rektor

See also: Rektor and rektör

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈrɛktor]

Noun

rektor m anim (female equivalent rektorka)

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

Declension

Further reading

Danish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rɛktɔr/, [ˈʁaɡ̊tˢɒ]

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

  • IPA(key): [ˈrɛktor]
  • Hyphenation: rek‧tor
  • Rhymes: -or

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

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative rektor rektorok
accusative rektort rektorokat
dative rektornak rektoroknak
instrumental rektorral rektorokkal
causal-final rektorért rektorokért
translative rektorrá rektorokká
terminative rektorig rektorokig
essive-formal rektorként rektorokként
essive-modal
inessive rektorban rektorokban
superessive rektoron rektorokon
adessive rektornál rektoroknál
illative rektorba rektorokba
sublative rektorra rektorokra
allative rektorhoz rektorokhoz
elative rektorból rektorokból
delative rektorról rektorokról
ablative rektortól rektoroktól
non-attributive
possessive – singular
rektoré rektoroké
non-attributive
possessive – plural
rektoréi rektorokéi
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

  • rektori
Compound words
  • rektorhelyettes

See also

  • rektorátus

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

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

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

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

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

  • Audio:(file)

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

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ɾekˈtoɾ/ [ɾɛkˈt̪oɾ]
  • Rhymes: -oɾ
  • Syllabification: rek‧tor

Noun

rektór (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜃ᜔ᜆᜓᜇ᜔)

  1. rector (Christian cleric)