Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

projector

/pɹəˈd͡ʒɛktɚ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.41 in modern English

Syllables: pro-jec-tor
IPA: /pɹəˈd͡ʒɛktɚ/

20

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Someone who devises or suggests a project; a proposer or planner of something.

noun

An optical device that projects a beam of light, especially one used to project an image (or moving images) onto a screen.

noun

That which projects or launches something.

noun

One who projects, or ascribes his/her own feelings to others.

noun

An operator that forms a projection.

Example Sentences

"So far is it from the kenne of theſe wretched projectors of ours that beſcraull their Pamflets every day with new formes of government for our Church."
"[A]s the Doctor neither did this, nor yet sent him an answer, the projector wrote a second letter […]."
"[…] either the work of the winter storms, or perhaps the victims of some extensive but desultory scheme of denudation, which the projector had not capital or perseverance to carry into full effect."
"a depth charge projector"
"Projectors attempt to get rid of unwanted feelings, only it does not work; they still experience the unwanted feelings […]"

Etymology

Partly from Latin projector (“person who throws away”); partly directly from project + -or.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: projector
Suffix: project

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /pɹəˈd͡ʒɛktɚ/
British English: /pɹəˈd͡ʒɛktə/

Inflected Forms

projectors (plural) projectour (alternative)

Derived Forms

autoprojector eigenprojector holoprojector microprojector miniprojector picoprojector projectorless projectress superprojector

Phrases

film projector movie projector Northover projector overhead projector pico projector slide projector star projector video projector

Rhymes With

director sector inspector vector collector detector protector hector connector rector nectar spectre

Questions

How do you pronounce projector?: The recorded pronunciation is /pɹəˈd͡ʒɛktɚ/.
What does projector mean?: Someone who devises or suggests a project; a proposer or planner of something.
Where does projector come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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