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tutor

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See also: Tutor

English

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Pronunciation

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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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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.
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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.
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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, kc...@pcmagic.com, “tutor ideas”, in rec.games.trading-cards.magic.misc[1] (Usenet), retrieved 2019-05-09, message-ID <<35271e02.1847089@news.pcmagic.net>>:
      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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Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin tūtōrem.

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Noun

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tutor m (plural tutors, feminine tutora)

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

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

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Chinese

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Etymology 1

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From English tutor.

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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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Noun

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tutor

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

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Finnish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtu(ː)tor/, [ˈt̪u(ː)t̪o̞r]
  • Rhymes: -utor
  • 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 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
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 tutorieni
tutoreideni
tutoreitteni
partitive tutoriani tutoreitani
tutorejani
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 tutoriesi
tutoreidesi
tutoreittesi
partitive tutoriasi tutoreitasi
tutorejasi
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 tutoriemme
tutoreidemme
tutoreittemme
partitive tutoriamme tutoreitamme
tutorejamme
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 tutorienne
tutoreidenne
tutoreittenne
partitive tutorianne tutoreitanne
tutorejanne
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

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Latin

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Pronunciation

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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
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Etymology 2

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

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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
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   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 active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives tūtārī,
tūtārier1
tūtātum esse tūtātūrum esse
participles tūtāns tūtātus tūtātūrus tūtandus
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.

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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’s 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.

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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)

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adjective

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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.

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  • Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -oɾ, (Brazil) -oʁ
  • Hyphenation: tu‧tor

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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

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Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin tutor.

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

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tȗtor m (Cyrillic spelling ту̑тор)

  1. tutor
  2. guardian

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References

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  • tutor”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin tutorem.

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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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Swedish

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Noun

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tutor

  1. indefinite plural of tuta