auditor

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman auditour, from Latin audītor (hearer, auditor).

Pronunciation

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Noun

auditor (plural auditors)

  1. one who audits bookkeeping accounts
  2. in many jurisdictions, an elected or appointed public official in charge of the public accounts; a comptroller
  3. one who audits an academic course; who attends the lectures but does not earn academic credit
  4. (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.
  5. (Scientology) one trained to perform spiritual guidance procedures

Translations


Czech

Noun

auditor m

  1. auditor (one who audits bookkeeping accounts)

Further reading

  • auditor in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • auditor in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • auditor in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz

Danish

Etymology

Doublet of auditør

Noun

auditor c (singular definite auditoren, plural indefinite auditorer)

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Declension

Further reading


Latin

Etymology

From audiō (hear, listen)

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /au̯ˈdiː.tor/, [au̯ˈdiː.tɔr]

Noun

audītor m (genitive audītōris); third declension

  1. a hearer
  2. an auditor
  3. a pupil, disciple; a person who listens to teachings
    Synonym: discipulus
  4. (by metonymy) a reader of a book (books were read aloud)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative audītor audītōrēs
Genitive audītōris audītōrum
Dative audītōrī audītōribus
Accusative audītōrem audītōrēs
Ablative audītōre audītōribus
Vocative audītor audītōrēs

Descendants

Verb

audītor

  1. second-person singular future passive imperative of audiō
  2. third-person singular future passive imperative of audiō

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
  • 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.

Noun

auditor m (plural auditores, feminine auditora, feminine plural auditoras)

  1. auditor (one who audits bookkeeping accounts)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin audītor, audītōrem. Doublet of oidor.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /audiˈtoɾ/, [au̯ðiˈt̪oɾ]

Noun

auditor m (plural auditores, feminine auditora, feminine plural auditoras)

  1. auditor (one who audits bookkeeping accounts)
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