instituteur

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French instituteur, from Latin īnstitūtor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɪn.sti.tyˈtøːr/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: in‧sti‧tu‧teur
• Rhymes: -øːr

Noun

instituteur m (plural instituteurs, feminine institutrice)

1. boarding school teacher, esp. the schoolmaster or headteacher of a boarding school

   Synonym: kostschoolhouder

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃s.ti.ty.tœʁ/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

instituteur m (plural instituteurs, feminine institutrice)

1. primary school teacher

Related terms

• institut

Descendants

• → Dutch: instituteur
• → Romanian: institutor

Further reading

• “instituteur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.