Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

modulator

/mˈɑdʒəlˌeɪtɚ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.73 in modern English

Syllables: mod-u-la-tor
IPA: /mˈɑdʒəlˌeɪtɚ/

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person who modulates.

noun

A device or thing that modulates.

noun

A chart in the tonic sol-fa notation on which the modulations or changes from one scale to another are shown by the relative position of the notes.

Example Sentences

"[Poetry] is a most musicall Modulator of all Intelligibles by her inventive Variations, undulling their Grossenesse, and subliming it into more refined Acceptablenesse to our own, or others understandings."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *med- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *medos Latin modus Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulus Latin modulus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -or, -ārī Latin modulor ▲ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English modulate Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin -ātor Old French -eorbor. Middle English -our ▲ Latin -torlbor. English -or English modulator From modulate + -or.

Inflected Forms

modulators (plural)

Derived Forms

biomodulator comodulator cryomodulator immunomodulator myomodulator neuromodulator oncomodulator radiomodulator vasomodulator

Phrases

phase modulator pulse modulator selective androgen receptor modulator

Frequently Paired Words

modulation regulator mediator arbitrator attenuator governor synchronizer

Questions

How do you pronounce modulator?: The recorded pronunciation is /mˈɑdʒəlˌeɪtɚ/.
What does modulator mean?: A person who modulates.
Where does modulator come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *med- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *medos Latin modus Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulus Latin modulus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -or, -ārī Latin modulor ▲ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English modulate Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin -ātor Old French -eorbor. Middle English -our ▲ Latin -torlbor. English -or English modulator From modulate + -or.

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