tutor
English[edit]
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) (file) - (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtjuːtə/
Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -uːtə(ɹ)
Noun[edit]
tutor (plural tutors, feminine tutoress)
- 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 one to search one's deck for one or more other cards.
Synonyms[edit]
- (one who teaches): preceptor
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
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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]
Further reading[edit]
- “tutor” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2021.
- tutor in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- tutor in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911.
Anagrams[edit]
Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tutor m (plural tutors, feminine tutora)
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “tutor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
tutor
- tutor (person)
Declension[edit]
Inflection of tutor (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | tutor | tutorit | |
genitive | tutorin | tutorien tutoreiden tutoreitten | |
partitive | tutoria | tutoreita tutoreja | |
illative | tutoriin | tutoreihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | tutor | tutorit | |
accusative | nom. | tutor | tutorit |
gen. | 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 |
Possessive forms of tutor (type paperi) | ||
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possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | tutorini | tutorimme |
2nd person | tutorisi | tutorinne |
3rd person | tutorinsa |
Anagrams[edit]
Latin[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From tueor + -tor, via the old past participle tūtus (later replaced by tuitus).
Noun[edit]
tūtor m (genitive tūtōris, feminine tūtrīx); third declension
Declension[edit]
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | tūtor | tūtōrēs |
Genitive | tūtōris | tūtōrum |
Dative | tūtōrī | tūtōribus |
Accusative | tūtōrem | tūtōrēs |
Ablative | tūtōre | tūtōribus |
Vocative | tūtor | tūtōrēs |
Descendants[edit]
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
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of tūtor (first conjugation, deponent) | |||||||
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indicative | singular | plural | |||||
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 | |||||
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 | |||||
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, 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]
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
Polish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From English tutor, from Middle English tutour, from Old French tuteur, from Latin tūtor, from tueor.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tutor m pers
- tutor (university officer responsible for students in a particular hall)
- (archaic) tutor (one who teaches another in a one-on-one or small-group interaction)
Declension[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
- (adjective) tutorski
Further reading[edit]
- tutor in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- tutor in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tȗtor m (Cyrillic spelling ту̑тор)
Declension[edit]
References[edit]
- “tutor” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin tutor, tutorem.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tutor m or f (plural tutores, feminine tutora, feminine plural tutoras)
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “tutor” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
Swedish[edit]
Noun[edit]
tutor
- indefinite plural of tuta
- English terms inherited from Middle English
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms borrowed from Old French
- English terms derived from Old French
- English terms derived from Latin
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
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- English nouns
- English terms with usage examples
- British English
- English terms with obsolete senses
- Quebec English
- en:Law
- English terms with quotations
- English verbs
- English transitive verbs
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- en:Education
- en:Occupations
- en:Magic: The Gathering
- Catalan terms inherited from Latin
- Catalan terms derived from Latin
- Catalan 2-syllable words
- Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation
- Catalan lemmas
- Catalan nouns
- Catalan masculine nouns
- Finnish terms borrowed from Latin
- Finnish terms derived from Latin
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish paperi-type nominals
- Latin 2-syllable words
- Latin terms with IPA pronunciation
- Latin terms with Ecclesiastical IPA pronunciation
- Latin words suffixed with -tor
- Latin lemmas
- Latin nouns
- Latin masculine nouns
- Latin third declension nouns
- Latin masculine nouns in the third declension
- Latin words suffixed with -to
- Latin verbs
- Latin first conjugation verbs
- Latin deponent verbs
- Polish terms borrowed from English
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- Polish terms derived from Old French
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- pl:Education
- pl:Male occupations
- Portuguese terms borrowed from Latin
- Portuguese terms derived from Latin
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- Portuguese nouns
- pt:Law
- Serbo-Croatian terms borrowed from Latin
- Serbo-Croatian terms derived from Latin
- Serbo-Croatian terms with IPA pronunciation
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- Serbo-Croatian nouns
- Serbo-Croatian masculine nouns
- Spanish terms borrowed from Latin
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- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
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- Swedish non-lemma forms
- Swedish noun forms