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English

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English Wikipedia has an article on:tutorWikipedia

Pronunciation

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  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtutɚ/
  • Audio (US):(file)
    • Homophones: tooter, Tudor
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtjuːtə/
  • Audio (UK):(file)
  • Rhymes: -uːtə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

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  • tutour (archaic)

Noun

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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. (UK) A university officer responsible for students in a particular hall.
  3. (UK) A homeroom.
  4. (obsolete or Quebec law) One who has the charge of a child or pupil and his estate; a guardian.
Synonyms
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  • (one who teaches): preceptor
Derived terms
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  • e-tutor
  • tutee
  • tutorage
  • tutorship
  • tutrix
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  • intuition
  • tuition
  • tutelage
  • tutelar
  • tutelary
  • tutorial
Translations
[edit] 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

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To instruct or teach, especially an individual or small group. To help pay her tuition, the college student began to tutor high school students in calculus and physics.
  2. (transitive, archaic) To treat with authority or sternness.
Translations
[edit] 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)
Further reading
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  • Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “tutor”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
  • “tutor”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “tutor”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

Etymology 2

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Ellipsis of Demonic tutor, name of an early Magic: The Gathering card with this effect.

Noun

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tutor (plural tutors)

  1. (collectible card games) A card that allows one to search one's deck for one or more other cards.
    • 1998 April 5, [email protected], “tutor ideas”, in rec.games.trading-cards.magic.misc‎[1] (Usenet), retrieved 9 May 2019, message-ID <<[email protected]>>:here are some tutor cards i thought would be interesting.

Verb

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

  1. (collectible card games) To fetch 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?”, in rec.games.trading-cards.magic.strategy‎[2] (Usenet):Any instant that you move to the board can *only* be tutored for with Cunning Wish.

Anagrams

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  • Routt, Trout, trout

Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin tūtōrem.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [tuˈto]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [tuˈtoɾ]
  • Audio (Barcelona):(file)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [tuˈto]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [tuˈtoɾ]

Noun

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

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

References

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  • “tutor” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Further reading

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  • “tutor”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Chinese

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Etymology 1

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From English tutor.

Pronunciation

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  • Cantonese (Jyutping): tiu1 taa2 / tiu1 taa4
  • Cantonese
    • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
      • Jyutping: tiu1 taa2 / tiu1 taa4
      • Yale: tīu tá / tīu tàh
      • Cantonese Pinyin: tiu1 taa2 / tiu1 taa4
      • Guangdong Romanization: tiu1 ta2 / tiu1 ta4
      • Sinological IPA (key): /tʰiːu̯⁵⁵ tʰaː³⁵/, /tʰiːu̯⁵⁵ tʰaː²¹/

Noun

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tutor

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) tutor (one who teaches)

Etymology 2

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From clipping of English tutorial.

Pronunciation

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  • Cantonese (Jyutping): tiu6 to1
  • Cantonese
    • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
      • Jyutping: tiu6 to1
      • Yale: tiuh tō
      • Cantonese Pinyin: tiu6 to1
      • Guangdong Romanization: tiu6 to1
      • Sinological IPA (key): /tʰiːu̯²² tʰɔː⁵⁵/

Noun

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tutor

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, university slang) tutorial 上tutor [Cantonese]  ―  soeng5 tiu6 to1 [Jyutping]  ―  to attend tutorial class

References

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  • English Loanwords in Hong Kong Cantonese
  • John Gibbons (1987), “Code-mixing and code choice : a Hong Kong case study”, in Multilingual Matters (in Chinese), page 56

Finnish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtu(ː)tor/, [ˈt̪u(ː)t̪o̞r]
  • Rhymes: -utor
  • Syllabification(key): tu‧tor
  • Hyphenation(key): tu‧tor

Noun

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tutor

  1. alternative form of tuutori

Declension

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Inflection of tutor (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
nominative tutor tutorit
genitive tutorin tutorientutoreidentutoreitten
partitive tutoria tutoreitatutoreja
illative tutoriin tutoreihin
singular plural
nominative tutor tutorit
accusative nom. tutor tutorit
gen. tutorin
genitive tutorin tutorientutoreidentutoreitten
partitive tutoria tutoreitatutoreja
inessive tutorissa tutoreissa
elative tutorista tutoreista
illative tutoriin tutoreihin
adessive tutorilla tutoreilla
ablative tutorilta tutoreilta
allative tutorille tutoreille
essive tutorina tutoreina
translative tutoriksi tutoreiksi
abessive tutoritta tutoreitta
instructive — tutorein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of tutor (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative tutorini tutorini
accusative nom. tutorini tutorini
gen. tutorini
genitive tutorini tutorienitutoreidenitutoreitteni
partitive tutoriani tutoreitanitutorejani
inessive tutorissani tutoreissani
elative tutoristani tutoreistani
illative tutoriini tutoreihini
adessive tutorillani tutoreillani
ablative tutoriltani tutoreiltani
allative tutorilleni tutoreilleni
essive tutorinani tutoreinani
translative tutorikseni tutoreikseni
abessive tutorittani tutoreittani
instructive — —
comitative — tutoreineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative tutorisi tutorisi
accusative nom. tutorisi tutorisi
gen. tutorisi
genitive tutorisi tutoriesitutoreidesitutoreittesi
partitive tutoriasi tutoreitasitutorejasi
inessive tutorissasi tutoreissasi
elative tutoristasi tutoreistasi
illative tutoriisi tutoreihisi
adessive tutorillasi tutoreillasi
ablative tutoriltasi tutoreiltasi
allative tutorillesi tutoreillesi
essive tutorinasi tutoreinasi
translative tutoriksesi tutoreiksesi
abessive tutorittasi tutoreittasi
instructive — —
comitative — tutoreinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative tutorimme tutorimme
accusative nom. tutorimme tutorimme
gen. tutorimme
genitive tutorimme tutoriemmetutoreidemmetutoreittemme
partitive tutoriamme tutoreitammetutorejamme
inessive tutorissamme tutoreissamme
elative tutoristamme tutoreistamme
illative tutoriimme tutoreihimme
adessive tutorillamme tutoreillamme
ablative tutoriltamme tutoreiltamme
allative tutorillemme tutoreillemme
essive tutorinamme tutoreinamme
translative tutoriksemme tutoreiksemme
abessive tutorittamme tutoreittamme
instructive — —
comitative — tutoreinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative tutorinne tutorinne
accusative nom. tutorinne tutorinne
gen. tutorinne
genitive tutorinne tutoriennetutoreidennetutoreittenne
partitive tutorianne tutoreitannetutorejanne
inessive tutorissanne tutoreissanne
elative tutoristanne tutoreistanne
illative tutoriinne tutoreihinne
adessive tutorillanne tutoreillanne
ablative tutoriltanne tutoreiltanne
allative tutorillenne tutoreillenne
essive tutorinanne tutoreinanne
translative tutoriksenne tutoreiksenne
abessive tutorittanne tutoreittanne
instructive — —
comitative — tutoreinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative tutorinsa tutorinsa
accusative nom. tutorinsa tutorinsa
gen. tutorinsa
genitive tutorinsa tutoriensatutoreidensatutoreittensa
partitive tutoriaantutoriansa tutoreitaantutorejaantutoreitansatutorejansa
inessive tutorissaantutorissansa tutoreissaantutoreissansa
elative tutoristaantutoristansa tutoreistaantutoreistansa
illative tutoriinsa tutoreihinsa
adessive tutorillaantutorillansa tutoreillaantutoreillansa
ablative tutoriltaantutoriltansa tutoreiltaantutoreiltansa
allative tutorilleentutorillensa tutoreilleentutoreillensa
essive tutorinaantutorinansa tutoreinaantutoreinansa
translative tutorikseentutoriksensa tutoreikseentutoreiksensa
abessive tutorittaantutorittansa tutoreittaantutoreittansa
instructive — —
comitative — tutoreineentutoreinensa

Derived terms

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  • tutoroida

Further reading

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  • “tutor”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

Anagrams

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  • rutot, rutto, torut, turot

Latin

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Pronunciation

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  • (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈtuː.tɔr]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈtuː.tor]

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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tūtor m (genitive tūtōris, feminine tūtrīx); third declension

  1. watcher, protector, defender
  2. guardian (of minors)
  3. tutor
Declension
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Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative tūtor tūtōrēs
genitive tūtōris tūtōrum
dative tūtōrī tūtōribus
accusative tūtōrem tūtōrēs
ablative tūtōre tūtōribus
vocative tūtor tūtōrēs
Descendants
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  • → Catalan: tutor
  • → English: tutor
  • → Finnish: tuutori
  • → French: tuteur
  • → Galician: titor
  • → Italian: tutore
  • → Portuguese: tutor
  • → Spanish: tutor

Etymology 2

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

Alternative forms

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  • tūtō

Verb

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

  1. to guard, 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
  2. to ward off, avert
Conjugation
[edit]    Conjugation of tūtor (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 infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present tūtārī, tūtārier1 — tūtāns —
future tūtātūrum esse — tūtātūrus tūtandus
perfect tūtātum esse — tūtātus —
future perfect tūtātum fore — — —
perfect potential tūtātūrum fuisse — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
tūtandī tūtandō tūtandum tūtandō tūtātum tūtātū

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

Descendants
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  • Insular Romance:
    • Sardinian: tutare (Bitti)
  • Italo-Romance:
    • Italian: tutare (archaic)
  • Northern Gallo-Romance:
    • Franco-Provençal: tuar
    • Old French: tuer (see there for further descendants)
  • Southern Gallo-Romance:
    • Catalan: tudar (archaic, dialectal)
    • Old Occitan: tudar, tuar
      • Occitan: tuar
  • ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *adtūtāre, *distūtāre,*extūtāre (see there for further descendants)

References

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  • Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “tutari”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 13: To–Tyrus, page 449

Further reading

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  • “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, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 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

Polish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English tutor, from Middle English tutour, from Old French tuteur, from Latin tūtor, from tueor.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtu.tɔr/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -utɔr
  • Syllabification: tu‧tor

Noun

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tutor m pers

  1. tutor (university officer responsible for students in a particular hall)
  2. (archaic) tutor (one who teaches another in a one-on-one or small-group interaction)

Declension

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singular plural
nominative tutor tutorzy/tutory (deprecative)
genitive tutora tutorów
dative tutorowi tutorom
accusative tutora tutorów
instrumental tutorem tutorami
locative tutorze tutorach
vocative tutorze tutorzy

Derived terms

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  • tutorski

Further reading

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  • tutor in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin tūtōrem.

Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /tuˈtoʁ/ [tuˈtoh]
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /tuˈtoʁ/ [tuˈtoh]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /tuˈtoɾ/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /tuˈtoʁ/ [tuˈtoχ]
    • (Caipira) IPA(key): /tuˈtoɻ/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /tuˈtoɾ/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /tuˈtoɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /tuˈto.ɾi/
  • Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -oɾ, (Brazil) -oʁ
  • Hyphenation: tu‧tor

Noun

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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)
  3. (neologism) pet owner Synonym: dono

Derived terms

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  • tutorar
  • tutorear
  • tutoria
  • tutorial

Descendants

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  • → Tetum: tutór

Further reading

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  • “tutor”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
  • “tutor”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
  • “tutor”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin tutor.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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tȗtor m anim (Cyrillic spelling ту̑тор)

  1. tutor
  2. guardian

Declension

[edit] Declension of tutor
singular plural
nominative tutor tutori
genitive tutora tutora
dative tutoru tutorima
accusative tutora tutore
vocative tutore tutori
locative tutoru tutorima
instrumental tutorom tutorima

References

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  • “tutor”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin tutorem.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /tuˈtoɾ/ [t̪uˈt̪oɾ]
  • Rhymes: -oɾ
  • Syllabification: tu‧tor

Noun

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

  1. guardian (person responsible for another)
  2. tutor (teacher)
  3. (horticulture) trellis
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  • tutela
  • tutoría

Further reading

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  • “tutor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Swedish

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Noun

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tutor

  1. indefinite plural of tuta

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