lector

== English == === Alternative forms === lectour (obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle English lector, lectoure, lectour, from Late Latin lēctor, from legō (“to read”). “Voice-over” sense probably adapted from Polish lektor. Doublet of lecture and lecturer. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈlɛktə(ɹ)/ === Noun === lector (plural lectors) (religion) A lay person who reads aloud certain religious texts in a church service. (education) A public lecturer or reader at some universities. (historical, US, cigar industry) A person who reads aloud to workers to entertain them, appointed by a trade union. (television, film) A person doing voice-over translation of foreign films, especially in Eastern European countries. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === lector (third-person singular simple present lectors, present participle lectoring, simple past and past participle lectored) To perform service as a lector in a religious context. To do a voice-over translation of a film. === Further reading === lector on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === Colter, Cotler, ECRLOT, colter == Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin lēctōrem. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern) [ləkˈtu] IPA(key): (Balearic, Central) [ləkˈto] IPA(key): (Valencia) [lekˈtoɾ] IPA(key): (Northwestern) [lekˈto] === Adjective === lector (feminine lectora, masculine plural lectors, feminine plural lectores) reading === Noun === lector m (plural lectors, feminine lectora, feminine plural lectores) reader ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “lector”, 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 == === Etymology === From legō + -tor. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɫeːk.tɔr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈlɛk.tor] === Noun === lēctor m (genitive lēctōris, feminine lēctrīx); third declension reader ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== lēctorīle ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === References === “lector”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “lector”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "lector", 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) “lector”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “lĕctor”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 5: J L, page 235 == Portuguese == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin lēctōrem, re-Latinized from leitor. === Noun === lector m (plural lectores, feminine lectora, feminine plural lectoras) (Early Modern) obsolete form of leitor == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French lecteur. === Noun === lector m (plural lectori) lecturer ==== Declension ==== == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin lēctōrem. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /leɡˈtoɾ/ [leɣ̞ˈt̪oɾ] Rhymes: -oɾ Syllabification: lec‧tor === Adjective === lector (feminine lectora, masculine plural lectores, feminine plural lectoras) reading reading aloud to other people === Noun === lector m (plural lectores, feminine lectora, feminine plural lectoras) reader (a person who reads) reader (a person who reads a publication) === Noun === lector m (plural lectores) (computing) reader ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “lector”, 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