inventore

inventor

noun een-ven-TOH-reh Rare

Origin: From Latin inventor, from invenire (to find, to discover).

Usage Note

Inventore is the masculine form; the feminine is inventrice. It refers to someone who creates or devises something new, and is used both in historical contexts (l'inventore della stampa — the inventor of the printing press) and modern ones. The plural is inventori. Do not confuse with inventario (inventory).

Examples

"Marconi è ricordato come l'inventore della radio."

Natural Translation

Marconi is remembered as the inventor of the radio.

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