constructor

From Medieval Latin cōnstrūctor, from Latin cōnstruō (“to build”). By surface analysis, construct +‎ -or.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /kənˈstɹʌktɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kənˈstɹʌktə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Hyphenation: con‧struct‧or

constructor (plural constructors)

1. A person who, or thing that, constructs.

   Antonym: destructor

   • 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 134:

     All this time the great work over which South Australia was spending large sums of money, aided by unceasing efforts on the part of her telegraph constructors, was going on.

   • 1981, Norma Gleason, Cryptograms and Spygrams, Courier Corporation, →ISBN, page 7:

     It's a big help in solving cryptograms if you know how a cryptogram is constructed. The constructor normally uses two alphabets, one for plaintext, one for the substitute cipher letters.

2. (automotive) A company which, or individual who, builds racing vehicles. In Formula One, constructor status is strictly defined by the rules, but in other motorsports the term is merely a descriptor. Depending on the racing rules, some constructors (e.g. Cosworth) may provide vehicles to racing teams who are not themselves constructors, while others are both teams and constructors (Ducati Corse, Scuderia Ferrari).
3. (object-oriented programming) A class method that creates and initializes each instance of an object.

   Antonym: destructor

4. (crosswording) A person who creates crossword puzzles.

• (object-oriented programming): copy constructor, default constructor, empty constructor, nullary constructor

• (object-oriented programming): constructorless

• constructor on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Borrowed from French constructeur.

constructor m (plural constructori)

1. constructor, builder

Borrowed from Late Latin cōnstructor (“builder”), from Latin cōnstruere (“build, pile together”).

• IPA^(key): /konstɾuɡˈtoɾ/ [kõns.t̪ɾuɣ̞ˈt̪oɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: cons‧truc‧tor

constructor (feminine constructora, masculine plural constructores, feminine plural constructoras)

1. constructing

constructor m (plural constructores, feminine constructora, feminine plural constructoras)

1. constructor, builder

• “constructor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024