FromMiddle English tutour , fromOld French tuteur (Frenchtuteur ), fromLatin tūtor ( “ a watcher, protector, guardian ” ) , fromtueor ( “ protect ” ) ; seetuition .
tutor (plural tutors )
One whoteaches another (usually called astudent ,learner , ortutee ) in a one-on-one or small-group interaction.He passed the difficult class with help from histutor .
( UK ) Auniversity officer responsible for students in a particularhall .( UK ) Ahomeroom .( obsolete or Quebec law ) One who has the charge of a child or pupil and his estate; aguardian .one who teaches another
Bulgarian:домашен учител m ( domašen učitel ) ,възпитател (bg) m ( vǎzpitatel ) Catalan:tutor (ca) m Chinese:Mandarin:( private teacher ) 私人教師 / 私人教师 ( sīrén jiàoshī ) ,( teacher who goes to student's home ) 家庭教師 / 家庭教师 (zh) ( jiātíng jiàoshī ) Danish:hjælpelærer c ,privatlærer c ,lektiehjælper c Dutch:studiebegeleider ,mentor (nl) ,privé-leraar Finnish:tuutori (fi) ,tutori ,tuutor ,tutor (fi) ,( lower education ) tukioppilas ,tukari (fi) Galician:titor (gl) m ,aio (gl) m German:Lehrer (de) ,Nachhilfelehrer (de) m Greek:προγυμναστής (el) m ( progymnastís ) Ancient Greek:παιδαγωγός m ( paidagōgós ) Hebrew:מורה פרטי (he) m Higaonon:magtutudlo Irish:oide (ga) m ,teagascóir m Italian:istitutore (it) m ,istitutrice f ,precettore (it) m ,precettrice (it) f ,aio (it) m ,aia (it) f Japanese:家庭教師 (ja) ( かていきょうしkatei kyoushi ) Korean:튜터 ( tyuteo ) Latin:praeceptor (la) m ,praeceptrix f ,tutor m ,ēductor m Macedonian:воспи́тувач m ( vospítuvač ) ,у́чител (mk) m ( účitel ) Māori:pouako Norwegian:Bokmål:hjelpelærer m ,gruppelærer m ,privatlærer m Plautdietsch:Priewautliera m Polish:tutor (pl) m Portuguese:tutor (pt) m Romanian:meditator (ro) m Russian:репети́тор (ru) m ( repetítor ) Serbo-Croatian:Cyrillic:скр̑бнӣк m ,скрбкиња f Latin:skȓbnīk (sh) m ,skrbkinja f Spanish:tutor (es) m ,protutor m ,contutor m ( disused ) ,acudiente (es) m or f Swedish:informator (sv) c ,lärare (sv) c ,guvernant (sv) c ,privatlärare (sv) c Thai:ครูพิเศษ Turkish:lala (tr) Ukrainian:репети́тор m ( repetýtor ) Vietnamese:gia sư (vi) Welsh:tiwtor m ,tiwtores f
tutor (third-person singular simple present tutors ,present participle tutoring ,simple past and past participle tutored )
( transitive ) Toinstruct orteach , especially an individual or small group.To help pay her tuition, the college student began totutor high school students in calculus and physics.
( transitive , archaic ) To treat with authority or sternness.to instruct or teach, especially to an individual or small group
Bulgarian:давам уроци ( davam uroci ) Chinese:Mandarin:輔導 / 辅导 (zh) ( fǔdǎo ) ,个人辅导 Finnish:tuutoroida ,tutoroida ,avustaa (fi) Irish:teagasc Italian:insegnare (it) ,istruire (it) Portuguese:tutelar (pt) ,tutorar (pt) Romanian:medita (ro) Russian:дава́ть уро́ки ( davátʹ uróki ) Spanish:enseñar (es) ,instruir (es) ,tutorizar ,tutelar (es) ,tutorar (es) ( DEA ) Swedish:undervisa (sv) ,handleda (sv)
Douglas Harper (2001–2026 ), “tutor ”, inOnline Etymology Dictionary . “tutor ”, inWebster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary , Springfield, Mass.:G. & C. Merriam ,1913 ,→OCLC . William Dwight Whitney ,Benjamin E[li] Smith , editors (1911 ), “tutor ”, inThe Century Dictionary [ … ] , New York, N.Y.:The Century Co. ,→OCLC .Ellipsis ofDemonic tutor , name of an earlyMagic: The Gathering card with this effect.
tutor (plural tutors )
( collectible card games ) A card that allows one to search one's deck for one or more other cards.1998 April 5, kc...@pcmagic.com, “tutor ideas”, inrec.games.trading-cards.magic.misc [1] (Usenet ), retrieved9 May 2019 , message-ID <<35271e02.1847089@news.pcmagic.net>>:here are sometutor cards i thought would be interesting.
tutor (third-person singular simple present tutors ,present participle tutoring ,simple past and past participle tutored )
( collectible card games ) Tofetch a card from one's deck.2002 , David Seiler, “Type I -- What do you think about Wishes and how do you plan to break them?”, inrec.games.trading-cards.magic.strategy [2] (Usenet ):Any instant that you move to the board can *only* betutored for with Cunning Wish.
Borrowed fromLatin tūtōrem .
tutor m (plural tutors ,feminine tutora ,feminine plural tutores )
tutor ( teacher ) guardian ( person responsible for another ) “tutor” inDiccionari català-valencià-balear , Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.FromEnglish tutor .
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( Hong Kong Cantonese ) tutor ( one who teaches ) From clipping ofEnglish tutor ial .
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( Hong Kong Cantonese , university slang ) tutorial 上 tutor [Cantonese ] ― soeng5 tiu6 to1 [Jyutping] ― to attend tutorial classIPA (key ) : /ˈtu(ː)tor/ ,[ˈt̪u(ː)t̪o̞r] Rhymes:-utor Syllabification(key ) :tu‧tor Hyphenation(key ) :tu‧tor tutor
alternative form oftuutori Fromtueor +-tor , via the old past participletūtus (later replaced bytuitus ).
tūtor m (genitive tūtōris ,feminine tūtrīx ) ;third declension
watcher ,protector ,defender guardian (of minors)tutor Third-declension noun.
Fromtueor +-tō , via the old past participletūtus (later replaced bytuitus ).
tūtor (present infinitive tūtārī or tūtārier ,perfect active tūtātus sum ) ;first conjugation ,deponent
toguard ,protect ,defend Synonyms: prōtegō ,dēfendō ,vindicō ,salvō ,cū̆stōdiō ,sospitō ,praeservō ,arceō ,servō ,tegō ,adsum ,tueor ,sustineō ,teneō ,adimō ,prohibeō ,mūniō ,ēripiō Antonyms: immineō ,īnstō ,obiectō toward off ,avert 1 The present passive infinitive in-ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.
Insular Romance: Italo-Romance: Northern Gallo-Romance:Franco-Provençal:tuar Old French:tuer (see there for further descendants ) Southern Gallo-Romance: ⇒ Vulgar Latin:*adtūtāre, *distūtāre,*extūtāre (see there for further descendants )“tutor ”, inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879 ),A Latin Dictionary , Oxford: Clarendon Press “tutor ”, inCharlton T. Lewis (1891 ),An Elementary Latin Dictionary , New York: Harper & Brothers "tutor ", in Charles du Fresne du Cange,Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “tutor ”, inHarry Thurston Peck, editor (1898 ),Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities , New York: Harper & Brothers “tutor ”, inWilliam Smith et al., editor (1890 ),A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities , London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin Borrowed fromEnglish tutor , fromMiddle English tutour , fromOld French tuteur , fromLatin tūtor , fromtueor .
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 ) tutor in Polish dictionaries at PWNLearned borrowing fromLatin tūtōrem .
Rhymes:( Portugal, São Paulo ) -oɾ ,( Brazil ) -oʁ Hyphenation:tu‧tor tutor m (plural tutores ,feminine tutora ,feminine plural tutoras )
tutor ( one who teaches in a one-on-one or small-group interaction ) ( law ) guardian ( person legally responsible for a minor or incompetent person ) ( neologism ) pet owner Synonym: dono Borrowed fromLatin tutor .
IPA (key ) : /tûːtor/ Hyphenation:tu‧tor tȗtor m anim (Cyrillic spelling ту̑тор )
tutor guardian “tutor ”, inHrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal ] (in Serbo-Croatian),2006–2026 Borrowed fromLatin tutorem .
IPA (key ) : /tuˈtoɾ/ [t̪uˈt̪oɾ] Rhymes:-oɾ Syllabification:tu‧tor tutor m (plural tutores ,feminine tutora ,feminine plural tutoras )
guardian ( person responsible for another ) tutor ( teacher ) ( horticulture ) trellis tutor
indefinite plural oftuta