Meanings
nountext editor (plural text editors)
plural text editors · alternative text-editor
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see text, editor.
Between 1620 and 1640 he worked as a text editor in the Patriarchal Press in Moscow.
1976, Robert O. Crummey, “ARSENII GLUKHOI (?-1643)”, in Joseph L[eon] Wieczynski, editor, The Modern Encyclopedia of Russian and Soviet History, volume 2 (Anikin - Bailov Rocks), Gulf Breeze, Fla.: Academic International Press, →ISBN, page 115
Synonyms & antonyms
nounan editor who prepares text for publication
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Translations
Arabic مُحَرِّر نُصُوص
- مُحَرِّر نُصُوص (muḥarrir nuṣūṣ)something used to edit text in computers
Bulgarian те́кстов реда́ктор
- те́кстов реда́ктор (tékstov redáktor)something used to edit text in computers
Chinese Mandarin 文本編輯器 /文本编辑器
- 文本編輯器 /文本编辑器 (wénběn biānjíqì)something used to edit text in computers
Czech textový editor
- textový editorsomething used to edit text in computers
Danish teksteditor
- teksteditorsomething used to edit text in computers
Dutch teksteditor
- teksteditorsomething used to edit text in computers
Esperanto tekstredaktilo
- tekstredaktilosomething used to edit text in computers
Finnish tekstieditori, tekstinmuokkain
- tekstieditorisomething used to edit text in computers
- tekstinmuokkainsomething used to edit text in computers
- tekstimuokkainsomething used to edit text in computers
French éditeur de texte
- éditeur de textesomething used to edit text in computers
German Texteditor
- Texteditorsomething used to edit text in computers
Greek κειμενογράφος
- κειμενογράφος (keimenográfos)something used to edit text in computers
Icelandic ritill, textaritill
- ritillsomething used to edit text in computers
- textaritillsomething used to edit text in computers
Japanese テキストエディタ
- テキストエディタ (tekisuto edita)something used to edit text in computers
Korean 문서 편집기, 텍스트 에디터
- 문서 편집기 (munseo pyeonjipgi)something used to edit text in computers
- 텍스트 에디터 (tekseuteu editeo)something used to edit text in computers
Norwegian Bokmål teksteditor
- teksteditorsomething used to edit text in computers
Polish edytor, edytor tekstu
- edytorsomething used to edit text in computers
- edytor tekstusomething used to edit text in computers
Portuguese editor de texto
- editor de textosomething used to edit text in computers
Russian те́кстовый реда́ктор
- те́кстовый реда́ктор (tékstovyj redáktor)something used to edit text in computers
Slovak textový editor
- textový editorsomething used to edit text in computers
Spanish editor de texto, editor textual
- editor de textosomething used to edit text in computers
- editor textualsomething used to edit text in computers
Swedish textredigerare, texteditor
- textredigeraresomething used to edit text in computers
- texteditorsomething used to edit text in computers
- editorsomething used to edit text in computers
Turkish metin düzenleyici
- metin düzenleyicisomething used to edit text in computers
Ukrainian те́кстовий реда́ктор
- те́кстовий реда́ктор (tékstovyj redáktor)something used to edit text in computers
Cite this entry
APA
text editor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/text%20editor
MLA
“text editor.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/text%20editor. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “text editor,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/text%20editor.
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