institutor

== English == === Alternative forms === institutour (obsolete) === Etymology === From Latin īnstitūtor. Compare French instituteur. By surface analysis, institute +‎ -or. === Noun === institutor (plural institutors) One who institutes something. (obsolete) One who educates; an instructor. (obsolete) A presbyter appointed by the bishop to institute a rector or assistant minister over a parish church. === References === == Latin == === Noun === īnstitūtor m (genitive īnstitūtōris); third declension founder, creator, erector, contractor teacher, instructor ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== → English: institutor → French: instituteur→ Dutch: instituteur→ Romanian: institutor === References === “institutor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press "institutor", 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) “institutor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. institutor in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016 == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French instituteur. === Noun === institutor m (plural institutori) teacher ==== Declension ==== == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /instituˈtoɾ/ [ĩns.t̪i.t̪uˈt̪oɾ] Rhymes: -oɾ Syllabification: ins‧ti‧tu‧tor === Noun === institutor m (plural institutores, feminine institutora, feminine plural institutoras) (Colombia) teacher === Further reading === “institutor”, 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