instructor

English

Alternative forms

• instructour (obsolete)

Noun

instructor (plural instructors)

1. One who instructs; a teacher

Synonyms

• instructer (much less common)

Translations

one who instructs; a teacher

• Chechen: хьехархо
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 教練 (cmn), 教练 (cmn) (jiàoliàn)

• Czech: instruktor (cs) m
• Dutch: leermeester (nl) m
• Finnish: opettaja, kouluttaja, ohjaaja
• French: instructeur (fr) m

• German: Ausbilder (de) m, Lehrer (de) m
• Hungarian: oktató (hu)
• Japanese: インストラクター (ja) (insutorakutā), 教師 (ja) (きょうし, kyōshi)
• Russian: инструктор (ru) (instrúktor) m, преподаватель (ru) (prepodavátel’) m, учитель (ru) (učítel') m, (sports) тренер (ru) (tréner) m
• Spanish: instructor (es) m
• Swedish: instruktör (sv) c, handledare (sv) c, lärare (sv) c, utbildare (sv) c

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Latin

Etymology

From īnstruō (“build, construct; arrange”).

Noun

īnstructor (genitive īnstructōris); m, third declension

1. Someone who arranges something; preparer.

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	īnstructor	īnstructōrēs
genitive	īnstructōris	īnstructōrum
dative	īnstructōrī	īnstructōribus
accusative	īnstructōrem	īnstructōrēs
ablative	īnstructōre	īnstructōribus
vocative	īnstructor	īnstructōrēs

Related terms

īnstructē īnstructiō īnstructūra

īnstrūctus īnstrūmentum īnstruō

Descendants

• English: instructor
• French: instructeur
• Italian: istruttore
• Russsian: инструктор
• Spanish: instructor

References

• instructor in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879

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Spanish

Noun

instructor m (plural instructores, feminine singular instructora, feminine plural instructoras)

1. instructor, teacher

Related terms

• instruir