How do you use the word "interpreter" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "interpreter": Dr. White acted as our interpreter. The socialist was accompanied by a female interpreter.

Interpreter Meaning

/ɪnˈtɜː.pɹɪ.tə/

Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounA person or thing that interprets the meaning of something for another, particularly

nounA person or thing that interprets the meaning of something for another, A person or thing that translates speech or signing, as opposed to texts.

Sentence Examples

Dr. White acted as our interpreter.

The socialist was accompanied by a female interpreter.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

voice translator representative

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

The ____ helped the two leaders understand each other by translating their words.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The ____ translated the doctor's words into Spanish so the patient could understand the treatment.

Word Origin & History

From Middle English interpreter, interpretour, etc., from Old French interpreteur, interpreteeur, etc., from Late Latin interpretātōr, from classical Latin interpretātus (“explained, translated”) + -or (“-er: forming agent nouns”), from interpretārī (“to explain, to translate”), from interpres (“go-between, translator”) + -ārī (“to be ~ed”), q.v. In reference to divine emissaries, a calque of Mercury's Latin epithet interpres divum (“go-between of the gods”). In reference to the rhetorical device, a calque of Latin interpretatio. Equivalent to interpret + -er. Displaced native Old English wealhstod.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"[…] the Priest or Medicine-man […] early appeared on the plantation and found his function as the healer of the sick, the interpreter of the Unknown […] and the one who rudely but picturesquely expressed the longing, disappointment, and resentment of a stolen and oppressed people." — 1903, W. E. B. Du Bois, chapter 10, in The Souls of Black Folk, Chicago: McClurg, page 196:

"... when you ſallie vpon him, ſpeake what terrible Language you will: though you vnderſtand it not your ſelues, no matter: for we must not ſeeme to vnderſtand him, vnleſſe ſome one among vs, whom wee must produce for an Interpreter." — 1623, William Shakespeare, All's Well That Ends Well, Act IV, Scene 1:

"I had many Acquaintance among Persons of the best Fashion, and being always attended by my Interpreter, the Conversation we had was not disagreeable." — 1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “The Author Leaves Luggnagg, and Sails to Japan. From thence He Returns in a Dutch Ship to Amsterdam, and from Amsterdam to England.”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume II, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], →OCLC, part III (A Voyage to Laputa, Balnibarbi, Glubbdubdribb, Luggnagg, and Japan), page 137:

"I can understand German as well as the maniac that invented it, but I talk it best through an interpreter." — 1880, Mark Twain, chapter 14, in A Tramp Abroad, volume 1, London: Chatto & Windus, page 115:

"14. A party or witness in any proceedings who does not understand or speak the language in which the proceedings are conducted or who is deaf has the right to the assistance of an interpreter." — 1982, Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms:

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