FromMedieval Latincōnstrūctor, fromLatincōnstruō(“to build”). Bysurface analysis,construct +-or.
constructor (pluralconstructors)
- A person who, or thing that,constructs.
- Antonym:destructor
1887, Harriet W. Daly,Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page134:All this time the great work over which South Australia was spending large sums of money, aided by unceasing efforts on the part of her telegraphconstructors, was going on.
1981, Norma Gleason,Cryptograms and Spygrams, Courier Corporation,→ISBN, page 7:It's a big help in solving cryptograms if you know how a cryptogram is constructed. Theconstructor normally uses two alphabets, one for plaintext, one for the substitute cipher letters.
- (automotive) A company which, or individual who, builds racing vehicles. InFormula One,constructor status is strictly defined by the rules, but in other motorsports the term is merely a descriptor. Depending on the racing rules, some constructors (e.g.Cosworth) may provide vehicles to racing teams who are not themselves constructors, while others are both teams and constructors (Ducati Corse,Scuderia Ferrari).
- (object-oriented programming) Aclassmethod thatcreates andinitializes eachinstance of anobject.
- Antonym:destructor
- (crosswording) A person who createscrossword puzzles.
in automotive: someone who builds racing vehicles
in object oriented programming: code that creates objects
Borrowed fromFrenchconstructeur.
constructor m (pluralconstructori)
- constructor,builder
Borrowed fromLate Latincōnstructor(“builder”), fromLatincōnstruere(“build, pile together”).
- IPA(key): /konstɾuɡˈtoɾ/[kõns.t̪ɾuɣ̞ˈt̪oɾ]
- Rhymes:-oɾ
- Syllabification:cons‧truc‧tor
constructor (feminineconstructora,masculine pluralconstructores,feminine pluralconstructoras)
- constructing
constructor m (pluralconstructores,feminineconstructora,feminine pluralconstructoras)
- constructor,builder
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