inspector

English

Alternative forms

• inspectour (obsolete, rare)

Etymology

From Latin in- + spectāre, to look.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈspɛktə/
• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈspɛktɚ/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

inspector (plural inspectors)

1. A person employed to inspect something.
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     Imagine a country where children do nothing but play until they start compulsory schooling at age seven. Then, without exception, they attend comprehensives until the age of 16. […] There are no inspectors, no exams until the age of 18, no school league tables, no private tuition industry, no school uniforms. […]

2. (law enforcement) A police officer ranking below superintendent.

Related terms

• inspect
• inspection

Translations

person employed to inspect something

• Bulgarian: инспектор (bg) m (inspektor)
• Crimean Tatar: teftişçi, müfettiş
• Finnish: tarkastaja (fi), valvoja (fi)
• Greek: επιθεωρητής (el) m (epitheoritís)
• Irish: cigire (ga) m, banchigire m (female)
• Italian: ispettore (it) m, controllore (it) m
• Old English: inscēawere m, smēagend m
• Polish: inspektor (pl) m
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• Romanian: inspector (ro) m, inspectoare (ro) f
• Russian: инспе́ктор (ru) m (inspéktor), ревизо́р (ru) m (revizór)
• Spanish: inspector (es)
• Swedish: inspektör (sv) c, besiktningsman c
• Tagalog: pandaw
• Turkish: müfettiş (tr)

police officer ranking below superintendent

• Czech: inspektor (cs) m
• Greek: επιθεωρητής (el) m or f (epitheoritís), υπαστυνόμος (el) m or f (ypastynómos)
• Italian: ispettore di polizia m
• Japanese: 警部 (ja) (keibu)
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• Romanian: inspector de poliție m, ofițer de poliție m
• Russian: инспе́ктор (ru) m (inspéktor)
• Swahili: inspekta (sw)

Anagrams

• inceptors, proincest

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) īnspector

1. first-person singular present passive indicative of īnspectō

References

• “inspector”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• inspector in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• inspector in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• inspector in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin inspector, probably through French inspecteur. Compare Russian инспе́ктор (inspéktor).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inˈspek.tor/

Noun

inspector m (plural inspectori, feminine equivalent inspectoare)

1. inspector

Declension

Declension of inspector

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) inspector	inspectorul	(niște) inspectori	inspectorii
genitive/dative	(unui) inspector	inspectorului	(unor) inspectori	inspectorilor
vocative	inspectorule		inspectorilor

Synonyms

• inspicient (dated)

Derived terms

• inspector-șef

Related terms

• inspecta
• inspectare
• inspectiv
• inspectorat
• inspecție, inspecțiune

See also

• revizor
• supraveghetor

References

• inspector in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inspeɡˈtoɾ/ [ĩns.peɣ̞ˈt̪oɾ]

Noun

inspector m (plural inspectores, feminine inspectora, feminine plural inspectoras)

1. inspector

Related terms

• inspeccionar

Further reading

• Template:R:DRAE 2001