agrimensor

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin agrimensor.

Noun

agrimensor (plural agrimensors)

1. (historical) A land surveyor in Ancient Rome.

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin agrīmēnsōrem (“land surveyor”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ə.ɣɾi.mənˈso]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.ɣɾi.menˈsoɾ]

Noun

agrimensor m (plural agrimensors, feminine agrimensora)

1. surveyor, land surveyor

Related terms

• agrimensura

Further reading

• “agrimensor”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April
• “agrimensor”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “agrimensor” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “agrimensor” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Latin

Etymology

ager (“territory”, “district”, “domain”; “productive land”, “a field”) +‎ mēnsor (“a measurer”, “a surveyor”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [a.ɡriːˈmẽː.sɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ä.ɡriˈmɛn.sor]

Noun

agrīmēnsor m (genitive agrīmēnsōris); third declension

1. a land surveyor (a professional who measures land, delineates property boundaries, etc.)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	agrīmēnsor	agrīmēnsōrēs
genitive	agrīmēnsōris	agrīmēnsōrum
dative	agrīmēnsōrī	agrīmēnsōribus
accusative	agrīmēnsōrem	agrīmēnsōrēs
ablative	agrīmēnsōre	agrīmēnsōribus
vocative	agrīmēnsor	agrīmēnsōrēs

Derived terms

• agrīmēnsōrius

Descendants

• Catalan: agrimensor
• Italian: agrimensore
• Portuguese: agrimensor
• → Romanian: agrimensor
• Spanish: agrimensor

References

• “agrīmensor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• agrĭmensŏr in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 92/1.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin agrīmēnsor (“land surveyor”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ɡɾi.mẽˈsoʁ/ [a.ɡɾi.mẽˈsoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ɡɾi.mẽˈsoʁ/ [a.ɡɾi.mẽˈsoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /a.ɡɾi.mẽˈsoɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.ɡɾi.mẽˈsoʁ/ [a.ɡɾi.mẽˈsoχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ɡɾi.mẽˈsoɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ɡɾi.mẽˈsoɾ/ [ɐ.ɣɾi.mẽˈsoɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ɡɾi.mẽˈsoɾ/ [ɐ.ɣɾi.mẽˈsoɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ɡɾi.mẽˈso.ɾi/ [ɐ.ɣɾi.mẽˈso.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: a‧gri‧men‧sor

Noun

agrimensor m (plural agrimensores, feminine agrimensora, feminine plural agrimensoras)

1. surveyor (person occupied with land surveying)

   Synonym: inspetor

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian agrimensore, from Latin agrīmēnsor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ɡri.menˈsor/

Noun

agrimensor m (plural agrimensori)

1. surveyor (person occupied with land surveying)

   Synonym: arpentor

Declension

Declension of agrimensor

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	agrimensor	agrimensorul		agrimensori	agrimensorii
genitive-dative	agrimensor	agrimensorului		agrimensori	agrimensorilor
vocative	agrimensorule			agrimensorilor

Related terms

• agrimensură

References

• “agrimensor”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin agrīmēnsor (“land surveyor”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɡɾimenˈsoɾ/ [a.ɣ̞ɾi.mẽnˈsoɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: a‧gri‧men‧sor

Noun

agrimensor m (plural agrimensores, feminine agrimensora, feminine plural agrimensoras)

1. surveyor

Related terms

• agrimensura

Descendants

• Tagalog: agrimensor

Further reading

• “agrimensor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish agrimensor (“surveyor”), from Latin agrīmēnsor (“land surveyor”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaɡɾimenˈsoɾ/ [ʔɐ.ɡɾɪ.mɛn̪ˈsoɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: a‧gri‧men‧sor

Noun

agrimensór (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜄ᜔ᜇᜒᜋᜒᜈ᜔ᜐᜓᜇ᜔)

1. surveyor

   Synonyms: tagasukat-lupa, manunukat-lupa

Related terms

• agraryo
• agrikultor
• agrikultura
• agrikultural
• agrikulturalista
• agrikulturista
• agrimensura
• agronomista
• agronomiya
• agronomo
• dimensiyon
• inmensidad
• inmenso
• medida

See also

• kadastro

References

• “agrimensor”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• “agrimensor”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• “agrimensor”, in Pinoy Dictionary, 2010–2025
• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 17