coadjutor

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English coadjutowre, from Old French coadjuteur, borrowed from Late Latin coadiūtōrem, from co- + adiūtor (“helper”), from adiuvō (“to help”) + -tor (agent suffix). By surface analysis, co- +‎ adjutor. The French derivation gave the accentuation co⁠ˈadjutor (used by Samuel Taylor Coleridge), but the poets generally, since 1600, appear to have coa⁠ˈdjutor, after Latin. No Latin *coadiuvō or *coadiūtō is recorded, but in the modern languages words have been formed on these types, suggested by coadjutor. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /kəʊəˈd͡ʒuːtə/, /kəʊˈæd͡ʒʊtə/ === Noun === coadjutor (plural coadjutors) An assistant or helper. [from c. 1430–1450] (ecclesiastical) An assistant to a bishop. [from 1549] ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === == Galician == === Noun === coadjutor m (plural coadjutores, feminine coadjutora, feminine plural coadjutoras, reintegrationist norm) reintegrationist spelling of coadxutor === Further reading === “coadjutor”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026 == Portuguese == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Late Latin coadiūtorem. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: co‧ad‧ju‧tor === Noun === coadjutor m (plural coadjutores, feminine coadjutora, feminine plural coadjutoras) coadjutor (assistant) ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “coadjutor”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “coadjutor”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “coadjutor”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN “coadjutor”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Late Latin coadiūtorem. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /koadxuˈtoɾ/ [ko.að̞.xuˈt̪oɾ] Rhymes: -oɾ Syllabification: co‧ad‧ju‧tor === Noun === coadjutor m (plural coadjutores, feminine coadjutora, feminine plural coadjutoras) coadjutor (assistant) ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “coadjutor”, 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