What does opérateur in French mean?

What is the meaning of the word opérateur in French? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use opérateur in French.

The word opérateur in French means machine operator, operator, operator, radio operator, camera operator, provider, operator, operator, surgeon, cable operator, director of photography, camera operator, data inputter, differential operator, economic operator, historical operator, former operator, linear operator, mobile operator, public operator, radio operator, telephone operator, tour operator. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word opérateur

machine operator

(technicien)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Les opérateurs ont tendance à être remplacés par des robots.
Machine operators are tending to be replaced by robots.

operator

(chargé des communications téléphoniques) (Telecommunications)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Dans le temps, pour appeler quelqu'un, on devait passer par une opératrice.
In the old days, you had to go through an operator to call someone.

operator, radio operator

(chargé des messages radio)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Cet opérateur utilisait le morse à ses débuts.
This operator was using Morse code in its early days.

camera operator

(TV, Cinéma : chargé des prises de vue) (TV, Cinema)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
L'opératrice a mal cadré l'acteur, il faut refaire la scène.
The camera operator has framed the actor poorly; we will have to redo the scene.

provider

nom masculin (exploitant d'un réseau téléphonique) (phone)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Avec mon opérateur, j'ai les SMS illimités et deux heures d'appel pour seulement un euro par mois.
With my provider, I get unlimited texts and two hours of calls for just one euro a month.

operator

nom masculin (Maths, Logique : symbole) (Mathematics)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
L'opérateur de multiplication est . ou x.
The multiplication operator is . or x.

operator

nom masculin (Linguistique : élément structurant) (Linguistics)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Les verbes auxiliaires sont des opérateurs.
Auxiliary verbs are operators.

surgeon

(vieilli (chirurgien)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Les chirurgiens s'appelaient auparavant des opérateurs.
Surgeons used to be called barber-surgeons.

cable operator

nom masculin (organisme de télévision par câble) (TV provider)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Les câblo-opérateurs sont très convoités par les grands groupes de télécommunication.

director of photography

nom masculin (chef d'équipe) (filmmaking)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Lors du tournage d'un film, le chef opérateur coordonne la machinerie, la caméra, l'éclairage, la lumière et parfois le cadrage.

camera operator

(cadreur, caméraman)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Il travaille sur un plateau télé comme opérateur de prise de vues.

data inputter

(technicien de saisie informatique)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

differential operator

nom masculin (opérateur issu de dérivée) (mathematics)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

economic operator

nom masculin (acteur économique)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

historical operator, former operator

nom masculin (entreprise qui avait un monopole d'état)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
France Télécom est l'opérateur historique des télécommunications françaises.

linear operator

nom masculin (type de fonction mathématique) (mathematics)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

mobile operator

nom masculin (société téléphonique)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Il souhaite changer d'opérateur mobile mais garder le même numéro.

public operator

nom masculin (fournisseur de service d'État)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

radio operator

(technicien de radiodiffusion)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

telephone operator

nom masculin (vendeur de communications téléphoniques)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

tour operator

nom masculin (voyagiste)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Ce tour-opérateur propose des tarifs intéressants pour l'Irlande.

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