Standard Lemma guide

projector

noun · 7 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: /pɹəˈd͡ʒɛktə/
  • Canada, General-American: /pɹəˈd͡ʒɛktɚ/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australian, New-Zealand: /pɹəˈd͡ʒektə/
  • rhymes with -ɛktə(ɹ)
  • CMU ARPABET: P R AH0 JH EH1 K T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Someone who devises or suggests a project; a proposer or planner of something.

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

An optical device that projects a beam of light, especially one used to project an image (or moving images) onto a screen.

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

That which projects or launches something.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • a depth charge projector

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

One who projects, or ascribes his/her own feelings to others.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

An operator that forms a projection.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: mathematics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

an optical instrument that projects an enlarged image onto a screen

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: optical instrument

Narrower terms: epidiascope, front projector, movie projector, cine projector, film projector, overhead projector, slide projector

7

noun

Meaning 7

an optical device for projecting a beam of light

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: optical device

History

Etymology

Partly from Latin projector (“person who throws away”); partly directly from project + -or.

Across languages

Translations

57 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: aloitteentekijä — one who devises or suggests a project
  • Afrikaans: projektor — optical device
  • Arabic: جِهَاز إِسْقَاط (jihāz ʔisqāṭ) — optical device
  • Arabic: بروجكتر (brōjiktar, prōjiktar) — optical device
  • Belarusian: прае́ктар (prajéktar) — optical device
  • Bulgarian: прое́ктор (proéktor) — optical device
  • Catalan: projector — optical device
  • Chinese Mandarin: 放映機 /放映机 (fàngyìngjī) — optical device
  • Czech: promítačka — optical device
  • Czech: projektor — optical device
  • Danish: projektor — optical device
  • Dutch: projector — optical device
  • Finnish: projektori — optical device
  • French: projecteur — optical device
  • Galician: proxector — optical device
  • German: Projektor — optical device
  • Greek: προβολέας (provoléas) — optical device
  • Hindi: प्रक्षेपित्र (prakṣepitra) — optical device
  • Hungarian: projektor — optical device
  • Hungarian: vetítő — optical device
  • Icelandic: skjávarpi — optical device
  • Irish: teilgeoir — optical device
  • Italian: proiettore — optical device
  • Japanese: プロジェクター (purojekutā) — optical device
  • Japanese: 映写機 (eishaki) — optical device
  • Japanese: 投影機 (tōeiki) — optical device
  • Korean: 투영기 (tuyeonggi) — optical device
  • Korean: 프로젝터 (peurojekteo) — optical device
  • Korean: 영사기 (yeongsagi) — optical device
  • Macedonian: прое́ктор (proéktor) — optical device
  • Māori: pūwhiti — optical device
  • Māori: tukuata — optical device
  • Norman: projecteux — optical device
  • Persian: آپارات (âpârât) — optical device
  • Persian: فراتاب (farâtâb) — optical device
  • Polish: rzutnik — optical device
  • Polish: projektor — optical device
  • Portuguese: projetor — optical device
  • Portuguese: projector — optical device
  • Romanian: proiector — optical device
  • Russian: прое́ктор (proéktor) — optical device
  • Serbo-Croatian: про̀јектор — optical device
  • Serbo-Croatian: pròjektor — optical device
  • Slovak: projektor — optical device
  • Slovene: projektor — optical device
  • Spanish: proyector — optical device
  • Spanish: proyectora — optical device
  • Swahili: projekta — optical device
  • Swedish: projektor — optical device
  • Turkish: yansıtım aygıtı — optical device
  • Turkish: gösterici — optical device
  • Turkish: projektör — optical device
  • Ukrainian: проє́ктор (projéktor) — optical device
  • Vietnamese: máy chiếu — optical device
  • Welsh: taflunydd — optical device
  • Finnish: projisoija — psychology: one who projects
  • Finnish: projektio-operaattori — maths: operator that forms a projection
Real reading context

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