different between inspector vs curator

English

Alternative forms

• inspectour (obsolete, rare)

Etymology

From Latin ?nspector, from ?nspici?.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?n?sp?kt?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?n?sp?kt?/

Noun

inspector (plural inspectors)

1. A person employed to inspect something.
2. (law enforcement) A police officer ranking below superintendent.

Related terms

• inspect
• inspection

Descendants

• ? Japanese: ??????? (insupekut?)

Translations

Anagrams

• inceptors, proincest

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin ?nspector, attested from 1803.

Noun

inspector m (plural inspectors, feminine inspectora)

1. inspector

Related terms

• inspecció

References

Further reading

• “inspector” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “inspector” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “inspector” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Etymology

From Latin ?nspector.

Noun

inspector m (plural inspectores, feminine inspectora, feminine plural inspectoras)

1. inspector

Related terms

• inspección

Further reading

• “inspector” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Latin

Etymology

From ?nspicio +? -tor.

Noun

?nspector m (genitive ?nspect?ris); third declension

1. (post-Augustan) viewer, observer, onlooker
2. (Late Latin, Medieval Latin) inspector, examiner (especially one who inspects a household, monastery, etc)
3. (Medieval Latin) spy
4. (Medieval Latin, in divination) diviner

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Descendants

Verb

?nspector

1. first-person singular present passive indicative of ?nspect?

References

• inspector in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• inspector in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• inspector in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• inspector in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700?^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin ?nspector.

Pronunciation

Noun

inspector m (plural inspectors, feminine inspectritz, feminine plural inspectrises)

1. inspector

Related terms

• inspeccion

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin inspector, probably through French inspecteur. Compare Russian ?????????? (inspéktor).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /in?spek.tor/

Noun

inspector m (plural inspectori, feminine equivalent inspectoare)

1. inspector

Declension

Synonyms

• inspicient (dated)

Derived terms

• inspector-?ef

Related terms

• inspecta
• inspectare
• inspectiv
• inspectorat
• inspec?ie, inspec?iune

See also

• revizor
• supraveghetor

References

• inspector in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin ?nspector.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inspe??to?/, [?ns.pe???t?o?]

Noun

inspector m (plural inspectores, feminine inspectora, feminine plural inspectoras)

1. inspector

Related terms

• inspección
• inspeccionar

Further reading

• “inspector” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Alternative forms

• curatour (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin c?r?tor (“one who has care of a thing, a manager, guardian, trustee”), from c?r?re (“to take care of”), from c?ra (“care, heed, attention, anxiety, grief”).

Noun

curator (plural curators)

1. A person who manages, administers or organizes a collection, either independently or employed by a museum, library, archive or zoo.
2. One appointed to act as guardian of the estate of a person not legally competent to manage it, or of an absentee; a trustee.
3. A member of a curatorium, a board for electing university professors, etc.

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

See also

• custodian
• keeper
• manager
• overseer

Further reading

• curator in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• curator in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin c?r?tor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ky?ra?.t?r/
• Hyphenation: cu?ra?tor

Noun

curator m (plural curatoren, diminutive curatortje n)

1. curator, one who manages a collection
2. curator, one who manages an estate
3. liquidator appointed by a judge after bankruptcy

Derived terms

• curatorium

Latin

Alternative forms

• coer?tor

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ku??ra?.tor/, [ku???ä?t??r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ku?ra.tor/, [ku????t??r]

Etymology 1

From c?r? +? -tor.

Noun

c?r?tor m (genitive c?r?t?ris); third declension

1. who pays heed about the state of an object, warden, overseer, watchman, lookout
2. who procures an affair for somebody, agent, commissionary
3. specifically, who procures patrimonial matters of one who has been deemed incapable to procure them himself
4. (New Latin, Germany) the regulatory supervisor over a university

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Descendants

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

c?r?tor

1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of c?r?

References

• curator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• curator in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• curator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• curator in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• curator in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Romanian

Etymology

From French curateur, from Latin curator.

Noun

curator m (plural curatori)

1. curator

Declension