tutor

See also: Tutor

English

Alternative forms

• tutour (archaic)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈtutɚ/

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  • Homophones: tooter, Tudor
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtjuːtə/

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• Rhymes: -uːtə(ɹ)

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. (Britain) 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.
4. (trading card games) A card that allows you to search your deck for one or more other cards.

Derived terms

• tutee
• tutorship

Related terms

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

Translations

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)
• German: Lehrer (de)
• 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)

• Korean: 튜터 (tyuteo)
• Latin: tutor m
• Maori: pouako
• Portuguese: tutor (pt) m
• Romanian: preceptor (ro) m
• Russian: репети́тор (ru) m (repetítor)
• Serbo-Croatian: skrbnik (sh) m, skrbkinja f
• Spanish: tutor (es) m
• 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.

2. (trading card games) To search your deck for one or more other cards.

Translations

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

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 輔導 (zh), 辅导 (zh) (fǔdǎo)

• Finnish: tutoroida
• Portuguese: tutelar (pt), tutorar (pt)

• Russian: дава́ть уро́ки (davátʹ uróki)
• Spanish: enseñar (es), instruir (es)
• Swedish: undervisa (sv), handleda

Further reading

• “tutor” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2017.
• tutor in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• tutor in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Anagrams

• Routt, Trout, trout

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin tutor.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

tutor m (plural tutors, feminine tutora)

1. tutor (teacher)
2. guardian (person responsible for another)

Related terms

• tutela
• tutoria

Further reading

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

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Finnish

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin tutor.

Noun

tutor

1. tutor (person)

Declension

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
	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

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈtuː.tor/, [ˈtuː.tɔr]

Etymology 1

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

Noun

tūtor m (genitive tūtōris); third declension

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

Inflection

Third declension.

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

Descendants

Descendants of tutor in other languages

• Catalan: tutor
• English: tutor
• Finnish: tutor
• French: tuteur

• Italian: tutore
• Portuguese: tutor
• Spanish: tutor

Etymology 2

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

Verb

tūtor (present infinitive tūtārī, perfect active tūtātus sum); first conjugation, 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, 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	tūtātus esse	tūtātūrus esse	—	—	—
participles		tūtāns	tūtātus	tūtātūrus	—	—	tūtandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		nominative	genitive	dative/ablative	accusative	accusative	ablative
		tūtārī, tūtārier1	tūtandī	tūtandō	tūtandum	tūtātum	tūtātū

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

Descendants

Descendants of tutor in other languages

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

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

References

• 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
• du Cange, Charles (1883), “tutor”, in G. A. Louis Henschel, Pierre Carpentier, Léopold Favre, editors, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (in Latin), Niort: L. Favre
• 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

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin tutor, tutorem.

Noun

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

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

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowing 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

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin tutor, tutorem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuˈtoɾ/, [t̪uˈt̪oɾ]

Noun

tutor m, f (plural tutores, feminine tutora)

1. guardian (person responsible for another)
2. tutor (teacher)

Related terms

• tutela
• tutoría

Further reading

• “tutor” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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Swedish

Noun

tutor

1. indefinite plural of tuta