tutorial

The adjective is from tutor (noun) +‎ -ial, ultimately from Latin tūtor (“watcher, protector, defender”). The noun is transferred from the adjective.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /tjuːˈtɔːɹɪ.əl/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /tuˈtɔɹijəl/, /tʊˈtɔɹijəl/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃʉˈtoːɹɪ.əl/

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    (file)

• Hyphenation: tu‧tor‧i‧al
• Rhymes: -ɔːɹiəl

tutorial (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to a tutor; belonging to, or exercised by, a tutor.
   • 1959, Iona Opie, Peter Opie, The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren, page 363:

     The probability is that any verse of this nature, in which the lines are worn smooth, is one which has been causing tutorial ears to tingle for a generation at least; and very probably it is known in a variety of forms.

tutorial (plural tutorials)

1. (education) A self-paced learning exercise; a lesson prepared so that a student can learn at their own speed or convenience.
2. (education) An interactive class taught by a tutor to students at university or college, individually or in small groups.
3. (computing) A video or text guide or instruction about a specific topic (generally a how-to).

From English tutorial.

• IPA^(key): /ty.tɔ.ʁjal/

tutorial m (plural tutoriaux)

1. alternative form of tutoriel

Internationalism, borrowed from English tutorial.

• IPA^(key): /tu.to.ˈri.al/
• Rhymes: -al, -l
• Hyphenation: tu‧to‧ri‧al

tutorial (plural tutorial-tutorial)

1. tutorial:
   1. (education) a self-paced learning exercise; a lesson prepared so that a student can learn at their own speed, at their convenience
   2. (education) an interactive class taught by a tutor to students at university or college, individually or in small groups

      Synonym: tutoran (Standard Malay)

   3. a video or text that is basically a how-to (advice or instruction on a particular topic)

tutorial (comparative lebih tutorial, superlative paling tutorial)

1. tutorial: Of or pertaining to a tutor; belonging to, or exercised by, a tutor

• “tutorial” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Probably borrowed from English tutorial^[1] or less likely from tutor +‎ -ial.^[2]

• Hyphenation: tu‧to‧ri‧al

tutorial m or f (plural tutorais)

1. tutorial

tutorial m (plural tutoriais)

1. tutorial (self-paced learning exercise)
2. (computing) tutorial (a video or text that is basically a how-to)

From tutor +‎ -ial.

• IPA^(key): /tutoˈɾjal/ [t̪u.t̪oˈɾjal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: tu‧to‧rial

tutorial m or f (masculine and feminine plural tutoriales)

1. tutorial

tutorial m (plural tutoriales)

1. (computing) tutorial (A video or text that is basically a how-to)
   • 2015 September 14, “Plataformas para aprobar asignaturas imposibles”, in El País‎^[1]:

     Hay espacios como Unybook en el que los universitarios pueden colgar sus apuntes y recibir dinero a cambio, o como Sharing Academy o Tutellus en los que ofrecen clases particulares o suben sus propios tutoriales con técnicas para aprobar asignaturas imposibles.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

• “tutorial”, 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