GeezerVison

See also: Indicator

English

Etymology

From Late Latin indicātor (“one who points out”), from Latin indicō (“point out”). By surface analysis, indicate +‎ -or; see indicate.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɪn.dɪˌkeɪ.tə(ɹ)/
Audio (Australia): (file)

Noun

indicator (plural indicators)

A pointer or index that indicates something.
- 1954 November, “Train Arrival Indicators at Euston”, in Railway Magazine, page 738:
  The visual indicators are a decided improvement, and have reduced the telephoning by the staff in the signalbox.
- 2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 79:
  These old indicators [at Earl's Court station] show the destination of the next train by the appearance of an illuminated arrow next to the station name. The arrow may indicate that a train is going to Wimbledon, but it gives no clue as to when. Now, however, the indicators are supplemented by dot matrix panels that not only say where but also when. Why aren't the old ones removed? Because they, like the whole station, are Grade II listed.
- 2015 August 12, Todd Leopold, “Return to the ‘City That Care Forgot’”, in CNN‎^[1], Atlanta, Ga.: Warner Bros. Discovery, archived from the original on 2 January 2022:
  The phrase was, and remains, a double-edged sword: a testament to the hard-working and hard-living citizens of the Crescent City and an indicator of the “ah, whatever” shrug hanging over its corrupt politics, its ramshackle infrastructure and its belief that partying trumps all.
A meter or gauge.
The needle or dial on such a meter.
(chemistry) Any of many substances, such as litmus, used to indicate the concentration of a substance, or the degree of a reaction.
(ecology) A plant or animal whose presence is indicative of some specific environment.
(economics) A measure, such as unemployment rate, which can be used to predict economic trends.
(UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa, automotive) A turn signal; each of the flashing lights on each side of a vehicle which indicate a turn is being made to left or right, or a lane change etc.
Synonyms: (informal) blinker, directional, directional signal, direction indicator, trafficator, turn indicator, (chiefly US) turn signal
A bird, the honeyguide.
(crosswording) A codeword that marks the use of a specific cryptic device.
- 2011 December 9, Collins, Crossword Secrets (Collins Little Book), HarperCollins UK, →ISBN, page 6:
  'Wild' is an anagram indicator showing that the letters of 'danger' have to be rearranged.
- 2012 October 15, Denise Sutherland, Solving Cryptic Crosswords For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 46:
  We surrounded the strike, Snowy (5)
  Snowy is the definition in this clue. Ignore the punctuation and capital letter of Snowy! Surrounded is the container indicator.
- 2020 August 20, Telegraph Media Group Ltd, The Telegraph: How To Solve a Cryptic Crossword: Mastering cryptic crosswords made easy, Hachette UK, →ISBN, page 23:
  We have already mentioned 'in' having multiple uses; 'round' or 'around' might be a container indicator or a reversal indicator; 'without' might be a container indicator or a deletion indicator, and so on.

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Translations

pointer

Bulgarian: показалец (bg) m (pokazalec), стрелка (bg) f (strelka)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 指示符 (zh) (zhǐshìfú)
Dutch: richtingaanwijzer (nl) m
Esperanto: indikilo
Estonian: indikaator, näitaja
Finnish: osoitin (fi), indikaattori (fi)
French: indicateur (fr) m
German: Indikator (de) m, Anzeige (de) f
Greek: δείκτης (el) m (deíktis)
Hungarian: mutató (hu), -jelző (hu), jelzőkészülék (hu)
Indonesian: indikator (id)
Japanese: インジケータ (injikēta), インジケーター (injikētā), 指示薬 (ja) (しじやく, shijaku)
Korean: 인디케이터 (indikeiteo), 지시약(指示藥) (jisiyak)
Latvian: indikators m
Macedonian: пока́зател m (pokázatel), стре́лка f (strélka)
Norwegian: viser (no) m
Polish: wskaźnik (pl) m
Portuguese: indicador (pt) m
Romanian: indicator (ro) m
Russian: индика́тор (ru) m (indikátor), указа́тель (ru) m (ukazátelʹ)
Spanish: señalizador m
Swedish: indikator (sv) c
Telugu: సూచిక (te) (sūcika)

meter or gauge

Arabic: مُؤَشِّر m (muʔaššir)
Bulgarian: индика́тор m (indikátor)
Finnish: mittari (fi), mittalaite (fi)
Greek: δείκτης (el) m (deíktis), μετρητής (el) m (metritís)
Hungarian: -mérő (hu), mérőeszköz (hu), -óra (hu)
Latvian: indikators m
Norwegian: måler m
Polish: wskaźnik (pl) m
Portuguese: indicador (pt) m
Russian: индика́тор (ru) m (indikátor)
Spanish: indicador (es) m
Swedish: mätare (sv) c

needle or dial on a meter

Bulgarian: стрелка (bg) f (strelka), скала (bg) f (skala)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 指針 / 指针 (zh) (zhǐzhēn)
Danish: viser c
Finnish: osoitin (fi), indikaattori (fi)
French: aiguille (fr) f
German: Zeiger (de) m
Greek: δείκτης (el) m (deíktis)
Hungarian: mutató (hu)
Japanese: 針 (ja) (はり, hari)
Latvian: rādītājs m
Norwegian: viser (no) m
Polish: wskazówka (pl) f
Portuguese: ponteiro (pt) m
Russian: стре́лка (ru) f (strélka), индика́тор (ru) m (indikátor)
Serbo-Croatian:
Latin: kazaljka (sh) f, cajger (sh) m (slang)
Spanish: índex (es) m, índice (es) m
Swedish: indikator (sv) c
Telugu: సూచిక (te) (sūcika)

chemical

Bulgarian: индикатор m (indikator)
Finnish: indikaattori (fi)
Greek: δείκτης (el) m (deíktis)
Hungarian: indikátor (hu), savjelző, lúgjelző, jelzőanyag
Latvian: indikators m
Māori: taetohu
Norwegian: indikator m
Polish: wskaźnik (pl) m, indykator (pl) m
Portuguese: indicador (pt) m
Romanian: indicator (ro) m
Russian: индика́тор (ru) m (indikátor)
Swedish: indikator (sv) c (often used in combination)

indicative animal or plant

Dutch: indicator (nl) m
Finnish: indikaattorilaji
Hungarian: indikátorfaj, indikátorszervezet
Polish: wskaźnik (pl) m
Portuguese: indicador (pt) m

economic measure

Bulgarian: показател (bg) m (pokazatel)
Czech: ukazatel (cs) m
Danish: nøgletal n, indikator c
Dutch: indicator (nl) m
Finnish: indikaattori (fi)
Hungarian: jelzőszám (hu), mérőszám (hu), indikátor (hu), sarokszám (hu), mutató (hu)
Latvian: rādītājs m, indikators m
Norwegian: indikator m
Polish: wskaźnik (pl) m
Portuguese: indicador (pt) m
Romanian: indicator (ro) m
Russian: указа́тель (ru) m (ukazátelʹ), индика́тор (ru) m (indikátor)
Swedish: indikator (sv) c
Telugu: సూచిక (te) (sūcika)

turn signal

Afrikaans: flikkerlig (af), rigtingwyser
Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Armenian: թարթիչ (hy) (tʻartʻičʻ)
Bulgarian: мигач m (migač)
Catalan: indicador de gir m, intermitent (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 方向燈 / 方向灯 (fāngxiàngdēng), 指揮燈 / 指挥灯 (zhǐhuīdēng), 方向指示燈 / 方向指示灯 (fāngxiàng zhǐshìdēng), 轉向燈 / 转向灯 (zh) (zhuǎnxiàngdēng)
Czech: blinkr (cs) m
Danish: blinklys n, retningsviser c (movable arm used in early cars)
Dutch: richtingaanwijzer (nl) m, clignoteur (nl) m
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
Faroese: blunkljós n
Finnish: suuntavilkku (fi)
French: clignotant (fr) m, signofile (fr) f (Switzerland)
Galician: intermitente (gl) m
German: (informal) Blinker (de) m; (slightly formal) Blinklicht n; (technical, official) Fahrtrichtungsanzeiger m, Blinkleuchte f
Greek: δείκτης πορείας m (deíktis poreías)
Hebrew: פנס איתות m (panás itút), וינקר m (vínker)
Hindi: please add this translation if you can
Hungarian: index (hu), irányjelző (hu)
Icelandic: stefnuljós n
Indonesian: lampu sein (id)
Irish: treotháscaire m
Italian: freccia (it)
Japanese: 方向指示器 (ja) (ほうこうしじき, hōkōshijiki), ウインカー (ja) (uinkā)
Korean: 방향 지시등(方向指示燈) (banghyang jisideung), 깜빡이 (kkamppagi)
Latvian: gaismas signālierīce f, rādītājs m
Macedonian: трепкач m (trepkač)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: blinklys (no) n, retningsviser m (obsolete)

Nynorsk: blinklys n, blinkljos n
Polish: kierunkowskaz (pl) m
Portuguese: (Brazil) seta (pt) f; (Portugal) pisca-pisca (pt) m, pisca (pt) m
Romanian: semnalizator (ro) n
Russian: поворо́тник (ru) m (povorótnik), указа́тель (ru) m (ukazátelʹ) (поворо́та)
Scottish Gaelic: solas-tionndaidh m
Serbo-Croatian: žmigavac (sh) m, migavac (sh) m
Spanish: (Latin America) direccional (es) f, (Spain) intermitente (es) m, (Spain) luz intermitente m, (Argentina) luz de giro (es) f, indicador (es), guiñador (es) m (Bolivia), señalero (es) m (South America), guiño (es) m (Argentina), guiñe (es) m (Argentina), luz direccional f (Colombia), luz de cruce f (South America), luz señaladora f
Swedish: körriktningsvisare (sv) c, (colloquial) blinker (sv) c, blinkljus (sv)
Thai: ไฟเลี้ยว (fai líeow)
Turkish: sinyal (tr)
Ukrainian: індика́тор m (indykátor)
Welsh: cyfeiriwr m

Anagrams

anidrotic, cardiotin

Dutch

Etymology

Equivalent to indiceren +‎ -ator.

Pronunciation

Audio: (file)
Hyphenation: in‧di‧ca‧tor

Noun

indicator m (plural indicatoren or indicators, no diminutive)

indicator

Latin

Etymology

From indicō (“point out, indicate, show”) +‎ -tor, from in (“in, at, on; into”) + dicō (“indicate; dedicate; set apart”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɪn.dɪˈkaː.tɔr]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [in.diˈkaː.tor]

Noun

indicātor m (genitive indicātōris); third declension

(Late Latin) Someone who points out.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	indicātor	indicātōrēs
genitive	indicātōris	indicātōrum
dative	indicātōrī	indicātōribus
accusative	indicātōrem	indicātōrēs
ablative	indicātōre	indicātōribus
vocative	indicātor	indicātōrēs

Related terms

Descendants

→ Catalan: indicador
→ English: indicator
→ French: indicateur
→ Galician: indicador
→ Italian: indicatore
→ Portuguese: indicador
→ Romanian: indicator
→ Russian: индика́тор (indikátor)
→ Spanish: indicador

Verb

indicātor

second/third-person singular future passive imperative of indicō

References

“indicator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
"indicator", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
“indicator”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Romanian

Etymology

Etymology tree

French indique

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Italic *-tōr

Latin -tor

Latin -ātōremlbor.

French -ateur

French indicateurbor.

Romanian indicator

Borrowed from French indicateur. By surface analysis, indica + -tor.

Noun

indicator m (plural indicatori)

indicator (pointer, index, substance)

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	indicator	indicatorul	indicatori	indicatorii
genitive-dative	indicator	indicatorului	indicatori	indicatorilor
vocative	indicatorule		indicatorilor

Noun

indicator n (plural indicatoare)

traffic sign

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	indicator	indicatorul	indicatoare	indicatoarele
genitive-dative	indicator	indicatorului	indicatoare	indicatoarelor
vocative	indicatorule		indicatoarelor

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /indikaˈtoɾ/ [ĩn̪.d̪i.kaˈt̪oɾ]
Rhymes: -oɾ
Syllabification: in‧di‧ca‧tor

Noun

indicator m (plural indicatores)

honeyguide

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GeezerVison

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