vibrator

C2+ Topic:Tools, Machines & Construction

US /ˈvaɪbreɪtɚ/ UK /vaɪˈbreɪtə/ See IPA manual

Meanings

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noun
a device that produces a vibrating motion

The phone's tiny vibrator buzzed softly against the wooden table.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a device that produces a... oscillatorshaker

Word family

Related forms vibrate vibration vibratory vibrant

Etymology

From 'vibrate' + '-or' (agent suffix). 'Vibrate' is from Latin 'vibratus', past participle of 'vibrare' ('to shake, brandish, set in tremulous motion').

vibrare Latin *weyp- Proto-Indo-European

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# vibrator

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈvaɪbreɪtɚ/
**IPA (UK):** /vaɪˈbreɪtə/

## Meanings
1. a device that produces a vibrating motion

## Examples
- The phone's tiny vibrator buzzed softly against the wooden table.

## Synonyms
- oscillator
- shaker

## Related Forms
- vibrate
- vibration
- vibratory
- vibrant

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: vibrare
- Root: *weyp-

## Etymology
From 'vibrate' + '-or' (agent suffix). 'Vibrate' is from Latin 'vibratus', past participle of 'vibrare' ('to shake, brandish, set in tremulous motion').

## AI Etymology
Vibrator comes from 'vibrate' + '-or' (agent suffix). 'Vibrate' is from Latin 'vibratus', past participle of 'vibrare' ('to shake, brandish, set in tremulous motion'). The historical chain includes Latin vibrare and Proto-Indo-European *weyp-. The quoted older senses, "vibrate", "-or", "Vibrate", "vibratus", and "vibrare", supply the semantic anchors for vibrator. The formation is best read as suffixal, participial, and borrowed: the word vibrator carries its older form-history into a compact English lexical shape. In present English it is used as a noun, "a device that produces a vibrating motion". Related English forms include vibrate, vibration, vibratory, and vibrant. The result is a noun whose etymology preserves both the older form and the later English specialization.

## Topics
- Tools, Machines & Construction
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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