tutor

English

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Alternative forms

• tutour (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle English tutour, from Old French tuteur (French tuteur), from Latin tutor (“a watcher, protector, guardian”), from tuēri (“to protect”); see tuition.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -uːtə(r)

Noun

tutor (plural tutors)

1. One who teaches another (usually called a student, learner, or tutee) in a one-on-one or small-group interaction.

   He passed the difficult class with help from his tutor.

Derived terms

• tutee
• tutorship

Related terms

• tuition
• tutelage
• tutelar
• tutelary
• tutorial
• tutee

Translations

one who teaches another

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: (private teacher) 私人教師 (cmn), 私人教师 (cmn) (sīrén jiàoshī), (teacher who goes to student's home) 家庭教師 (cmn), 家庭教师 (cmn) (jiātíng jiàoshī)

• Dutch: studiebegeleider (nl), mentor (nl), privé-leraar (nl)
• Finnish: tutor (fi)
• Greek: προγυμναστής (el) (progymnastís) m 
• Hebrew: מורה פרטי (he) m

• Japanese: チューター (ja) (chūtā)
• Russian: репетитор (ru) (repetítor) m 
• Serbo-Croatian: skrbnik (sh) m, skrbkinja (sh) f
• Spanish: tutor (es)
• Turkish: lala (tr), lalalar (tr) pl

Verb

tutor (third-person singular simple present tutors, present participle tutoring, simple past and past participle tutored)

1. (transitive) To instruct or teach, especially to an individual or small group.

   To help pay her tuition, the college student began to tutor high school students in calculus and physics.

Translations

to instruct or teach, especially to an individual or small group

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 輔導 (cmn), 辅导 (cmn) (fǔdǎo)

• Finnish: tutoroida (fi)

• Russian: давать уроки (ru) (davát' uróki) 
• Swedish: undervisa (sv), handleda (sv)

External links

• “tutor” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).
• tutor in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• tutor in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Anagrams

• trout

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Latin

Noun

tūtor (genitive tūtōris); m, third declension

1. watcher, protector, defender
2. guardian (of minors)
3. tutor

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	tūtor	tūtōrēs
genitive	tūtōris	tūtōrum
dative	tūtōrī	tūtōribus
accusative	tūtōrem	tūtōrēs
ablative	tūtōre	tūtōribus
vocative	tūtor	tūtōrēs

Verb

present active tūtor, present infinitive tūtārī, perfect active tūtātus sum. (deponent)

1. I guard, protect, defend

Inflection

    First Conjugation Deponent

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	tūtor	tūtāris	tūtātur	tūtāmur	tūtāminī	tūtantur
	future	tūtābor	tūtāberis	tūtābitur	tūtābimur	tūtābiminī	tūtābuntur
	imperfect	tūtābar	tūtābāris	tūtābātur	tūtābāmur	tūtābāminī	tūtābantur
	perfect	Use tūtātus m, tūtāta f, tūtātum n followed by the present indicative of sum.
	future perfect	Use tūtātus m, tūtāta f, tūtātum n followed by the future indicative of sum.
	pluperfect	Use tūtātus m, tūtāta f, tūtātum n followed by the imperfect indicative of sum.
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	tūter	tūtēris	tūtētur	tūtēmur	tūtēminī	tūtentur
	imperfect	tūtārer	tūtārēris	tūtārētur	tūtārēmur	tūtārēminī	tūtārentur
	perfect	Use tūtātus m, tūtāta f, tūtātum n followed by the present subjunctive of sum.
	pluperfect	Use tūtātus m, tūtāta f, tūtātum n followed by the imperfect subjunctive of sum.
imperatives		active			passive
		present (you)	future (you)	future (he/she)	present (you)	future (you)	future (he/she)
	singular	tūtāre	tūtātor	tūtātor	—	—	—
	plural	tūtāminī	—	tūtantor	—	—	—
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		tūtārī	tūtātus esse	tūtātūrus esse	—	—	—
participles		tūtāns (tūtantis)	tūtātus-a, -um	tūtātūrus-ra, -rum	—	—	tūtandus-nda, -ndum

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Spanish

Noun

tutor m and f (plural tutores)

1. guardian
2. tutor

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Swedish

Noun

tutor

1. indefinite plural of tuta