rektor

See also: Rektor and rektör

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrɛktor]

Noun

rektor m anim (female equivalent rektorka)

1. rector, chancellor, master, principal (headmaster of a university)

Declension

Declension of rektor (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	rektor	rektoři
genitive	rektora	rektorů
dative	rektorovi, rektoru	rektorům
accusative	rektora	rektory
vocative	rektore	rektoři
locative	rektorovi, rektoru	rektorech
instrumental	rektorem	rektory

Related terms

• See režim

• rektorát

 

Further reading

• “rektor”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935-1957
• “rektor”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “rektor”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Danish

Etymology

Derived from Latin rēctor, from rēctus, past participle of regere (“rule, govern, guide, steer”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɛktɔr/, [ˈʁaɡ̊tˢɒ]

Noun

rektor c (singular definite rektoren, plural indefinite rektorer)

1. headmaster or headmistress, head teacher (gender-neutral), principal (of a school or college)
2. rector (of a university)

Inflection

Declension of rektor

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	rektor	rektoren	rektorer	rektorerne
genitive	rektors	rektorens	rektorers	rektorernes

Hungarian

Etymology

Derived from Latin rēctor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrɛktor]
• Hyphenation: rek‧tor
• Rhymes: -or

Noun

rektor (plural rektorok)

1. (education) rector (headmaster or headmistress of a university)

   Coordinate term: (headmaster or headmistress of a primary or secondary school) igazgató

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	rektor	rektorok
accusative	rektort	rektorokat
dative	rektornak	rektoroknak
instrumental	rektorral	rektorokkal
causal-final	rektorért	rektorokért
translative	rektorrá	rektorokká
terminative	rektorig	rektorokig
essive-formal	rektorként	rektorokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	rektorban	rektorokban
superessive	rektoron	rektorokon
adessive	rektornál	rektoroknál
illative	rektorba	rektorokba
sublative	rektorra	rektorokra
allative	rektorhoz	rektorokhoz
elative	rektorból	rektorokból
delative	rektorról	rektorokról
ablative	rektortól	rektoroktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	rektoré	rektoroké
non-attributive possessive - plural	rektoréi	rektorokéi

Possessive forms of rektor
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	rektorom	rektoraim
2nd person sing.	rektorod	rektoraid
3rd person sing.	rektora	rektorai
1st person plural	rektorunk	rektoraink
2nd person plural	rektorotok	rektoraitok
3rd person plural	rektoruk	rektoraik

Derived terms

• rektori

 

Compound words

• rektorhelyettes

 

See also

• rektorátus

Further reading

• rektor in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch rector, from Latin rēctor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɛk.tor/
• Hyphenation: rèk‧tor

Noun

rektor

1. (education) rector (headmaster of a tertiary education institution, e.g., university)
2. (Catholicism) rector (cleric with managerial as well as spiritual responsibility for a church or other institution)

Further reading

• “rektor” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Derived from Latin rector.

Noun

rektor m (definite singular rektoren, indefinite plural rektorer, definite plural rektorene)

1. headmaster or headmistress, head teacher (gender-neutral), principal (of a school or college)
2. rector (of a university)

References

• “rektor” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Derived from Latin rector.

Noun

rektor m (definite singular rektoren, indefinite plural rektorar, definite plural rektorane)

1. headmaster or headmistress , head teacher (gender-neutral), principal (of a school or college)
2. rector (of a university)

References

• “rektor” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin rēctor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɛk.tɔr/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛktɔr
• Syllabification: rek‧tor

Noun

rektor m pers (related adjective rektorski)

1. (education) president, provost
2. (religion) provost (head of various other ecclesiastical bodies)
3. (Roman Catholicism) rector (cleric with managerial as well as spiritual responsibility for a church or other institution)

Declension

Declension of rektor

	singular	plural
nominative	rektor	rektorzy/rektory (deprecative)
genitive	rektora	rektorów
dative	rektorowi	rektorom
accusative	rektora	rektorów
instrumental	rektorem	rektorami
locative	rektorze	rektorach
vocative	rektorze	rektorzy

Descendants

• → Russian: ре́ктор (réktor)
  • → Armenian: ռեկտոր (ṙektor)

Further reading

• rektor in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• rektor in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rector.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

rektor c

1. headmaster or headmistress; headteacher (primary school; grundskola)
2. headmaster or headmistress; principal (secondary school; gymnasieskola)
3. principal; director (institutes and colleges; fackhögskola)
4. rector, headmaster, schoolmaster (leader of a school or other institute of education)

Declension

Declension of rektor
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	rektor	rektorn	rektorer	rektorerna
Genitive	rektors	rektorns	rektorers	rektorernas

See also

• dekan
• dekanus
• kollegierum
• lärarkollegium
• prefekt
• prorektor
• rektorsexpedition
• skolmästare
• studierektor
• universitetsrektor

 

References

• rektor in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• rektor in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• rektor in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish rector.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ɾekˈtoɾ/ [ɾɛkˈt̪oɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: rek‧tor

Noun

rektór (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜃ᜔ᜆᜓᜇ᜔)

1. rector (Christian cleric)