tutor

See also: Tutor

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English tutour, borrowed from Old French tuteur (French tuteur), from Latin tutor (“a watcher, protector, guardian”), from tueor (“protect”); see tuition.

Pronunciation

Noun

tutor (plural tutors)

  1. One who teaches another (usually called a student, learner, or tutee) in a one-on-one or small-group interaction.
    He passed the difficult class with help from his tutor.
  2. (Britain) A university officer responsible for students in a particular hall.
  3. (obsolete) One who has the charge of a child or pupil and his estate; a guardian.
  4. (trading card games) A card that allows you to search your deck for one or more other cards.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

tutor (third-person singular simple present tutors, present participle tutoring, simple past and past participle tutored)

  1. (transitive) To instruct or teach, especially to an individual or small group.
    To help pay her tuition, the college student began to tutor high school students in calculus and physics.
  2. (trading card games) To search your deck for one or more other cards.

Translations

Further reading

  • “tutor” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2018.
  • tutor in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • tutor in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Anagrams

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin tutor.

Pronunciation

Noun

tutor m (plural tutors, feminine tutora)

  1. tutor (teacher)
  2. guardian (person responsible for another)

Further reading

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tutor.

Noun

tutor

  1. tutor (person)

Declension

Inflection of tutor (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
nominative tutor tutorit
genitive tutorin tutorien
tutoreiden
tutoreitten
partitive tutoria tutoreita
tutoreja
illative tutoriin tutoreihin
singular plural
nominative tutor tutorit
accusative nom. tutor tutorit
gen. tutorin
genitive tutorin tutorien
tutoreiden
tutoreitten
partitive tutoria tutoreita
tutoreja
inessive tutorissa tutoreissa
elative tutorista tutoreista
illative tutoriin tutoreihin
adessive tutorilla tutoreilla
ablative tutorilta tutoreilta
allative tutorille tutoreille
essive tutorina tutoreina
translative tutoriksi tutoreiksi
instructive — tutorein
abessive tutoritta tutoreitta
comitative — tutoreineen

Anagrams

Latin

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From tueor +‎ -tor, via the old past participle tūtus (later replaced by tuitus).

Noun

tūtor m (genitive tūtōris); third declension

  1. watcher, protector, defender
  2. guardian (of minors)
  3. tutor
Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative tūtor tūtōrēs
genitive tūtōris tūtōrum
dative tūtōrī tūtōribus
accusative tūtōrem tūtōrēs
ablative tūtōre tūtōribus
vocative tūtor tūtōrēs
Descendants

Etymology 2

From tueor +‎ -tō, via the old past participle tūtus (later replaced by tuitus).

Verb

tūtor (present infinitive tūtārī, perfect active tūtātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

  1. I guard, protect, defend
Inflection
   Conjugation of tutor (first conjugation, deponent)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present tūtor tūtāris, tūtāre tūtātur tūtāmur tūtāminī tūtantur
imperfect tūtābar tūtābāris, tūtābāre tūtābātur tūtābāmur tūtābāminī tūtābantur
future tūtābor tūtāberis, tūtābere tūtābitur tūtābimur tūtābiminī tūtābuntur
perfect tūtātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect tūtātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect tūtātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present tūter tūtēris, tūtēre tūtētur tūtēmur tūtēminī tūtentur
imperfect tūtārer tūtārēris, tūtārēre tūtārētur tūtārēmur tūtārēminī tūtārentur
perfect tūtātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect tūtātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — tūtāre — — tūtāminī —
future — tūtātor tūtātor — — tūtantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives tūtārī, tūtārier1 tūtātus esse tūtātūrus esse — — —
participles tūtāns tūtātus tūtātūrus — — tūtandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
nominative genitive dative/ablative accusative accusative ablative
tūtārī, tūtārier1 tūtandī tūtandō tūtandum tūtātum tūtātū

1The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested for this verb.

Descendants

References

  • tutor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • tutor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • tutor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • tutor in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • tutor in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tutor, tutorem.

Noun

tutor m (plural tutores, feminine tutora, feminine plural tutoras)

  1. tutor (one who teaches in a one-on-one or small-group interaction)
  2. (law) guardian (person legally responsible for a minor or incompetent person)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tutor.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tûːtor/
  • Hyphenation: tu‧tor

Noun

tȗtor m (Cyrillic spelling ту̑тор)

  1. tutor
  2. guardian

Declension

References

  • “tutor” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tutor, tutorem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tuˈtoɾ/, [t̪uˈt̪oɾ]

Noun

tutor m, f (plural tutores, feminine tutora, feminine plural tutoras)

  1. guardian (person responsible for another)
  2. tutor (teacher)

Further reading

Swedish

Noun

tutor

  1. indefinite plural of tuta
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