# promotor
## English
### Etymology

From promote +‎ -or.

### Noun

promotor (plural promotors)
* (academia) A full professor of a Dutch, Flemish, South African, or German university who acts as the principal supervisor of a student's doctoral research.
* (chemistry) Alternative form of promoter

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin prōmōtōrem.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [pɾu.muˈto]
* IPA: (Balearic) [pɾo.moˈto]
* IPA: (Valencia) [pɾo.moˈtoɾ]

### Adjective

promotor (feminine promotora, masculine plural promotors, feminine plural promotores)
* promoting

### Noun

promotor m (plural promotors, feminine promotora)
* promoter
* prosecutor
* promotor

#### Related terms

* promoure

### Further reading

* “promotor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “promotor”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “promotor” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “promotor” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Dutch
### Etymology

From Latin promotor.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

promotor m (plural promotoren, diminutive promotortje n)
* supervisor (for a graduation thesis or doctoral research)

#### Derived terms

* co-promotor

#### Related terms

* promotie
* promoveren

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Dutch promotor, from Latin promotor.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [proˈmotɔr]
* Hyphenation: pro‧mo‧tor

### Noun

promotor (plural promotor-promotor)
* (education) promotor: a full professor of a university who acts as the principal supervisor of a student's doctoral research.
* promoter: one who promotes, particularly with respect to entertainment events or goods.

#### Derived terms

* kepromotoran

#### Related terms

* promosi
* promosional

### Further reading

* “promotor” 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.

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Latin promotor.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /pɾo.moˈtoʁ/ [pɾo.moˈtoh]
* (Brazil) IPA: /pɾo.moˈtoʁ/ [pɾo.moˈtoh]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /pɾo.moˈtoɾ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /pɾo.moˈtoʁ/ [pɾo.moˈtoχ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /pɾo.moˈtoɻ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /pɾu.muˈtoɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /pɾu.muˈtoɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /pɾu.muˈto.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: pro‧mo‧tor

### Noun

promotor m (plural promotores, feminine promotora, feminine plural promotoras)
* prosecutor
* (real estate) developer
    O promotor imobiliário vendeu o prédio no centro do Porto por um milhão de euros. ― The property developer sold the building in the center of Porto for one million euros.

#### Related terms

* promover

### Further reading

* “promotor”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French promoteur.

### Noun

promotor m (plural promotori)
* promoter

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Etymology

From Latin promotor.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɾomoˈtoɾ/ [pɾo.moˈt̪oɾ]
* Rhymes: -oɾ
* Syllabification: pro‧mo‧tor

### Adjective

promotor (feminine promotora, masculine plural promotores, feminine plural promotoras)
* promoting

### Noun

promotor m (plural promotores)
* promoter

#### Derived terms

* promotor de la fe

#### Related terms

* promover

### Further reading

* “promotor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10