descriptor

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈskɹɪptə(ɹ)/

descriptor (plural descriptors)

1. That which describes; a word, phrase, etc. serving as a description.
   1. (computing, information science) A name associated with certain data or documents in an information storage and retrieval system; an index term.
   2. (linguistics) A word or expression used to describe or identify something.

• (information science): index term

• discerptor, predictors

From Latin descriptor.

descriptor (feminine descriptora, masculine plural descriptors, feminine plural descriptores)

1. descriptive

descriptor m (plural descriptors)

1. (information science, linguistics) descriptor

• descriure

• “descriptor”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “descriptor”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.

Borrowed from French descripteur.

descriptor m (plural descriptori)

1. descriptor

• IPA^(key): /deskɾibˈtoɾ/ [d̪es.kɾiβ̞ˈt̪oɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: des‧crip‧tor

descriptor m (plural descriptores)

1. descriptor

• “descriptor”, 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