invigilator

English

Etymology

From invigilate +‎ -or, from Latin invigilatus, past participle of invigilo.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɪnˈvɪd͡ʒɪleɪtəɹ/
Audio (Southern England): (file)

Noun

invigilator (plural invigilators)

(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) A person who supervises students during an examination; a proctor
(chiefly UK, Ireland or archaic) A person who supervises a gallery at a museum.

Translations

supervisor of students

Arabic: مراقب m (murāqib)
Finnish: valvoja (fi)
French: surveillant (fr)
Macedonian: набљу́дувач m (nabljúduvač), надгле́дувач m (nadgléduvač), на́дзорник m (nádzornik)
Malay: pengawas peperiksaan
Persian: مُراقِب (fa) (morâgeb)
Russian: наблюда́тель (ru) m (nabljudátelʹ)
Swedish: tentamensvakt (sv) c, tentavakt (sv) c (colloquial)
Welsh: goruchwyliwr m

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɪn.wɪ.ɡɪˈɫaː.tɔr]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [iɱ.vi.d͡ʒiˈlaː.t̪or]

Verb

invigilātor

second/third-person singular future passive imperative of invigilō