tutor
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtutɚ/
Audio (US) (file) - (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtjuːtə/
Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -uːtə(ɹ)
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle English tutour, from Old French tuteur (French tuteur), from Latin tūtor (“a watcher, protector, guardian”), from tueor (“protect”); see tuition.
Alternative forms edit
- tutour (archaic)
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.
- (UK) A university officer responsible for students in a particular hall.
- (UK) A homeroom
- (obsolete or Quebec law) One who has the charge of a child or pupil and his estate; a guardian.
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
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024), “tutor”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
- “tutor”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “tutor”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Etymology 2 edit
Ellipsis of Demonic tutor, name of an early Magic: The Gathering card with this effect.
Noun edit
tutor (plural tutors)
- (collectible card games) A card that allows one to search one's deck for one or more other cards.
Verb edit
tutor (third-person singular simple present tutors, present participle tutoring, simple past and past participle tutored)
- (collectible card games) To fetch a card from one's deck.
Anagrams edit
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tutor m (plural tutors, feminine tutora)
Related terms edit
References edit
- “tutor” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Further reading edit
- “tutor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Chinese edit
Etymology 1 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tutor
- (Hong Kong Cantonese) tutor (one who teaches)
Etymology 2 edit
From clipping of English tutorial.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tutor
References edit
- English Loanwords in Hong Kong Cantonese
- John Gibbons (1987), “Code-mixing and code choice : a Hong Kong case study”, in Multilingual Matters, page 56
Finnish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tutor
- Alternative form of tuutori.
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 | ||
abessive | tutoritta | tutoreitta | ||
instructive | — | tutorein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading edit
- “tutor”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][3] (online dictionary, continuously updated, in Finnish), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈtuː.tor/, [ˈt̪uːt̪ɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈtu.tor/, [ˈt̪uːt̪or]
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).
Alternative forms edit
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.
Descendants edit
- Catalan: tudar
- Franco-Provençal: tuar
- Old French: tuer (see there for further descendants)
- Old Occitan: tudar, tuar
- Occitan: tuar
- Sardinian: tutare (Bitti)
- Vulgar Latin: *adtūtāre, *extūtāre, *distūtāre (see there for further descendants)
References edit
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “tutari”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 13: To–Tyrus, page 449
Further reading 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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 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
Borrowed 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
Further reading edit
- tutor in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin tūtōrem.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tutor m (plural tutores, feminine tutora, feminine plural tutoras)
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
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tutor m (plural tutores, feminine tutora, feminine plural tutoras)
- guardian (person responsible for another)
- tutor (teacher)
- (horticulture) trellis
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