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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesenumeratore
Pronunciation / Transliteration: e-nu-me-ra-to-re
"L'enumeratore ha registrato i dati per il censimento."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A person employed to make a count or list of items, especially for a census or survey.
"The census enumerators went door-to-door to collect demographic data from every household." - 2
(Computing) An object or method that iterates through a collection of items, providing access to each item in turn.
"In many programming languages, an enumerator is used to traverse elements within a list or array without exposing its underlying structure."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The word "enumerator" derives from the Latin *ēnūmerātor*, an agent noun formed from the verb *ēnūmerāre*, meaning "to count out, reckon up." This Latin verb is composed of *ē-* (a variant of *ex-* meaning "out") and *numerāre* "to count," which itself comes from *numerus* "number." The suffix "-ator" denotes an agent or instrument. It entered English in the 17th century, initially referring to anyone who counts or lists, and later specialized to those collecting data for official surveys.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Enumerator" is said worldwide
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énumérateur
Transliteration: e-nu-me-ra-tœr
"L'énumérateur a recueilli les données pour l'enquête démographique."
Aufzähler
Transliteration: auf-tsey-ler
"Der Aufzähler erfasste alle Haushalte für die Volkszählung."
enumeratore
Transliteration: e-nu-me-ra-to-re
"L'enumeratore ha registrato i dati per il censimento."
enumerador
Transliteration: e-nu-me-ra-ðor
"El enumerador visitó cada casa para la encuesta."
enumerador
Transliteration: e-nu-me-ra-dor
"O enumerador coletou as informações para o censo."
गणना करने वाला
Transliteration: gaṇanā karane vālā
"जनगणना करने वाला प्रत्येक घर से जानकारी एकत्र करता है।"
枚举器
Transliteration: méijǔqì
"在编程中，枚举器用于遍历集合中的元素。"
열거자
Transliteration: yeolgeoja
"인구 조사를 위해 열거자가 각 가구를 방문했습니다."
列挙子
Transliteration: rekkyoshi
"プログラミングでは、列挙子を使ってコレクション内の要素を順に処理します。"
перечислитель
Transliteration: perechislitel'
"Перечислитель собирал данные для переписи населения."
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