plotter

English

Plotter printer (sense 2).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒtə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

English plot

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Proto-Italic *-āzios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

English -er

English plotter

From plot + -er.

Noun

plotter (plural plotters)

1. A person who plots.
2. (computing) An output device that draws graphs and other pictorial images on paper, sometimes using attached pens.
3. (navigation) An instrument used to mark or find the position of a vessel on a chart.
4. (slang) An author who usually relies on a plan or outline to organize their story.

   Antonym: pantser

Derived terms

• chart plotter
• coplotter
• counterplotter
• nanoplotter
• photoplotter
• stereoplotter

Translations

person who plots — see also conspirator

• Amharic: አድመኛ m or f (ʾädmäñña)
• Bulgarian: заговорник (bg) m (zagovornik), съзаклятник (bg) m (sǎzakljatnik)
• Finnish: piirtäjä (fi), juonittelija (fi)
• Italian: macchinatore (it) m or f, congiurato (it) m, congiurata (it) f, cospiratore m, cospiratrice f, complottista (it) m, meditatore m
• Latin: trīcō m, insidiātor m
• Manx: cochialgeyr m
• Polish: spiskowiec (pl) m, intrygant (pl) m, intrygantka f
• Romanian: complotist (ro) m
• Russian: загово́рщик (ru) m (zagovórščik), интрига́н (ru) m (intrigán)
• Ukrainian: змо́вник m (zmóvnyk), змо́вниця f (zmóvnycja), інтрига́н m (intryhán), інтрига́нка f (intryhánka)

device

• Bulgarian: плотер m (ploter)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 繪圖儀 / 绘图仪 (huìtúyí), 繪圖機 / 绘图机 (huìtújī), 繪圖器 / 绘图器 (huìtúqì)

• Faroese: teknari m
• Finnish: piirturi (fi), plotteri
• French: traceur (fr) m
• German: Plotter m
• Italian: diagrammatore (it) m, graficatore (it) m, tracciatore grafico m, registratore a due coordinate m, registratore x-y m, plotter (it) m
• Japanese: プロッター (purottā)
• Korean: 플로터 (peulloteo)
• Polish: ploter (pl) m, plotter (pl) m
• Russian: пло́ттер (ru) m (plóttɛr), графопострои́тель (ru) m (grafopostroítelʹ)
• Spanish: plóter (es) m

Etymology 2

Verb

plotter (third-person singular simple present plotters, present participle plottering, simple past and past participle plottered)

1. Alternative form of plouter.

Anagrams

• pelt rot, portlet

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /plɔ.te/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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• Audio (France (Somain)):

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Verb

plotter

1. (obsolete) alternative form of peloter

Conjugation

Conjugation of plotter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	plotter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	plottant /plɔ.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		plotté /plɔ.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	plotte /plɔt/	plottes /plɔt/	plotte /plɔt/	plottons /plɔ.tɔ̃/	plottez /plɔ.te/	plottent /plɔt/
	imperfect	plottais /plɔ.tɛ/	plottais /plɔ.tɛ/	plottait /plɔ.tɛ/	plottions /plɔ.tjɔ̃/	plottiez /plɔ.tje/	plottaient /plɔ.tɛ/
	past historic2	plottai /plɔ.te/	plottas /plɔ.ta/	plotta /plɔ.ta/	plottâmes /plɔ.tam/	plottâtes /plɔ.tat/	plottèrent /plɔ.tɛʁ/
	future	plotterai /plɔ.tʁe/	plotteras /plɔ.tʁa/	plottera /plɔ.tʁa/	plotterons /plɔ.tʁɔ̃/	plotterez /plɔ.tʁe/	plotteront /plɔ.tʁɔ̃/
	conditional	plotterais /plɔ.tʁɛ/	plotterais /plɔ.tʁɛ/	plotterait /plɔ.tʁɛ/	plotterions /plɔ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	plotteriez /plɔ.tə.ʁje/	plotteraient /plɔ.tʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	plotte /plɔt/	plottes /plɔt/	plotte /plɔt/	plottions /plɔ.tjɔ̃/	plottiez /plɔ.tje/	plottent /plɔt/
	imperfect2	plottasse /plɔ.tas/	plottasses /plɔ.tas/	plottât /plɔ.ta/	plottassions /plɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/	plottassiez /plɔ.ta.sje/	plottassent /plɔ.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	plotte /plɔt/	—	plottons /plɔ.tɔ̃/	plottez /plɔ.te/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English plotter.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

plotter m (invariable)

1. (computing) plotter

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

plotter

1. present of plotte

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English plotter.

Noun

plotter n (plural plottere)

1. (computing) plotter

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	plotter	plotterul	plottere	plotterele
genitive-dative	plotter	plotterului	plottere	plotterelor
vocative	plotterule		plotterelor