lector

English

Alternative forms

• lectour (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lēctor, from legō (“I read”).

Noun

lector (plural lectors)

1. A lay person who reads aloud certain religious texts in a church service.
2. A public lecturer or reader at some universities.
3. (historical, US, cigar industry) A person who reads aloud to workers to entertain them, appointed by a trade union.

Related terms

• lectern
• lection
• lectionary
• lecture

 

Translations

lay person who reads aloud certain religious texts

• Indonesian: lektor (id)
• Italian: lettore (it) m, lettrice f
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• Portuguese: leitor (pt) m, leitora f
• Vietnamese: người đọc kinh, thầy đọc kinh, thầy đọc sách

Anagrams

• Colter, colter

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Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lēctor, lēctōrem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ləkˈto]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [lekˈtoɾ]

Adjective

lector (feminine lectora, masculine plural lectors, feminine plural lectores)

1. reading

Noun

lector m (plural lectora)

1. reader

Related terms

• lectura
• llegir
• lliçó

 

Further reading

• “lector” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Latin

Etymology

From legō +‎ -tor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈleːk.tor/, [ˈɫ̪eːkt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈlek.tor/, [ˈlɛkt̪or]

Noun

lēctor m (genitive lēctōris); third declension

1. a reader (person who reads to someone)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	lēctor	lēctōrēs
Genitive	lēctōris	lēctōrum
Dative	lēctōrī	lēctōribus
Accusative	lēctōrem	lēctōrēs
Ablative	lēctōre	lēctōribus
Vocative	lēctor	lēctōrēs

Derived terms

• lēctorīle

Related terms

• lēctitō
• lēctiuncula
• lēctiō
• lēctrīx
• lēctus
• lēctūra

 

Descendants

• → Bulgarian: ле́ктор (léktor)
• → Catalan: lector
• → Crimean Tatar: lektor
• → English: lector
• → French: lecteur
• Italian: lettore
• → Macedonian: лектор (lektor)
• → Old Irish: líachtóir
  • Irish: léachtóir
• → Polish: lektor
• Portuguese: leitor
• → Romanian: lector
• → Russian: ле́ктор (léktor)
• → Spanish: lector
• → Swedish: lektor

References

• “lector”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “lector”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• lector 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)
• lector in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lēctor, lēctōrem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /leɡˈtoɾ/ [leɣ̞ˈt̪oɾ]

Adjective

lector (feminine lectora, masculine plural lectores, feminine plural lectoras)

1. reading
2. reading aloud to other people

Noun

lector m (plural lectores, feminine lectora, feminine plural lectoras)|lectores

1. reader

Related terms

• lección
• lectura
• leer