auditor
English
Alternative forms
- auditour (obsolete)
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman auditour, from Latin audītor (“hearer, auditor”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
auditor (plural auditors)
- one who audits bookkeeping accounts
- in many jurisdictions, an elected or appointed public official in charge of the public accounts; a comptroller
- one who audits an academic course; who attends the lectures but does not earn academic credit
- (rare) one who listens, typically as a member of an audience
- Sir Thomas Browne
- There is another of better notice, and whispered through the world with some attention; credulous and vulgar auditors readily believing it, and more judicious and distinctive heads not altogether rejecting it.
- Sir Thomas Browne
- (Scientology) one trained to perform spiritual guidance procedures
Translations
one who audits bookkeeping accounts
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Czech
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Danish
Etymology
Doublet of auditør
Noun
auditor c (singular definite auditoren, plural indefinite auditorer)
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Declension
Declension of auditor
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | auditor | auditoren | auditorer | auditorerne |
genitive | auditors | auditorens | auditorers | auditorernes |
Latin
Etymology
From audiō (“hear, listen”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /au̯ˈdiː.tor/, [au̯ˈdiː.tɔr]
Noun
audītor m (genitive audītōris); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | audītor | audītōrēs |
Genitive | audītōris | audītōrum |
Dative | audītōrī | audītōribus |
Accusative | audītōrem | audītōrēs |
Ablative | audītōre | audītōribus |
Vocative | audītor | audītōrēs |
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Descendants
Verb
audītor
References
- auditor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- auditor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- auditor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- auditor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to attend Plato's lectures: audire Platonem, auditorem esse Platonis
- to attend Plato's lectures: audire Platonem, auditorem esse Platonis
- auditor in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin audītor, audītōrem. Doublet of ouvidor.
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin audītor, audītōrem. Doublet of oidor.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /audiˈtoɾ/, [au̯ðiˈt̪oɾ]
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