repressor

See also: Repressor

English

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -ɛsə(ɹ)

Noun

repressor (plural repressors)

Anything that represses.
(genetics) Any protein that binds to DNA and thus regulates the expression of genes by decreasing the rate of transcription.

Derived terms

Translations

protein that represses

French: répresseur (fr) m
Indonesian: represor
Malay: perencat (ms)
Persian: سرکوبگر (sarkubgar)

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /reˈpres.sor/, [rɛˈprɛs̠ːɔr]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /reˈpres.sor/, [reˈprɛsːor]

Noun

repressor m (genitive repressōris); third declension

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	repressor	repressōrēs
Genitive	repressōris	repressōrum
Dative	repressōrī	repressōribus
Accusative	repressōrem	repressōrēs
Ablative	repressōre	repressōribus
Vocative	repressor	repressōrēs

Descendants

Catalan: repressor
French: répresseur
Galician: represor
Italian: repressore
Portuguese: repressor
Spanish: represor

References

“repressor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“repressor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
repressor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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