Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

propagator

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.99 in modern English

Syllables
prop-a-ga-tor
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person who disseminates news or rumour

noun

A person who propagates plants

noun

A covered, sometimes heated container for germinating seeds or raising seedlings

noun

A function that represents the quantum propagation of a subatomic particle

Etymology

From propagate + -or.

Inflected Forms

propagators (plural)

Derived Forms

propagatress

Frequently Paired Words

propagatrix

Synonyms

disseminator

Questions

What does propagator mean?
A person who disseminates news or rumour
Where does propagator come from?
From propagate + -or.

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