agrimensor
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin agrimensor.
Noun
agrimensor (plural agrimensors)
- (historical) A land surveyor in Ancient Rome.
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin agrīmēnsōrem (“land surveyor”).
Pronunciation
Noun
agrimensor m (plural agrimensors, feminine agrimensora, feminine plural agrimensores)
Related terms
Further reading
- “agrimensor”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “agrimensor”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
- “agrimensor” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “agrimensor” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Latin
Etymology
ager (“territory”, “district”, “domain”; “productive land”, “a field”) + mēnsor (“a measurer”, “a surveyor”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [a.ɡriːˈmẽː.sɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [a.ɡriˈmɛn.sor]
Noun
agrīmēnsor m (genitive agrīmēnsōris); third declension
- a land surveyor (a professional who measures land, delineates property boundaries, etc.)
Declension
Third-declension noun.
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | agrīmēnsor | agrīmēnsōrēs |
genitive | agrīmēnsōris | agrīmēnsōrum |
dative | agrīmēnsōrī | agrīmēnsōribus |
accusative | agrīmēnsōrem | agrīmēnsōrēs |
ablative | agrīmēnsōre | agrīmēnsōribus |
vocative | agrīmēnsor | agrīmēnsōrēs |
Derived terms
- agrīmēnsōrius
Descendants
- Catalan: agrimensor
- Italian: agrimensore
- Portuguese: agrimensor
- → Romanian: agrimensor
- Spanish: agrimensor
References
- “agrīmensor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- agrĭmensŏr in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 92/1.
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin agrīmēnsor (“land surveyor”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.ɡɾi.mẽˈsoʁ/ [a.ɡɾi.mẽˈsoh]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /a.ɡɾi.mẽˈsoɾ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /a.ɡɾi.mẽˈsoʁ/ [a.ɡɾi.mẽˈsoχ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.ɡɾi.mẽˈsoɻ/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.ɡɾi.mẽˈsoɾ/ [ɐ.ɣɾi.mẽˈsoɾ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.ɡɾi.mẽˈso.ɾi/ [ɐ.ɣɾi.mẽˈso.ɾi]
- Hyphenation: a‧gri‧men‧sor
Noun
agrimensor m (plural agrimensores, feminine agrimensora, feminine plural agrimensoras)
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian agrimensore, from Latin agrīmēnsor.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.ɡri.menˈsor/
Noun
agrimensor m (plural agrimensori)
Declension
singular | plural | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
nominative-accusative | agrimensor | agrimensorul | agrimensori | agrimensorii | |
genitive-dative | agrimensor | agrimensorului | agrimensori | agrimensorilor | |
vocative | agrimensorule | agrimensorilor |
Related terms
References
- “agrimensor”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin agrīmēnsor (“land surveyor”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aɡɾimenˈsoɾ/ [a.ɣ̞ɾi.mẽnˈsoɾ]
- Rhymes: -oɾ
- Syllabification: a‧gri‧men‧sor
Noun
agrimensor m (plural agrimensores, feminine agrimensora, feminine plural agrimensoras)
Related terms
Descendants
- Tagalog: agrimensor
Further reading
- “agrimensor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish agrimensor (“surveyor”), from Latin agrīmēnsor (“land surveyor”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔaɡɾimenˈsoɾ/ [ʔɐ.ɡɾɪ.mɛn̪ˈsoɾ]
- Rhymes: -oɾ
- Syllabification: a‧gri‧men‧sor
Noun
agrimensór (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜄ᜔ᜇᜒᜋᜒᜈ᜔ᜐᜓᜇ᜔)
- surveyor
- Synonyms: tagasukat-lupa, manunukat-lupa
Related terms
See also
References
- “agrimensor”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
- “agrimensor”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- “agrimensor”, in Pinoy Dictionary, 2010–2025
- Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 17