tutelar

== English == === Etymology === From Latin tūtelāris, from tūtēla (“tutelage, guardianship; dependent, client”) + -āris (suffix used to form an adjective, usually from a noun, indicating a relationship or a pertaining to). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtjuːtələ/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtuːtəlɚ/ Hyphenation: tu‧tel‧ar === Adjective === tutelar (comparative more tutelar, superlative most tutelar) Serving as a guardian; protective; tutelary. ==== Synonyms ==== protective tutelaric (rare), tutelary (adjective) === Noun === tutelar (plural tutelars) One that is tutelary. ==== Synonyms ==== guardian protector tutelary (noun) ==== Related terms ==== tutelage tutelarity tutor == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === === Etymology 1 === From tutela +‎ -ar. ==== Verb ==== tutelar (first-person singular present tutelo, first-person singular preterite tutelei, past participle tutelado) to protect (be guardian to) ===== Conjugation ===== === Etymology 2 === From Latin tūtelāris. ==== Adjective ==== tutelar m or f (plural tutelares) tutelary === Further reading === “tutelar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “tutelar”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), São Paulo: 7Graus, 2009–2026 “tutelar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French tutélaire, from Latin tutelaris. === Adjective === tutelar m or n (feminine singular tutelară, masculine plural tutelari, feminine/neuter plural tutelare) tutelary ==== Declension ==== == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tuteˈlaɾ/ [t̪u.t̪eˈlaɾ] Rhymes: -aɾ Syllabification: tu‧te‧lar === Etymology 1 === From Latin tūtelāris. ==== Adjective ==== tutelar m or f (masculine and feminine plural tutelares) tutelar, tutelary ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === From tutela +‎ -ar. ==== Verb ==== tutelar (first-person singular present tutelo, first-person singular preterite tutelé, past participle tutelado) to act as a guardian to, to supervise, to look after ===== Conjugation ===== === Further reading === “tutelar”, 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