surveyor

English

Alternative forms

• surveyour (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English surveyour, from Anglo-Norman surveour, from Old French sorveor. By surface analysis, survey +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

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Noun

surveyor (plural surveyors)

1. A person occupied with surveying: the process of determining positions on the earth's surface.
2. One who carries out a survey or poll.

   Coordinate term: respondent

3. (UK) A person charged with inspecting something for the purpose of determining its condition, value, etc.

   Other costs associated with selling a home include surveyor's fees, legal fees, estate agent's commission, stamp duty and the VAT.

Derived terms

• land surveyor
• quantity surveyor
• surveyor general
• surveyorship
• tide surveyor

 

Translations

person occupied with the process of determining positions on the Earth's surface

• Bulgarian: землеме́р m (zemlemér), топограф (bg) (topograf)
• Catalan: agrimensor (ca) m or f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 測量員／测量员 (zh) (cèliángyuán)

• Czech: zeměměřič m
• Finnish: maanmittari (fi)
• French: arpenteur (fr) m, arpenteuse (fr) f, géomètre (fr)
• Galician: agrimensor (gl) m
• German: Vermesser (de) m, Vermesserin (de) f
• Hungarian: földmérő (hu), geodéta (hu)
• Irish: suirbhéir m
• Italian: geometra (it) m or f
• Japanese: 測量家 (そくりょうか, sokuryou-ka)
• Latin: fīnītor m, agrimensor m
• Maori: kairūri, kairūri whenua, kaiwea
• Norman: arpenteux m
• Plautdietsch: Launtmäta m, Launtutmäta m
• Polish: geodeta (pl) m
• Portuguese: agrimensor (pt) m
• Romanian: arpentor (ro) m, agrimensor (ro) m, topometrist (ro) m
• Russian: топо́граф (ru) m (topógraf), геодези́ст (ru) m (geodɛzíst), геодези́стка (ru) f (geodɛzístka), землеме́р (ru) m (zemlemér)
• Spanish: agrimensor (es) m
• Swedish: lantmätare (sv) c
• Welsh: syrfëwr m

person inspecting something

• Bulgarian: инспектор (bg) m (inspektor)
• Finnish: tarkastaja (fi)
• German: Gutachter (de) m
• Hungarian: felügyelő (hu), ellenőr (hu)
• Italian: perito (it) m, consulente (it) m
• Spanish: tasador (es) m, perito (es) m

Middle English

Noun

surveyor

1. Alternative form of surveyour