranian Persian: مُفَتِّش (mofatteš) — one who investigates
• Portuguese: investigador — one who investigates
• Portuguese: investigadora — one who investigates
• Romanian: investigator — one who investigates
• Romanian: anchetator — one who investigates
• Russian: сле́дователь (slédovatelʹ) — one who investigates
• Russian: сле́довательница (slédovatelʹnica) — one who investigates
• Russian: рассле́дователь (rasslédovatelʹ) — one who investigates
• Russian: рассле́довательница (rasslédovatelʹnica) — one who investigates
• Serbo-Croatian: истражѝва̄ч — one who investigates
• Serbo-Croatian: истра̀житељ — one who investigates
• Serbo-Croatian: ѝследнӣк — one who investigates
• Serbo-Croatian: ѝсљеднӣк — one who investigates
• Serbo-Croatian: istražìvāč — one who investigates
• Serbo-Croatian: istràžitelj — one who investigates
• Serbo-Croatian: ìslednīk — one who investigates
• Serbo-Croatian: ìsljednīk — one who investigates
• Slovak: vyšetrovateľ — one who investigates
• Slovak: vyšetrovateľka — one who investigates
• Slovene: preiskovalec — one who investigates
• Spanish: investigador — one who investigates
• Spanish: investigadora — one who investigates
• Swahili: mchunguzi — one who investigates
• Swedish: utredare — one who investigates
• Tajik: муфаттиш (mufattiš) — one who investigates
• Tajik: тергавчӣ (tergavči) — one who investigates
• Tajik: корогоҳ (korogoh) — one who investigates
• Thai: ผู้สอบสวน (pûu-sɔ̀ɔp-sǔuan) — one who investigates
• Turkish: araştırıcı — one who investigates
• Turkish: araştırmacı — one who investigates
• Turkish: soruşturmacı — one who investigates
• Turkmen: derňewçi — one who investigates
• Turkmen: sülçi — one who investigates
• Turkmen: barlagçy — one who investigates
• Ukrainian: слі́дчий (slídčyj) — one who investigates
• Ukrainian: слі́дча (slídča) — one who investigates
• Urdu: کھوجی (khojī) — one who investigates
• Urdu: تَفْتِیش کار (taftīś kār) — one who investigates
• Urdu: تَحْقِیق کُنِنْدَہ (tahqīq kuninda) — one who investigates
• Uyghur: تەكشۈرگۈچى (tekshürgüchi) — one who investigates
• Uzbek: tergovchi — one who investigates
• Vietnamese: người điều tra — one who investigates