abductor

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /æbˈdʌk.tɚ/

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Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin abductor, By surface analysis, abduct +‎ -or.

Noun

abductor (plural abductors)

1. One who abducts; a kidnapper. [mid 19th century]

Antonyms

• abductee

Derived terms

• abductin

Translations

kidnapper

• Altai:

  Southern Altai: уурчы (uurčï)

• Arabic: مُخْتَطِف m (muḵtaṭif)
• Belarusian: выкрада́льнік m (vykradálʹnik), выкрада́льніца f (vykradálʹnica)
• Bulgarian: похити́тел (bg) m (pohitítel), похити́телка f (pohitítelka)
• Catalan: raptor m, raptora f, segrestador m, segrestadora f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 拐子佬 (gwaai² zi² lou²)

  Mandarin: 誘拐者 / 诱拐者 (yòuguǎizhě), 綁架者 / 绑架者 (bǎngjiàzhě), 劫持者 (jiéchízhě)

• Czech: únosce m, únoskyně f
• Dutch: ontvoerder (nl) m, kidnapper (nl) m
• Estonian: inimröövija
• Finnish: sieppaaja (fi), kidnappaaja (fi), ihmisryöstäjä
• French: abducteur (fr) m, abducteuse f, ravisseur (fr) m, ravisseuse (fr) f
• German: Entführer (de) m, Entführerin (de) f
• Greek: απαγωγέας (el) m or f (apagogéas)
• Hindi: अपहरणकर्ता m (apharaṇkartā), अपहर्ता (hi) m (aphartā)
• Hungarian: emberrabló (hu), gyermekrabló (hu)
• Italian: rapitore (it) m, rapitrice (it) f
• Japanese: 誘拐犯 (ゆうかいはん, yūkaihan)
• Korean: 유괴범(誘拐犯) (ko) (yugoebeom), 납치범(拉致犯) (napchibeom), 랍치범(拉致犯) (rapchibeom) (North Korea)
• Latin: raptor m
• Macedonian: грабнувач m (grabnuvač), грабнувачка f (grabnuvačka), киднапе́р m (kidnapér), киднапе́рка f (kidnapérka)
• Malay: penculik
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kidnapper (no) m, barnerøver (child kidnapper), kidnapperske m or f (female)

• Polish: porywacz (pl) m, porywaczka f, uprowadziciel m, uprowadzicielka f
• Portuguese: raptor (pt) m, sequestrador (pt) m
• Romanian: răpitor (ro) m, răpitoare (ro) f
• Russian: похити́тель (ru) m (poxitítelʹ), похити́тельница (ru) f (poxitítelʹnica)
• Slovak: únosca m, únoskyňa f
• Slovene: ugrabitelj m, ugrabiteljica f
• Spanish: raptor (es) m, secuestrador (es) m
• Swedish: kidnappare (sv) c
• Tamil: கடத்தல்காரன் m (kaṭattalkāraṉ), கடத்தல்காரர் (ta) (kaṭattalkārar)
• Ukrainian: викрада́ч m (vykradáč), викрада́чка f (vykradáčka)

Etymology 2

From Medieval Latin abductor, from abdūcō + -tor.

Noun

abductor (plural abductors or abductores)

2. (anatomy) A muscle which serves to draw a part out, or from the median line of the body [early 17th century]

   the abductor oculi draws the eye outward.

Antonyms

• abductee
• adductor

Derived terms

• abductor pollicis longus

Translations

muscle

• Bulgarian: абдуктор (bg) m (abduktor)
• Catalan: abductor m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 外展肌 (zh) (wàizhǎnjī)

• Dutch: abductor (nl) m, afvoerder (nl) m
• Esperanto: abduktoro, abdukcimuskolo, abdukcia muskolo
• Estonian: eemaldaja (et), abduktor (et), eemaldajalihas (et)
• Finnish: loitontajalihas (fi), abduktori (fi), loitontaja (fi)
• German: Abduktor (de) m
• Greek: απαγωγός μυς m (apagogós mys)
• Hungarian: távolító izom (hu)
• Icelandic: fráfærir
• Irish: matán abduchtach m
• Japanese: 外転筋 (がいてんきん, gaitenkin)
• Korean: 벌림근 (beollimgeun), 외전근(外轉筋) (oejeon'geun)
• Latin: musculus abductor m, abductor m
• Latvian: muskulis, atvilcējs, atvilcējmuskulis
• Lithuanian: atitraukiamasis raumuo m, abduktorius (lt) m
• Malay: abduktor
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: abduktor m

• Polish: abduktor (pl), mięsień odwodziciel m, odwodziciel (pl) m, mięsień odwodzący m
• Portuguese: abdutor m
• Romanian: mușchi abductor (ro)
• Russian: абду́ктор (ru) m (abdúktor), отводя́щая мы́шца f (otvodjáščaja mýšca)
• Spanish: abductor (es) m
• Tamil: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: abdüktör (tr)

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep

Proto-Indo-European *-o

Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó

Proto-Italic *ap

Latin abder.

Latin ab-

Proto-Indo-European *dewk-

Proto-Indo-European *-ti

Proto-Indo-European *déwkti

Proto-Italic *doukō

Latin dūcō

Latin abdūcō

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Italic *-tōr

Latin -tor

Latin abductor

From abdūcō (“to abduct”) + -tor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [abˈdʊk.tɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [abˈduk.tor]

Noun

abductor m (genitive abductōris); third declension

1. (Medieval Latin) abductor

   Synonyms: plagiātor, plagiārius

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	abductor	abductōrēs
genitive	abductōris	abductōrum
dative	abductōrī	abductōribus
accusative	abductōrem	abductōrēs
ablative	abductōre	abductōribus
vocative	abductor	abductōrēs

References

• R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “abductor”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎^[1], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC

Romanian

Alternative forms

• абдуктор (abductor) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling

Etymology

Borrowed from French abducteur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ab.dukˈtor/
• Rhymes: -or
• Hyphenation: ab‧duc‧tór

Adjective

abductor m or n (feminine singular abductoare, masculine plural abductori, feminine/neuter plural abductoare)

1. abductive

Declension

Declension of abductor

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	abductor		abductoare	abductori	abductoare
	definite	abductorul		abductoarea	abductorii	abductoarele
genitive- dative	indefinite	abductor		abductoare	abductori	abductoare
	definite	abductorului		abductoarei	abductorilor	abductoarelor

Further reading

• “abductor”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin abductor, from abdūcō + -tor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abduɡˈtoɾ/ [aβ̞.ð̞uɣ̞ˈt̪oɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: ab‧duc‧tor

Noun

abductor m (plural abductores)

1. (anatomy) abductor

Derived terms

• abductor del meñique
• abductor largo del pulgar

Related terms

• abducir

Further reading

• “abductor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025