terminator

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈtɜː.mɪ.neɪ.tə/
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• Canada, General-American: /ˈtɝ.mɪˌneɪ.tɚ/
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• Canada, General-American: [ˈtɝ.mɪˌneɪ.ɾɚ]
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• Australian: /ˈtɜː.mɪ.næɪ.tə/
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• Australian: [ˈtɜː.mɪ.næɪ.ɾə]
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• rhymes with -eɪtə(ɹ)
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• CMU ARPABET: T ER1 M AH0 N EY2 T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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* Partly from post-classical Latin terminator (5th century), from Latin terminō; partly from terminate + -or. * (android that kills humans): After the 1984 film The Terminator.

42 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Finnish: lopettaja — one who terminates
• Finnish: tuhoaja — one who terminates
• Georgian: ტერმინატორი (ṭerminaṭori) — one who terminates
• Greek: εξολοθρευτής (exolothreftís) — one who terminates
• Portuguese: terminador — one who terminates
• Russian: терминатор (terminator) — one who terminates
• Spanish: terminador — one who terminates
• Georgian: ტერმინატორი (ṭerminaṭori) — a DNA sequence
• Portuguese: terminador — a DNA sequence
• Russian: терминатор (terminator) — a DNA sequence
• Ukrainian: терміна́тор (terminátor) — a DNA sequence
• Finnish: päätevastus — an electrical device
• French: terminateur — an electrical device
• Georgian: ტერმინატორი (ṭerminaṭori) — an electrical device
• Japanese: ターミネータ (tāminētā) — an electrical device
• Japanese: 終端器 (shūtanki) — an electrical device
• Polish: terminator — an electrical device
• Russian: терминатор (terminator) — an electrical device
• Ukrainian: терміна́тор (terminátor) — an electrical device
• Bulgarian: терминатор (terminator) — the line between the day side and the night side
• Finnish: terminaattori — the line between the day side and the night side
• French: terminateur — the line between the day side and the night side
• Georgian: ტერმინატორი (ṭerminaṭori) — the line between the day side and the night side
• German: Nachtlinie — the line between the day side and the night side
• Indonesian: terminator — the line between the day side and the night side
• Polish: terminator — the line between the day side and the night side
• Portuguese: terminador — the line between the day side and the night side
• Russian: терминатор (terminator) — the line between the day side and the night side
• Ukrainian: терміна́тор (terminátor) — the line between the day side and the night side
• Arabic: مُبِيد (mubīd) — an AI machine in science fiction
• Chinese Mandarin: 終結者 /终结者 (zhōngjiézhě) — an AI machine in science fiction
• Chinese Mandarin: 殲滅者 /歼灭者 (jiānmièzhě) — an AI machine in science fiction
• Chinese Mandarin: 魔鬼終結者 /魔鬼终结者 (móguǐ zhōngjiézhě) — an AI machine in science fiction
• Georgian: ტერმინატორი (ṭerminaṭori) — an AI machine in science fiction
• German: Terminator — an AI machine in science fiction
• Greek: εξολοθρευτής (exolothreftís) — an AI machine in science fiction
• Hungarian: terminátor — an AI machine in science fiction
• Japanese: ターミネーター (tāminētā) — an AI machine in science fiction
• Marathi: टर्मिनेटर (ṭarmineṭar) — an AI machine in science fiction
• Portuguese: exterminador — an AI machine in science fiction
• Russian: термина́тор (terminátor) — an AI machine in science fiction
• Spanish: terminator (terminéitor) — an AI machine in science fiction