auditor

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman auditour, from Latin audītor (“hearer, auditor”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

auditor (plural auditors)

  1. One who audits bookkeeping accounts.
  2. In many jurisdictions, an elected or appointed public official in charge of the public accounts; a comptroller.
  3. One who audits an academic course; who attends the lectures but does not earn academic credit.
  4. (rare) One who listens, typically as a member of an audience.
    • Sir Thomas Browne
      There is another of better notice, and whispered through the world with some attention; credulous and vulgar auditors readily believing it, and more judicious and distinctive heads not altogether rejecting it.
  5. (Scientology) One trained to perform spiritual guidance procedures.

Translations

Czech

Noun

auditor m

  1. auditor (one who audits bookkeeping accounts)

Further reading

  • auditor in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • auditor in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • auditor in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz

Danish

Etymology

Doublet of auditør

Noun

auditor c (singular definite auditoren, plural indefinite auditorer)

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Declension

Further reading

Latin

Etymology

From audiō (“hear, listen”)

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /au̯ˈdiː.tor/, [au̯ˈdiː.tɔr]

Noun

audītor m (genitive audītōris); third declension

  1. A hearer.
  2. An auditor
  3. A pupil, disciple; a person who listens to teachings.
  4. (by metonymy) A reader of a book. (Books were read aloud.)

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative audītor audītōrēs
genitive audītōris audītōrum
dative audītōrī audītōribus
accusative audītōrem audītōrēs
ablative audītōre audītōribus
vocative audītor audītōrēs

Synonyms

Descendants

Verb

audītor

  1. second-person singular future passive imperative of audiō
  2. third-person singular future passive imperative of audiō

References

  • auditor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • auditor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • auditor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • auditor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to attend Plato's lectures: audire Platonem, auditorem esse Platonis
  • auditor in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin auditōr, audītōrem. Doublet of ouvidor.

Noun

auditor m (plural auditores, feminine auditora, feminine plural auditoras)

  1. auditor (one who audits bookkeeping accounts)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin auditōr, audītōrem. Doublet of oidor.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /audiˈtoɾ/, [au̯ðiˈt̪oɾ]

Noun

auditor m (plural auditores, feminine auditora, feminine plural auditoras)

  1. auditor (one who audits bookkeeping accounts)
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