interlocutor

UK/ˌɪntəˈlɒkjʊtə//ˌɪn.təɹˈlɑk.jə.təɹ/

interlocutor noun: a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation: a locutive partner.

Noun (1)

interlocutor (plural interlocutors)

A person who takes part in dialogue or conversation: a locutive partner.
- Explanations which continually remind one's interlocutor of one's ignorance are a great damper upon the easy flow of talk.1894, Calvin Thomas, “The Teacher's Outfit in German”, in The School Review, volume 2, number 7, page 406
- In the run-up to his return to the White House next Monday, Mr. Trump has rattled the world, and America’s neighborhood in particular, with a list of objectives – buying Greenland, seizing the Panama Canal, making Canada the 51st state – that treat friendly nations as weak interlocutors and...2025 January 14, Howard LaFranchi, “In Biden-Trump handoff, a foreign policy shift for a changed world?”, in The Christian Science Monitor
Synonyms:

converser, conversant, conversationalist, partner, collocutor
A man in the middle of the line in a minstrel show who questions the endmen and acts as leader.
- The "interlocutor" greeted the audience and engaged in comical repartee with the "end men," named Tambo and Bones.1991, Maureen Costonis, “Martha Graham's American Document: A Minstrel Show in Modern Dance Dress”, in American Music, volume 9, number 3, page 299
An interlocutory judgement or sentence.

Noun (2)

interlocutor (plural interlocutors)

(Scots law) A decree of a court.
- A decree of the English Court of Chancery is not entitled to more respect in Scotland than a decree (interlocutor) of the Scottish Court of Session in England.1869, “The Judicial System of Scotland”, in The American Law Register (1852-1891), volume 17, number 5, page 257

interlocutor meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

interlocutor in Hindi

a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation: सामनेवाला sāmnevālā, सामनेवाली sāmnevālī, बात करनेवाला bāt karnevālā, बात करनेवाली bāt karnevālī

interlocutor in Tamil

உரையாடுபவர், உரையாடலில் கலந்துகொள்பவர், விசாரிப்பவர், இடையுரையாளர்

interlocutor in Bengali

কথোপকথনে অংশগ্রহণকারী ব্যক্তি

More languagesFewer languages

interlocutor in Kannada: ಸಂವಾದಕ, ಸಂಭಾಷಣಾಕಾರ
interlocutor in Arabic: مُحَاوِر muḥāwir, مُتَحَاوِر mutaḥāwir
interlocutor in Indonesian: lawan bicara
interlocutor in Persian: طرف صحبت taraf-e sohbat
interlocutor in Vietnamese: người đối thoại, người đàm đạo

Examples of interlocutor in a sentence

Soviet propagandists during the cold war were trained in a tactic that their western interlocutors nicknamed 'whataboutism'.
Smooth-talk isolates and distances the speaker and excludes the interlocutor from involvement.
The "other speaker" may be the sarcast's present interlocutor, an absent third person, or a conventional attitude.

All 15 example sentences with interlocutor

Synonyms of interlocutor

All synonyms of interlocutor

Forms of interlocutor

plural	interlocutors
alternative form (obsolete)	interlocutour

Origin of interlocutor

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin interlocūtor, from the agent noun counterpart (via the suffix -tor) of Latin interloquor (“speak between, issue an interlocutory decree”), from inter- + loquor (“speak”).

From French interlocutoire, from Latin interlocūtōrium.

Words formed from interlocutor

interlocutorship

Questions about interlocutor

What does interlocutor mean?: Interlocutor means a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation: a locutive partner.
What is interlocutor in Hindi?: Interlocutor in Hindi is सामनेवाला (sāmnevālā), सामनेवाली (sāmnevālī), बात करनेवाला (bāt karnevālā). See Interlocutor meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is interlocutor?: Interlocutor is a noun.
How do you pronounce interlocutor?: Interlocutor is pronounced /ˌɪntəˈlɒkjʊtə/ (UK).
What is the plural of interlocutor?: The plural of interlocutor is interlocutors.

Words near interlocutor in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: interlocutor (page history and authors); interlocutor (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); interlocutor (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); interlocutor (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); interlocutor (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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