manipulator

From manipulate + -or.

• IPA^(key): /məˈnɪpjʊleɪtə(ɹ)/

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manipulator (plural manipulators)

1. Agent noun of manipulate; one who manipulates.
2. A device which can be used to move, arrange or operate something.
   • 1989, Dan Simmons, Hyperion, London: Headline, published 1991, page 157:

     The power lights blinked red and the amplifier failed, but not before Kassad had seen the tapering ovoid shapes, spotted with thrusters and cockpit blisters, each trailing a tangle of six jointless manipulator arms.

3. A puppeteer, especially one controlling marionettes.

Internationalism, borrowed from English manipulator.

• IPA^(key): /ma.ni.puˈla.tɔr/
• Hyphenation: ma‧ni‧pu‧la‧tor

manipulator

1. manipulator

   Synonym: pemanipulasi

• “manipulator”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Borrowed from French manipulateur, from Latin manipulus.

• IPA^(key): /ma.ɲi.puˈla.tɔr/
• Rhymes: -atɔr
• Syllabification: ma‧ni‧pu‧la‧tor

manipulator m pers (female equivalent manipulatorka, related adjective manipulatorski)

1. manipulator

   Synonym: manipulant

manipulator m inan

1. manipulator (device which can be used to move, arrange or operate something)

• “manipulator”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “manipulator”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)

Borrowed from French manipulateur. Equivalent to manipula +‎ -tor.

manipulator m (plural manipulatori)

1. technician, operator