English Online Dictionary. What means inspector? What does inspector mean?
English
Alternative forms
- inspectour (obsolete, rare)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin īnspector, from īnspiciō.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪnˈspɛktə/
- (US) IPA(key): /ɪnˈspɛktɚ/
- Hyphenation: in‧spec‧tor
Noun
inspector (plural inspectors)
- A person employed to inspect something.
- (law enforcement) A police officer ranking below superintendent.
- (computing) A software tool used to examine something.
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- → Japanese: インスペクター (insupekutā)
Translations
Anagrams
- inceptors, proincest
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin īnspectōrem. First attested in 1803.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ins.pəkˈto]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [ins.pekˈtoɾ]
Noun
inspector m (plural inspectors, feminine inspectora)
- inspector
Related terms
- inspecció
References
Further reading
- “inspector” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “inspector” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “inspector” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Galician
Etymology
From Latin īnspector.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /inspekˈtoɾ/ [ins̺.pekˈt̪oɾ]
- Rhymes: -oɾ
- Hyphenation: ins‧pec‧tor
Noun
inspector m (plural inspectores, feminine inspectora, feminine plural inspectoras)
- inspector
Related terms
Further reading
- “inspector”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
Latin
Etymology
From īnspicio + -tor.
Noun
īnspector m (genitive īnspectōris); third declension
- (post-Augustan) viewer, observer, onlooker
- (Late Latin, Medieval Latin) inspector, examiner (especially one who inspects a household, monastery, etc)
- (Medieval Latin) spy
- (Medieval Latin, in divination) diviner
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Descendants
Verb
īnspector
- first-person singular present passive indicative of īnspectō
References
- “inspector”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- inspector in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- inspector in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- inspector in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
Occitan
Etymology
From Latin īnspector.
Pronunciation
Noun
inspector m (plural inspectors, feminine inspectritz, feminine plural inspectrises)
- inspector
Related terms
- inspeccion
Portuguese
Adjective
inspector (feminine inspectora, masculine plural inspectores, feminine plural inspectoras)
- Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of inspetor. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn't come into effect; may occur as a sporadic misspelling.
Noun
inspector m (plural inspectores, feminine inspectora, feminine plural inspectoras)
- Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of inspetor. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn't come into effect; may occur as a sporadic misspelling.
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin inspector, probably through French inspecteur. Compare Russian инспе́ктор (inspéktor).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /inˈspek.tor/
Noun
inspector m (plural inspectori, feminine equivalent inspectoare)
- inspector
- Synonym: (Transylvania) inspicient
Declension
Derived terms
- inspector-șef
Related terms
- inspecta
- inspectare
- inspectiv
- inspectorat
- inspecție, inspecțiune
See also
- revizor
- supraveghetor
References
- inspector in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin īnspector.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /inspeɡˈtoɾ/ [ĩns.peɣ̞ˈt̪oɾ]
- Rhymes: -oɾ
- Syllabification: ins‧pec‧tor
Noun
inspector m (plural inspectores, feminine inspectora, feminine plural inspectoras)
- inspector
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “inspector”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10