promotor

See also: Promotor

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *per-der.?

Proto-Indo-European *per-der.?

Proto-Indo-European *pér

Proto-Indo-European *-o

Proto-Indo-European *pró

Proto-Indo-European *pro-

Proto-Italic *pro-

Latin prō-

Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁-der.

Proto-Italic *moweō

Latin moveō

Latin prōmoveō

Latin prōmōtusbor.

English promote

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Italic *-tōr

Latin -tor

Latin -ātor

Old French -eorbor.

Middle English -our

▲

Latin -torlbor.

English -or

English promotor

From promote + -or.

Noun

promotor (plural promotors)

1. (academia) A full professor of a Dutch, Flemish, South African, or German university who acts as the principal supervisor of a student's doctoral research.
2. (chemistry) Alternative form of promoter.

Derived terms

• promotorless

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin prōmōtōrem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [pɾu.muˈtu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Northwestern) [pɾo.moˈto]
• IPA^(key): (Central) [pɾu.muˈto]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [pɾo.moˈtoɾ]

Adjective

promotor (feminine promotora, masculine plural promotors, feminine plural promotores)

1. promoting

Noun

promotor m (plural promotors, feminine promotora, feminine plural promotores)

1. promoter
2. prosecutor
3. promotor

Related terms

• promoure

Further reading

• “promotor”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “promotor”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “promotor” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “promotor”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Dutch

Etymology

From Latin promotor.

Pronunciation

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Noun

promotor m (plural promotoren, diminutive promotortje n)

1. supervisor (for a graduation thesis or doctoral research)

Derived terms

• co-promotor

Related terms

• promotie
• promoveren

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch promotor, from Latin promotor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [proˈmotɔr]
• Hyphenation: pro‧mo‧tor

Noun

promotor (plural promotor-promotor)

1. (education) promotor: a full professor of a university who acts as the principal supervisor of a student's doctoral research
2. promoter: one who promotes, particularly with respect to entertainment events or goods

Derived terms

• kepromotoran

Related terms

• promosi
• promosional
• promovenda
• promovendus

Further reading

• “promotor”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin promotor.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾo.moˈtoʁ/ [pɾo.moˈtoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾo.moˈtoʁ/ [pɾo.moˈtoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /pɾo.moˈtoɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /pɾo.moˈtoʁ/ [pɾo.moˈtoχ]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /pɾo.moˈtoɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾu.muˈtoɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾu.muˈtoɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾu.muˈto.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: pro‧mo‧tor

Noun

promotor m (plural promotores, feminine promotora, feminine plural promotoras)

1. prosecutor
2. (real estate) developer

   O promotor imobiliário vendeu o prédio no centro do Porto por um milhão de euros. ― The property developer sold the building in the center of Porto for one million euros.

Related terms

• promover

Further reading

• “promotor”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “promotor”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French promoteur.

Noun

promotor m (plural promotori)

1. promoter

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	promotor	promotorul	promotori	promotorii
genitive-dative	promotor	promotorului	promotori	promotorilor
vocative	promotorule		promotorilor

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin promotor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾomoˈtoɾ/ [pɾo.moˈt̪oɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: pro‧mo‧tor

Adjective

promotor (feminine promotora, masculine plural promotores, feminine plural promotoras)

1. promoting

Noun

promotor m (plural promotores)

1. promoter

Derived terms

• promotor de la fe

Related terms

• promover

Further reading

• “promotor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025