reductor

reductor (plural reductors)

1. (chemistry) A device for carrying out reduction.

Learned borrowing from Latin reductor.

reductor (feminine reductora, masculine plural reductors, feminine plural reductores)

1. reducing

reductor m (plural reductors)

1. (chemistry) reductant

   Synonym: agent reductor

2. (photography) reducer

• reduir

• “reductor”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026

From redūcō (“lead, bring back”) + -tor (“-er”, agent suffix).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [rɛˈdʊk.tɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [reˈduk.tor]

reductor m (genitive reductōris); third declension

1. (rare) one who leads or brings back

Third-declension noun.

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

Borrowed from French réducteur.

reductor m or n (feminine singular reductoare, masculine plural reductori, feminine/neuter plural reductoare)

1. (chemistry) reducing

reductor m (plural reductori)

1. (chemistry) reducing agent

• IPA^(key): /reduɡˈtoɾ/ [re.ð̞uɣ̞ˈt̪oɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: re‧duc‧tor

reductor (feminine reductora, masculine plural reductores, feminine plural reductoras)

1. reductive, reducing

reductor m (plural reductores)

1. (chemistry) reducing agent, reducer, reductant

reductor m (plural reductores, feminine reductora, feminine plural reductoras)

1. reducer

• “reductor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025