-or

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ə/

Suffix

morpheme

Creates an agent noun, often from a verb, indicating a person or object (often machines or parts of them) that do the verb or part of speech with which they are formed.

Japanese Meaning

動作主や実行者を表す名詞を作る接尾辞。動詞などから派生して、その動作を行う人・物を示す。 / 例えば、『actor（俳優）』や『editor（編集者）』のように、動作や機能を担う者を表す。

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Adding -or to verbs like 'act' produces agent nouns such as 'actor'.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

動詞（例えば「act」に）に「行為者」を表す接尾辞を付けると、「actor」のような行為者名詞ができます。

Details

Sense（1）

Creates an agent noun, often from a verb, indicating a person or object (often machines or parts of them) that do the verb or part of speech with which they are formed.

survive + -or → survivor

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Sense（2）

(electrical science) Appended to the names of members of classes of components, especially those that have an extensive property name of the same root suffixed with -ance

Resistors possess resistance and inductors possess inductance.

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