annunciatorn.

Brit.

/əˈnʌnsɪeɪtə/,

/əˈnʌnʃɪeɪtə/, U.S.

/əˈnənsiˌeɪdər/

Forms: 1600s– annunciator, 1700s annuntiator.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin annuntiator.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin annuntiator, adnuntiator preacher (3rd cent.), prophet (4th cent.) < classical Latin adnuntiāt- , past participial stem of adnuntiāre annunciate v. + -or -or suffix. Compare earlier announcer n.Compare Middle French, French annonciateur person who announces (15th cent.), officer in the Greek Church who announces the dates of feast days (1721). With the form annunciator compare annunciare , spelling in post-classical Latin of classical Latin annuntiāre annunciate v., and also earlier annunciate adj., annunciate v., annunciation n.

a. A person who announces or proclaims something, esp. a coming event or imminent arrival. Cf. announcer n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > information > announcing or proclaiming > [noun] > announcer or proclaimer

teller1340

professora1387

trumpet1447

blazerc1450

denouncer1490

trump1531

ebuccinator1542

declarer1548

proclaimer1548

announcer?1549

trumpet1549

trumpeter1581

blazoner1603

speaker1623

proclamator1650

annunciator1696

proclaimant1837

tooter1863

spruiker1893

spieler1894

1696 H. Hill Dialogue Timotheus & Judas 48 Those Heavenly Annunciators of his Will.

1792 E. Evanson Dissonance of Four generally received Evangelists 38 St. Luke, as if he meant to give the lie to this heavenly annunciator.., never mentions him by any other appellation than Son of Man.

1880 L. Wallace Ben-Hur i. xi. 62 ‘And this shall be a sign unto you,’ the annunciator said next.

1995 C. Tihanyi tr. C. Lévi-Strauss Story of Lynx (1996) iii. xvii. 202 Owl becomes the annunciator of an impending death.

†b. Christian Church. An officer who announces the dates on which forthcoming holy days and feast days will fall. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > other clergy > [noun] > annunciator

annunciator1753

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Annuntiator, in the Greek church, an officer whose business is to give notice of the feasts and holy days.

1783 C. Vallancey Collectanea de Rebus Hibernicis III. xii. 486 The annunciator, instructor, or proclaimer of the festivals.

2. Any of various devices which indicate or announce something by means of visible or audible signals; spec. one used to call for service in a hotel or other building.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > indication > [noun] > an indication or sign > mechanical device or recording instrument

gnomon1599

annunciator1848

indicator-

society > communication > indication > signalling > audible signalling > ringing of bells as signal > [noun] > bell summoning attendance

call bell1673

table bell1708

annunciator1848

1848 T. D. Jackson & A. Judson U.S. Patent 4,816 1/1 Be it known that we..have invented a new and useful machine which we entitle an ‘Annunciator’, which is to be placed in the bar or some conspicuous place in hotels or other buildings.

1886 Marine Engin. 1 Feb. 287/2 The Baird Annunciators..indicate in the pilot house or elsewhere..whether the engines of a ship are in motion and if so in what direction they are moving.

1904 Daily Chron. 25 Mar. 3/6 The annunciator is an electrical apparatus by means of which the name of the member [of Parliament] speaking is printed immediately he rises to his feet on a broad paper band which runs horizontally.

1922 L. D. Bliss Theoret. & Pract. Electr. Engin. (ed. 2) I. vi. ii. 195 The application of the return call to annunciators for hotel purposes permits the guest in a room to call the office and the office to acknowledge the signal by a return call on a bell located in the guest's room.

2021 Will (Nigeria) (Nexis) 14 Mar. Our aircraft are modern, next generation aircraft equipped with redundancies and annunciators that enhance safe operations in all stages of flight.

Compounds

General use as a modifier (in sense 2), as in annunciator light, annunciator panel, etc.

ΚΠ

1877 Jrnl. Soc. Telegr. Engineers 28 Feb. 92 When signals become confused the stations cease speaking and the annunciator alarm is received.

1879 G. B. Prescott Speaking Telephone (new ed.) 392 The annunciator disk and lever.

1904 Trans. Amer. Inst. Electr. Engineers 1903 22 423 Ground detectors with annunciator relay and drop-signal are desirable features of a high-tension switchboard equipment.

2007 K. Dismukes et al. Limits Expertise xi. 148 Rushing to complete the Before Takeoff checklist, the crew did not notice an annunciator light indicating that the pitot/stall heaters were turned off.

2007 Pantagraph (Bloomington, Illinois) (Nexis) 29 Sept. d1 The rusty annunciator panel was discovered in one of the estate's outbuildings during a 1980s renovation.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022).

单词	annunciator
释义	annunciatorn. Brit. /əˈnʌnsɪeɪtə/, /əˈnʌnʃɪeɪtə/, U.S. /əˈnənsiˌeɪdər/ Forms: 1600s– annunciator, 1700s annuntiator. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin annuntiator. Etymology: < post-classical Latin annuntiator, adnuntiator preacher (3rd cent.), prophet (4th cent.) < classical Latin adnuntiāt- , past participial stem of adnuntiāre annunciate v. + -or -or suffix. Compare earlier announcer n.Compare Middle French, French annonciateur person who announces (15th cent.), officer in the Greek Church who announces the dates of feast days (1721). With the form annunciator compare annunciare , spelling in post-classical Latin of classical Latin annuntiāre annunciate v., and also earlier annunciate adj., annunciate v., annunciation n. 1. a. A person who announces or proclaims something, esp. a coming event or imminent arrival. Cf. announcer n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > announcing or proclaiming > [noun] > announcer or proclaimer teller1340 professora1387 trumpet1447 blazerc1450 denouncer1490 trump1531 ebuccinator1542 declarer1548 proclaimer1548 announcer?1549 trumpet1549 trumpeter1581 blazoner1603 speaker1623 proclamator1650 annunciator1696 proclaimant1837 tooter1863 spruiker1893 spieler1894 1696 H. Hill Dialogue Timotheus & Judas 48 Those Heavenly Annunciators of his Will. 1792 E. Evanson Dissonance of Four generally received Evangelists 38 St. Luke, as if he meant to give the lie to this heavenly annunciator.., never mentions him by any other appellation than Son of Man. 1880 L. Wallace Ben-Hur i. xi. 62 ‘And this shall be a sign unto you,’ the annunciator said next. 1995 C. Tihanyi tr. C. Lévi-Strauss Story of Lynx (1996) iii. xvii. 202 Owl becomes the annunciator of an impending death. †b. Christian Church. An officer who announces the dates on which forthcoming holy days and feast days will fall. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > other clergy > [noun] > annunciator annunciator1753 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Annuntiator, in the Greek church, an officer whose business is to give notice of the feasts and holy days. 1783 C. Vallancey Collectanea de Rebus Hibernicis III. xii. 486 The annunciator, instructor, or proclaimer of the festivals. 2. Any of various devices which indicate or announce something by means of visible or audible signals; spec. one used to call for service in a hotel or other building. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > [noun] > an indication or sign > mechanical device or recording instrument gnomon1599 annunciator1848 indicator- society > communication > indication > signalling > audible signalling > ringing of bells as signal > [noun] > bell summoning attendance call bell1673 table bell1708 annunciator1848 1848 T. D. Jackson & A. Judson U.S. Patent 4,816 1/1 Be it known that we..have invented a new and useful machine which we entitle an ‘Annunciator’, which is to be placed in the bar or some conspicuous place in hotels or other buildings. 1886 Marine Engin. 1 Feb. 287/2 The Baird Annunciators..indicate in the pilot house or elsewhere..whether the engines of a ship are in motion and if so in what direction they are moving. 1904 Daily Chron. 25 Mar. 3/6 The annunciator is an electrical apparatus by means of which the name of the member [of Parliament] speaking is printed immediately he rises to his feet on a broad paper band which runs horizontally. 1922 L. D. Bliss Theoret. & Pract. Electr. Engin. (ed. 2) I. vi. ii. 195 The application of the return call to annunciators for hotel purposes permits the guest in a room to call the office and the office to acknowledge the signal by a return call on a bell located in the guest's room. 2021 Will (Nigeria) (Nexis) 14 Mar. Our aircraft are modern, next generation aircraft equipped with redundancies and annunciators that enhance safe operations in all stages of flight. Compounds General use as a modifier (in sense 2), as in annunciator light, annunciator panel, etc. ΚΠ 1877 Jrnl. Soc. Telegr. Engineers 28 Feb. 92 When signals become confused the stations cease speaking and the annunciator alarm is received. 1879 G. B. Prescott Speaking Telephone (new ed.) 392 The annunciator disk and lever. 1904 Trans. Amer. Inst. Electr. Engineers 1903 22 423 Ground detectors with annunciator relay and drop-signal are desirable features of a high-tension switchboard equipment. 2007 K. Dismukes et al. Limits Expertise xi. 148 Rushing to complete the Before Takeoff checklist, the crew did not notice an annunciator light indicating that the pitot/stall heaters were turned off. 2007 Pantagraph (Bloomington, Illinois) (Nexis) 29 Sept. d1 The rusty annunciator panel was discovered in one of the estate's outbuildings during a 1980s renovation. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022). < n.1696
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