assessor

== English == === Alternative forms === assessour (obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle English assessour, from Old French assessour, from Latin assessor (“assistant judge; assessor of taxes”). Cognate with French assesseur. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈsɛsə/ (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /əˈsɛsɚ/ (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /əˈsesə/ === Noun === assessor (plural assessors) One who assesses a property for tax or insurance evaluation. (law) A specialist who assists the court in determining a matter. A civil servant entrusted with checking the veracity of data and criteria used by a taxpayer to complete a tax return. Synonym: tax assessor One who assesses a project for cost evaluation. (UK, Oxford University) An official responsible for student welfare. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin assessōrem. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ə.səˈso] IPA(key): (Valencia) [a.seˈsoɾ] === Adjective === assessor (feminine assessora, masculine plural assessors, feminine plural assessores) (law) who assesses === Noun === assessor m (plural assessors, feminine assessora, feminine plural assessores) (law) assessor ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “assessor” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962. “assessor”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “assessor”, 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 == Latin == === Alternative forms === adsessor === Etymology === assessus, perfect passive participle of assideō (“to sit near”) +‎ -tor; literally, “he who sits near”. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [asˈsɛs.sɔr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [asˈsɛs.sor] === Noun === assessor m (genitive assessōris); third declension aide, assistant judge (Late Latin) assessor of taxes ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== → Catalan: assessor → German: Assessor → Italian: assessore → Occitan: assessor → Old French: assessour French: assesseur → English: assessor → Portuguese: assessor → Romanian: asesor → Spanish: asesor → Swedish: assessor → Translingual: Assessor === References === “assessor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “assessor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: as‧se‧sor === Noun === assessor m (plural assessores, feminine assessora, feminine plural assessoras) consultant, adviser Synonyms: consultor, conselheiro (by extension) an advising organ ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “assessor”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “assessor”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Swedish == === Etymology === From Latin assessor, from ad (“with”) + sedere (“to sit”). Cognate of English assessor, French assesseur. Compare Swedish bisittare. === Noun === assessor c an associate judge, a deputy judge (at a court of appeal) ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== === References === assessor in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL) assessor in Svensk ordbok (SO) assessor in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB) assessor in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)