abductor

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æbˈdʌk.tɚ/, /æbˈdʌk.tə/

• Audio (CA):

  (file)

Etymology 1

abduct +‎ -or

Noun

abductor (plural abductors)

1. One who abducts; a kidnapper. [mid 19th century]

Antonyms

• abductee

Translations

kidnapper

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 誘拐者 / 诱拐者 (zh), 诱拐者 (zh) (yòuguǎizhě), 綁架者 / 绑架者 (zh), 绑架者 (zh) (bǎngjiàzhě), 劫持者 (zh) (jiéchízhě)

• Dutch: ontvoerder (nl) m, kidnapper (nl) m
• Finnish: ihmisryöstäjä, kidnappaaja (fi)
• French: abducteur (fr) m, abducteuse f
• German: Entführer (de) m, Entführerin (de) f
• Greek: απαγωγέας (el) m or f (apagogéas)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: 誘拐犯 (ゆうかいはん, yūkaihan)
• Latin: raptor m
• Malay: penculik
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kidnapper (no) m, barnerøver (child kidnapper), kidnapperske m or f (female)

• Portuguese: raptor m, sequestrador (pt) m
• Romanian: răpitor (ro) m
• Russian: похити́тель (ru) m (poxitítelʹ), похити́тельница (ru) f (poxitítelʹnica)
• Southern Altai: уурчы (uurčï)
• Spanish: raptor (es) m, secuestrador (es) m

Etymology 2

From New Latin abductor, from abdūcō + -tor.

Noun

abductor (plural abductors or abductores)

2. (anatomy) A muscle which serves to draw a part out, or from the median line of the body[early 17th century]

   the abductor oculi draws the eye outward.

Antonyms

• abductee
• adductor

Translations

muscle

• Bulgarian: абдуктор (bg) m (abduktor)
• Catalan: abductor m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Dutch: abductor (nl) m, afvoerder (nl) m
• Esperanto: abduktoro, abdukcimuskolo, abdukcia muskolo
• Estonian: eemaldaja (et), abduktor (et), eemaldajalihas (et)
• Finnish: loitontajalihas (fi), abduktori (fi), loitontaja (fi)
• German: Abduktor (de) m
• Greek: απαγωγός μυς m (apagogós mys)
• Hungarian: távolító izom (hu)
• Icelandic: fráfærir
• Irish: matán abduchtach m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Latin: musculus abductor m, abductor m
• Lithuanian: atitraukiamasis raumuo m, abduktorius (lt) m
• Malay: abduktor
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: abduktor m

• Polish: abduktor (pl), mięsień odwodziciel m, odwodziciel (pl) m, mięsień odwodzący m
• Portuguese: abdutor m
• Romanian: mușchi abductor (ro)
• Russian: абду́ктор (ru) m (abdúktor), отводя́щая мы́шца f (otvodjáščaja mýšca)
• Spanish: abductor (es) m
• Tamil: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: abdüktör (tr)

---

Romanian

Etymology

From French abducteur.

Adjective

abductor m or n (feminine singular abductoare, masculine plural abductori, feminine and neuter plural abductoare)

1. abductive

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	abductor		abductoare		abductori	abductoare
	definite	abductorul		abductoarea		abductorii	abductoarele
genitive- dative	indefinite	abductor		abductoare		abductori	abductoare
	definite	abductorului		abductoarei		abductorilor	abductoarelor

---

Spanish

Etymology

From New Latin abductor, from abdūcō + -tor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abduɡˈtoɾ/ [aβ̞.ð̞uɣ̞ˈt̪oɾ]

Noun

abductor m (plural abductores)

1. (anatomy) abductor

Derived terms

• abductor largo del pulgar
• abductor del meñique

Related terms

• abducir

Further reading

• “abductor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10