formator

Learned borrowing from Latin fōrmātor. First attested in 1656. By surface analysis, form +‎ -ate +‎ -or.

formator (plural formators)

1. (semiotics) A symbol that indicates a relationship between designators.
2. (Christianity) A person who trains novices or seminarians.
   • 2011, Basil Cole, Formation of Novices and Seminarians: Nine Signs of Steady Growth, Ignatius Press:

     The second sign is related to the infused theological virtue of charity, because the formator has to discover by observation if a candidate takes joy in serving others, especially in small or difficult ways

• “formator, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
• William Dwight Whitney and Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1914), “formator, n.”, in The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language, revised edition, volumes II (D–Hoon), New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC, page 2338, column 1: “Same as conformator.”.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “formator, n.”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC, page 2338, column 1: “Same as conformator.”

From fōrmō + -tor.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [foːrˈmaː.tɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [forˈmaː.tor]
• Hyphenation: fōr‧mā‧tor

fōrmātor m (genitive fōrmātōris, feminine fōrmātrīx); third declension

1. former (one who forms)

Third-declension noun.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

fōrmātor

1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of fōrmō

• “formator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “formator”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

• R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “formator”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎^[1], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC

From forma +‎ -tor.

formator m or n (feminine singular formatoare, masculine plural formatori, feminine/neuter plural formatoare)

1. forming

formator n (plural formatori)

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• formator in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

• “formator”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026