tutor

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English[edit]

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Alternative forms[edit]

tutour (archaic)

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈtutɚ/
Audio (US)
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- Homophones: tooter, Tudor
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtjuːtə/
Audio (UK)
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Rhymes: -uːtə(ɹ)

Noun[edit]

tutor (plural tutors)

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.
(Britain) A university officer responsible for students in a particular hall.
(obsolete or Quebec law) One who has the charge of a child or pupil and his estate; a guardian.
(trading card games) A card that allows you to search your deck for one or more other cards.
- 1998 April 5, kc...@pcmagic.com, “tutor ideas”, in rec.games.trading-cards.magic.misc, Usenet‎^[1], retrieved 2019-05-09, message-ID <<35271e02.1847089@news.pcmagic.net>>:
  here are some tutor cards i thought would be interesting.

Derived terms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Translations[edit]

one who teaches another

Catalan: tutor (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: (private teacher) 私人教師, 私人教师 (sīrén jiàoshī), (teacher who goes to student's home) 家庭教師 (zh), 家庭教师 (zh) (jiātíng jiàoshī)
Danish: hjælpelærer c, privatlærer c, lektiehjælper c
Dutch: studiebegeleider, mentor (nl), privé-leraar
Finnish: tutor (fi)
Galician: titor (gl) m
German: Lehrer (de)
Greek: προγυμναστής (el) m (progymnastís)
Ancient: παιδαγωγός m (paidagōgós)
Hebrew: מורה פרטי‎ (he) m
Italian: istitutore (it) m, istitutrice f, precettore (it) m, precettrice (it) f, aio (it) m, aia (it) f
Japanese: チューター (chūtā)
Korean: 튜터 (tyuteo)
Latin: praeceptor (la) m, praeceptrix f, tutor m, ēductor m

Maori: pouako
Norwegian:
Bokmål: hjelpelærer m, gruppelærer m, privatlærer m
Portuguese: tutor (pt) m
Romanian: preceptor (ro) m
Russian: репети́тор (ru) m (repetítor)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: скр̑бнӣк m, скрбкиња f

Roman: skȓbnīk (sh) m, skrbkinja f
Spanish: tutor (es) m
Swedish: informator (sv) c, lärare (sv) c, guvernant (sv) c, privatlärare c
Turkish: lala (tr)
Vietnamese: gia sư (vi)

Verb[edit]

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

(transitive) To instruct or teach, especially an individual or small group.
To help pay her tuition, the college student began to tutor high school students in calculus and physics.
(transitive, archaic) To treat with authority or sternness.

Translations[edit]

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

Chinese:
Mandarin: 輔導 (zh), 辅导 (zh) (fǔdǎo), 个人辅导
Finnish: tutoroida
Italian: insegnare (it), istruire (it)

Portuguese: tutelar (pt), tutorar (pt)
Russian: дава́ть уро́ки (davátʹ uróki)
Spanish: enseñar (es), instruir (es)
Swedish: undervisa (sv), handleda

Anagrams[edit]

Routt, Trout, trout

Catalan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin tutor.

Pronunciation[edit]

(Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /tuˈto/
(Valencian) IPA^(key): /tuˈtoɾ/

Noun[edit]

tutor m (plural tutors, feminine tutora)

tutor (teacher)
guardian (person responsible for another)

Related terms[edit]

Finnish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin tutor.

Noun[edit]

tutor

tutor (person)

Declension[edit]

Inflection of tutor (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
nominative		tutor	tutorit
genitive		tutorin	tutorien tutoreiden tutoreitten
partitive		tutoria	tutoreita tutoreja
illative		tutoriin	tutoreihin
		singular	plural
nominative		tutor	tutorit
accusative	nom.	tutor	tutorit
accusative	gen.	tutorin	tutorit
genitive		tutorin	tutorien tutoreiden tutoreitten
partitive		tutoria	tutoreita tutoreja
inessive		tutorissa	tutoreissa
elative		tutorista	tutoreista
illative		tutoriin	tutoreihin
adessive		tutorilla	tutoreilla
ablative		tutorilta	tutoreilta
allative		tutorille	tutoreille
essive		tutorina	tutoreina
translative		tutoriksi	tutoreiksi
instructive		—	tutorein
abessive		tutoritta	tutoreitta
comitative		—	tutoreineen

Possessive forms of tutor (type paperi)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	tutorini	tutorimme
2nd person	tutorisi	tutorinne
3rd person	tutorinsa

Anagrams[edit]

rutot, rutto, torut, turot

Latin[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈtuː.tor/, [ˈt̪uː.t̪ɔr]

Etymology 1[edit]

From tueor +‎ -tor, via the old past participle tūtus (later replaced by tuitus).

Noun[edit]

tūtor m (genitive tūtōris); third declension

Declension[edit]

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	tūtor	tūtōrēs
Genitive	tūtōris	tūtōrum
Dative	tūtōrī	tūtōribus
Accusative	tūtōrem	tūtōrēs
Ablative	tūtōre	tūtōribus
Vocative	tūtor	tūtōrēs

Descendants[edit]

Descendants of tutor in other languages

Catalan: tutor
English: tutor
Finnish: tuutori
French: tuteur

Galician: titor
Italian: tutore
Portuguese: tutor
Spanish: tutor

Etymology 2[edit]

From tueor +‎ -tō, via the old past participle tūtus (later replaced by tuitus).

Verb[edit]

tūtor (present infinitive tūtārī or tūtārier, perfect active tūtātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

I guard, protect, defend

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of tūtor (first conjugation, deponent)
indicative		singular			plural
indicative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	tūtor	tūtāris, tūtāre	tūtātur	tūtāmur	tūtāminī	tūtantur
	imperfect	tūtābar	tūtābāris, tūtābāre	tūtābātur	tūtābāmur	tūtābāminī	tūtābantur
	future	tūtābor	tūtāberis, tūtābere	tūtābitur	tūtābimur	tūtābiminī	tūtābuntur
	perfect	tūtātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	tūtātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	tūtātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
subjunctive		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	tūter	tūtēris, tūtēre	tūtētur	tūtēmur	tūtēminī	tūtentur
	imperfect	tūtārer	tūtārēris, tūtārēre	tūtārētur	tūtārēmur	tūtārēminī	tūtārentur
	perfect	tūtātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	tūtātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	tūtāre	—	—	tūtāminī	—
active	future	—	tūtātor	tūtātor	—	—	tūtantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		tūtārī, tūtārier¹	tūtātum esse	tūtātūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		tūtāns	tūtātus	tūtātūrus	—	—	tūtandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		tūtandī	tūtandō	tūtandum	tūtandō	tūtātum	tūtātū

¹The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested for this verb.

Descendants[edit]

Descendants of tutor in other languages

French: tuer
Gallo: tuer
Italian: attutare, stutare
Norman: tuer

Old Occitan: tuar, tudar
Occitan: tuar
Sicilian: astutari
Walloon: touwer

References[edit]

tutor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
tutor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
tutor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
tutor in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
tutor in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin tutor, tutorem.

Noun[edit]

tutor m (plural tutores, feminine tutora, feminine plural tutoras)

tutor (one who teaches in a one-on-one or small-group interaction)
(law) guardian (person legally responsible for a minor or incompetent person)

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin tutor.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /tûːtor/
Hyphenation: tu‧tor

Noun[edit]

tȗtor m (Cyrillic spelling ту̑тор)

Declension[edit]

Declension of tutor

	singular	plural
nominative	tutor	tutori
genitive	tutora	tutora
dative	tutoru	tutorima
accusative	tutora	tutore
vocative	tutore	tutori
locative	tutoru	tutorima
instrumental	tutorom	tutorima

References[edit]

“tutor” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin tutor, tutorem.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /tuˈtoɾ/, [t̪uˈt̪oɾ]

Noun[edit]

tutor m or f (plural tutores, feminine tutora, feminine plural tutoras)

guardian (person responsible for another)
tutor (teacher)

Related terms[edit]

Swedish[edit]

Noun[edit]

tutor

indefinite plural of tuta

tutor

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