noun
Meaning 1
A person, device or substance that stimulates.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
stimulator
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History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)tey-? Latin stimulus Latin stimulō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin stimulātorbor. English stimulator Borrowed from Latin stimulātor.
Across languages
Translations
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: estimulador — something that stimulates
- Esperanto: stimulilo — something that stimulates
- Esperanto: stimulanto — something that stimulates
- Esperanto: stimulaĵo — something that stimulates
- Finnish: innostaja — something that stimulates
- Finnish: kannustaja — something that stimulates
- Finnish: kiihotin — something that stimulates
- French: stimulateur — something that stimulates
- Romanian: stimulator — something that stimulates