counselor

English

Alternative forms

• counsellor (British, Canadian); counselour, counsellour (both obsolete); counseller (archaic)

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French conseillier, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin consiliator, agent noun from cōnsilior (“I take counsel”), from cōnsilium (“plan, council, wisdom, advice”). Compare councilor.

Pronunciation

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• Homophone: councilor

Noun

counselor (plural counselors) (American spelling, Canadian spelling, alternative in Canada)

1. A professional who counsels people, especially on personal problems.
2. (education) A school counselor, often in a specialty such as careers, education, or health.
3. (law) An attorney.
4. (politics) A high ranking diplomat, usually just below an ambassador or minister.
5. (US) A children’s supervisor, usually at camp.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• college counseling
• community counseling
• family counseling
• marriage counseling

• mental health counseling
• rehabilitation counseling
• school counseling

Translations

professional who counsels people

• Afrikaans: berader
• Albanian: këshilltar (sq)
• Bulgarian: съве́тник (bg) m (sǎvétnik)
• Chamorro: a'akonseha
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 顧問／顾问 (zh) (gùwèn), 顾问 (zh) (gùwèn)

• Faroese: ráðgevi m
• French: conseiller (fr) m, conseillère (fr) f
• German: Berater (de) m, Beraterin (de) f
• Greek:

  Ancient: σύμβουλος m (súmboulos)

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• Japanese: 顧問 (ja) (こもん, komon), 相談役 (そうだんやく, sōdan'yaku), カウンセラー (ja) (kaunserā)
• Latin: consiliātor m
• Old English: rǣdbora m
• Persian: مشاور (fa) (mošâver)
• Romanian: consilier (ro) m, consilieră f, sfătuitor (ro) m, sfătuitoare (ro) f, consultant (ro) m, consultantă (ro) f
• Russian: консульта́нт (ru) m (konsulʹtánt), консульта́нтка (ru) f (konsulʹtántka), сове́тник (ru) m (sovétnik), сове́тница (ru) f (sovétnica)
• Scottish Gaelic: neach-comhairle m or f
• Swedish: kurator (sv) c, socialkurator
• Tagalog: tagapayo
• Welsh: cynghorydd (cy) m

camp counselor

• Hebrew: מַדְרִיךְ m (madríkh), מַדְרִיכָה f (madrikhá)
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• Russian: вожа́тый (ru) m (vožátyj), вожа́тая (ru) f (vožátaja)

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