inspector

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English

Alternative forms

• inspectour (obsolete, rare)

Etymology

From Latin īnspector, from īnspiciō.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈspɛktə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈspɛktɚ/

Noun

inspector (plural inspectors)

1. A person employed to inspect something.
2. (law enforcement) A police officer ranking below superintendent.
3. (computing) A software tool used to examine something.

Derived terms

Related terms

• inspect
• inspection

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): (Valencian) [ins.pekˈtoɾ]

Noun

inspector m (plural inspectors, feminine inspectora)

1. 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.

Noun

inspector m (plural inspectores, feminine inspectora, feminine plural inspectoras)

1. inspector

Related terms

• inspección

Further reading

• “inspector” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Latin

Etymology

From īnspicio +‎ -tor.

Noun

īnspector m (genitive īnspectōris); third declension

1. (post-Augustan) viewer, observer, onlooker
2. (Late Latin, Medieval Latin) inspector, examiner (especially one who inspects a household, monastery, etc)
3. (Medieval Latin) spy
4. (Medieval Latin, in divination) diviner

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Descendants

Verb

īnspector

1. 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)

1. inspector

Related terms

• inspeccion

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)

1. 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)

1. inspector

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

• “inspector”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014