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negotiator

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /nɪˈɡəʊ.ʃi.eɪ.tə/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /nəˈɡəʊ.ʃi.eɪ.tə/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /nɪˈɡəʊ.si.eɪ.tə/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Canada, General-American: /nɪˈɡoʊ.ʃi.eɪ.tɚ/
  • Canada, General-American: [nɪˈɡoʊ.ʃi.eɪ.ɾɚ]
  • CMU ARPABET: N AH0 G OW1 SH IY0 EY2 T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: N IH0 G OW1 SH IY0 EY2 T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

One who negotiates.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A diplomat, moderator.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

someone who negotiates (confers with others in order to reach a settlement)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: negotiant, treater

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: communicator

Narrower terms: mediator, go-between, intermediator, intermediary, intercessor, bargainer, compromiser, holdout, negotiatress, negotiatrix, representative, settler

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin negōtiātor (“merchant, banker”), equivalent to negotiate + -or.

Across languages

Translations

46 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: перамо́ўнік (pjeramównik) — one who negotiates
  • Belarusian: перамо́ўніца (pjeramównica) — one who negotiates
  • Belarusian: перамо́ўшчык (pjeramówščyk) — one who negotiates
  • Belarusian: перамо́ўшчыца (pjeramówščyca) — one who negotiates
  • Bulgarian: прегова́рящ (pregovárjašt) — one who negotiates
  • Danish: forhandler — one who negotiates
  • Finnish: sovittelija — one who negotiates
  • French: négociateur — one who negotiates
  • French: négociatrice — one who negotiates
  • French: négociant — one who negotiates
  • Galician: negociador — one who negotiates
  • Galician: negociadora — one who negotiates
  • German: Unterhändler — one who negotiates
  • German: Unterhändlerin — one who negotiates
  • German: Verhandlungsführer — one who negotiates
  • German: Verhandlungsführerin — one who negotiates
  • Hindi: मध्यस्थ (madhyasth) — one who negotiates
  • Indonesian: negosiator — one who negotiates
  • Indonesian: juru runding — one who negotiates
  • Italian: negoziatore — one who negotiates
  • Italian: negoziatrice — one who negotiates
  • Latin: interpres — one who negotiates
  • Norwegian Bokmål: forhandler — one who negotiates
  • Portuguese: negociador — one who negotiates
  • Portuguese: negociadora — one who negotiates
  • Russian: перегово́рщик (peregovórščik) — one who negotiates
  • Russian: перегово́рщица (peregovórščica) — one who negotiates
  • Russian: парламентёр (parlamentjór) — one who negotiates
  • Spanish: negociador — one who negotiates
  • Spanish: negociadora — one who negotiates
  • Ukrainian: перемо́вник (peremóvnyk) — one who negotiates
  • Ukrainian: перемо́вниця (peremóvnycja) — one who negotiates
  • Ukrainian: перегово́рник (perehovórnyk) — one who negotiates
  • Ukrainian: перегово́рниця (perehovórnycja) — one who negotiates
  • Ukrainian: парламенте́р (parlamentér) — one who negotiates
  • Finnish: sovittelija — a diplomat, moderator
  • French: négociateur — a diplomat, moderator
  • French: négociatrice — a diplomat, moderator
  • French: diplomate — a diplomat, moderator
  • German: Vermittler — a diplomat, moderator
  • German: Vermittlerin — a diplomat, moderator
  • Hindi: मध्यस्थ (madhyasth) — a diplomat, moderator
  • Russian: посре́дник (posrédnik) — a diplomat, moderator
  • Russian: посре́дница (posrédnica) — a diplomat, moderator
  • Ukrainian: посере́дник (poserédnyk) — a diplomat, moderator
  • Ukrainian: посере́дниця (poserédnycja) — a diplomat, moderator
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