different between pedant vs tutor

English

Etymology

From Middle French pedant, pedante, from Italian pedante (“a teacher, schoolmaster, pedant”), associated with Italian pedagogo (“teacher, pedagogue”). Compare French pédant.

Pronunciation

• enPR: p?d??nt, IPA^(key): /?p?d?nt/

Noun

pedant (plural pedants)

1. (archaic) A teacher or schoolmaster.
   • , vol. 1 ch. 24:

     I have in my youth oftentimes beene vexed to see a Pedant [tr. pedante] brought in, in most of Italian comedies, for a vice or sport-maker, and the nicke-name of Magister to be of no better signification amongst us.

2. A person who emphasizes their knowledge through strict adherence to rules of vocabulary and grammar.
3. A person who is overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning.

Derived terms

Translations

Adjective

pedant (not comparable)

1. Pedantic.

See also

• Pedant in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
• stickler

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• panted, pentad

Czech

Etymology

From German Pedant, from French pédant, from Italian pedante.

Noun

pedant m

1. pedant (person who is overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning)

Declension

Dutch

Pronunciation

Adjective

pedant (comparative pedanter, superlative pedantst)

1. pedantic

Latin

Verb

pedant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of ped?

Middle French

Alternative forms

• pedante

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian pedante.

Noun

pedant m (plural pedants)

1. teacher; tutor; educator
2. pedant

Polish

Etymology

From French pédant, from Italian pedante.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?.dant/

Noun

pedant m pers (feminine pedantka)

1. neat freak, out-and-outer, pedant, prig, stickler

   Synonyms: porz?dni?, skrupulant, skrupulat

Declension

Derived terms

• (adjective) pedantyczny

Related terms

• (nouns) pedanteria, pedantyzm, pedantyczno??
• (adjective) pedanteryjny
• (adverb) pedantycznie

Further reading

• pedant in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• pedant in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

From French Pedant.

Adjective

pedant m or n (feminine singular pedant?, masculine plural pedan?i, feminine and neuter plural pedante)

1. pedantic

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From German Pedant, from French pédant, from Italian pedante, from Ancient Greek ??????? (paideía).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?dant/; /pedânt/
• Hyphenation: pe?dant

Noun

pèdant, ped?nt m (Cyrillic spelling ??????, ???????)

1. pedant (person who is overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning)

Declension

References

• “pedant” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?tut?/
• • Homophones: tooter, Tudor
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?tju?t?/
• Rhymes: -u?t?(?)

Etymology 1

From Middle English tutour, from Old French tuteur (French tuteur), from Latin t?tor (“a watcher, protector, guardian”), from tueor (“protect”); see tuition.

Alternative forms

• tutour (archaic)

Noun

tutor (plural tutors, feminine tutoress)

1. One who teaches another (usually called a student, learner, or tutee) in a one-on-one or small-group interaction.

2. (Britain) A university officer responsible for students in a particular hall.
3. (obsolete or Quebec law) One who has the charge of a child or pupil and his estate; a guardian.

Synonyms

• (one who teaches): preceptor

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Verb

tutor (third-person singular simple present tutors, present participle tutoring, simple past and past participle tutored)

1. (transitive) To instruct or teach, especially an individual or small group.

2. (transitive, archaic) To treat with authority or sternness.

Translations

Further reading

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “tutor”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
• tutor in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• tutor in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Etymology 2

Ellipsis of Demonic tutor, name of an early Magic: The Gathering card with this effect.

Noun

tutor (plural tutors)

1. (collectible card games) A card that allows one to search one's deck for one or more other cards.

Verb

tutor (third-person singular simple present tutors, present participle tutoring, simple past and past participle tutored)

1. (collectible card games) To fetch a card from one's deck.

Anagrams

• Routt, Trout, trout

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin tutor.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /tu?to/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /tu?to?/

Noun

tutor m (plural tutors, feminine tutora)

1. tutor (teacher)
2. guardian (person responsible for another)

Related terms

• tutela
• tutoria

Further reading

• “tutor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tutor.

Noun

tutor

1. tutor (person)

Declension

Anagrams

• rutot, rutto, torut, turot

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?tu?.tor/, [?t?u?t??r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?tu.tor/, [?t?u?t??r]

Etymology 1

From tueor +? -tor, via the old past participle t?tus (later replaced by tuitus).

Noun

t?tor m (genitive t?t?ris, feminine t?tr?x); third declension

1. watcher, protector, defender
2. guardian (of minors)
3. tutor

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Descendants

Etymology 2

From tueor +? -t?, via the old past participle t?tus (later replaced by tuitus).

Verb

t?tor (present infinitive t?t?r? or t?t?rier, perfect active t?t?tus sum); first conjugation, deponent

1. I guard, protect, defend

Conjugation

¹The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested for this verb.

Descendants

References

• tutor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• tutor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• tutor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• tutor in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• tutor in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Polish

Etymology

From English tutor, from Middle English tutour, from Old French tuteur, from Latin t?tor, from tueor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tu.t?r/

Noun

tutor m pers

1. tutor (university officer responsible for students in a particular hall)
2. (archaic) tutor (one who teaches another in a one-on-one or small-group interaction)

Declension

Derived terms

• (adjective) tutorski

Further reading

• tutor in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• tutor in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tutor, tutorem.

Noun

tutor m (plural tutores, feminine tutora, feminine plural tutoras)

1. tutor (one who teaches in a one-on-one or small-group interaction)
2. (law) guardian (person legally responsible for a minor or incompetent person)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tutor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tû?tor/
• Hyphenation: tu?tor

Noun

t?tor m (Cyrillic spelling ??????)

1. tutor
2. guardian

Declension

References

• “tutor” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tutor, tutorem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tu?to?/, [t?u?t?o?]

Noun

tutor m or f (plural tutores, feminine tutora, feminine plural tutoras)

1. guardian (person responsible for another)
2. tutor (teacher)

Related terms

• tutela
• tutoría

Further reading

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

Swedish

Noun

tutor

1. indefinite plural of tuta