tutor

English

Wikipedia

Alternative forms

• tutour (archaic)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -uːtə(r)

Noun

tutor (plural tutors)

1. 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.

2. (UK) A university officer responsible for students in a particular hall.
3. (obsolete) One who has the charge of a child or pupil and his estate; a guardian.

Derived terms

• tutee
• tutorship

Related terms

• tuition
• tutelage
• tutelar
• tutelary
• tutorial
• tutee

Translations

one who teaches another

• 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 (jiātíng jiàoshī)

• Dutch: studiebegeleider, mentor (nl), privé-leraar
• Finnish: tutor (fi)
• Greek: προγυμναστής (el) m (progymnastís)
• Hebrew: מורה פרטי (he) m

• Italian: istitutore (it) m, istitutrice f, precettore (it) m, precettrice f, aio (it) m, aia (it) f
• Japanese: チューター (chūtā)
• Romanian: preceptor (ro) m
• Russian: репетитор (ru) m (repetítor)
• Serbo-Croatian: skrbnik m, skrbkinja f
• Spanish: tutor (es)
• Swedish: informator (sv) c, lärare (sv) c, guvernant (sv) c, privatlärare c
• Turkish: lala (tr), lalalar pl

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To instruct or teach, especially to an individual or small group.

   To help pay her tuition, the college student began to tutor high school students in calculus and physics.

Translations

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

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 輔導, 辅导 (zh) (fǔdǎo)

• Finnish: tutoroida

• Russian: давать уроки (davát' uróki)
• Swedish: undervisa (sv), handleda

External links

• “tutor” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).
• tutor in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• tutor in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Anagrams

• trout

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Finnish

Etymology

From Latin tutor

Noun

tutor

1. tutor (person)

Declension

Declension of tutor (Kotus type 6/paperi)

		singular	plural
nominative		tutor	tutorit
accusative	zero?	tutor	tutorit
	normal	tutorin
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

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈtuː.tor/

Noun

tūtor m (genitive tūtōris); third declension

1. watcher, protector, defender
2. guardian (of minors)
3. tutor

Inflection

Third declension.

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	tūtor	tūtōrēs
genitive	tūtōris	tūtōrum
dative	tūtōrī	tūtōribus
accusative	tūtōrem	tūtōrēs
ablative	tūtōre	tūtōribus
vocative	tūtor	tūtōrēs

Descendants

• English: tutor
• French: tuteur
• Italian: tutore
• Spanish: tutor

Verb

present active tūtor, present infinitive tūtārī, perfect active tūtātus sum (deponent)

1. I guard, protect, defend

Inflection

Conjugation of tutor (first conjugation, deponent)

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	tūtor	tūtāris	tūtātur	tūtāmur	tūtāminī	tūtantur
	imperfect	tūtābar	tūtābāris	tūtābātur	tūtābāmur	tūtābāminī	tūtābantur
	future	tūtābor	tūtāberis	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
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	tūter	tūtēris	tūtētur	tūtēmur	tūtēminī	tūtentur
	imperfect	tūtārer	tūtārēris	tūtārētur	tūtārēmur	tūtārēminī	tūtārentur
	perfect	tūtātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	tūtātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	tūtāre	—	—	tūtāminī	—
	future	—	tūtātor	tūtātor	—	—	tūtantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		tūtārī	tūtātus esse	tūtātum īrī	—	—	—
participles		tūtāns	tūtātus	tūtātūrus	—	—	tūtandus

Descendants

• French: tuer
• Gallo: tuer
• Italian: attutare, stutare
• Jèrriais: tuer

• Old Provençal: tuar, tudar
• Occitan: tuar
• Walloon: touwer

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Latin tutor.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

tȗtor m (Cyrillic spelling ту̑тор)

1. tutor
2. guardian

Declension

    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

• “tutor” in Hrvatski jezični portal

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Spanish

Noun

tutor m, f (plural tutores, feminine tutora)

1. guardian
2. tutor

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Swedish

Noun

tutor

1. indefinite plural of tuta