Interpreter Definition

ĭn-tûrprĭ-tər
interpreters
noun
interpreters
A person who interprets; specif., a person whose work is translating a foreign language orally, as in a conversation between people speaking different languages.
Webster's New World
One who gives or expounds an interpretation.
American Heritage
A computer program that translates and executes, statement by statement, a program written in a high-level language.
Webster's New World
(figuratively) One who explains something, such as an art exhibit.
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Singular:
interpreter
Plural:
interpreters

Origin of Interpreter

  • From Middle English, from Latin interpretor (“to explain, expound, understand”), from interpres (“agent, translator”).

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  • Displaced native Old English wealhstod.

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