rektor

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See also: Rektor and rektör

Czech

Pronunciation

Noun

rektor m anim (female equivalent rektorka)

  1. rector, chancellor, master, principal (headmaster of a university)

Declension

Further reading

Danish

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Etymology

Derived from Latin rēctor, from rēctus, past participle of regere (rule, govern, guide, steer).

Pronunciation

Noun

rektor c (singular definite rektoren, plural indefinite rektorer)

  1. headmaster or headmistress, head teacher (gender-neutral), principal (of a school or college)
  2. rector (of a university)

Inflection

Declension of rektor
common
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative rektor rektoren rektorer rektorerne
genitive rektors rektorens rektorers rektorernes

Hungarian

Etymology

Derived from Latin rēctor.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

rektor (plural rektorok)

  1. (education) rector (headmaster or headmistress of a university)
    Coordinate term: (headmaster or headmistress of a primary or secondary school) igazgató

Declension

Possessive forms of rektor
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. rektorom rektoraim
2nd person sing. rektorod rektoraid
3rd person sing. rektora rektorai
1st person plural rektorunk rektoraink
2nd person plural rektorotok rektoraitok
3rd person plural rektoruk rektoraik

Derived terms

Compound words

See also

References

  1. ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

Further reading

  • rektor in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Indonesian

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Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch rector, from Latin rēctor.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rɛk.tor/
  • Hyphenation: rèk‧tor

Noun

rektor

  1. (education) rector (headmaster of a tertiary education institution, e.g., university)
  2. (Catholicism) rector (cleric with managerial as well as spiritual responsibility for a church or other institution)

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

Derived from Latin rector.

Noun

rektor m (definite singular rektoren, indefinite plural rektorer, definite plural rektorene)

  1. headmaster or headmistress, head teacher (gender-neutral), principal (of a school or college)
  2. rector (of a university)

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

Derived from Latin rector.

Noun

rektor m (definite singular rektoren, indefinite plural rektorar, definite plural rektorane)

  1. headmaster or headmistress , head teacher (gender-neutral), principal (of a school or college)
  2. rector (of a university)

References

Polish

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Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin rēctor.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrɛk.tɔr/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛktɔr
  • Syllabification: rek‧tor

Noun

rektor m pers (related adjective rektorski)

  1. (education) president, provost
  2. (religion) provost (head of various other ecclesiastical bodies)
  3. (Roman Catholicism) rector (cleric with managerial as well as spiritual responsibility for a church or other institution)

Declension

Descendants

  • Russian: ре́ктор (réktor)
    • Armenian: ռեկտոր (ṙektor)

Further reading

  • rektor in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • rektor in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rector.

Pronunciation

Noun

rektor c

  1. headmaster or headmistress; headteacher[1] (primary school; grundskola)
  2. headmaster or headmistress; principal[1] (secondary school; gymnasieskola)
  3. principal; director[1] (institutes and colleges; fackhögskola)
  4. rector, headmaster, schoolmaster (leader of a school or other institute of education)

Declension

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Utrikes namnbok (7th ed., 2007) →ISBN

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish rector.

Pronunciation

Noun

rektór (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜃ᜔ᜆᜓᜇ᜔)

  1. rector (Christian cleric)