# instructor
## English
### Alternative forms

* instructour (obsolete)

### Etymology

From Latin instructor.

### Noun

instructor (plural instructors)
* One who instructs; a teacher.

#### Synonyms

* instructer (much less common)

#### Hyponyms

* instructress (female, dated)
* instructrix (female, dated)

#### Derived terms

* drill instructor

#### Related terms

* instruct

#### Translations
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin īnstrūctōrem.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ins.tɾukˈto]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ins.tɾukˈtoɾ]

### Adjective

instructor (feminine instructora, masculine plural instructors, feminine plural instructores)
* instructive

### Noun

instructor m (plural instructors, feminine instructora)
* instructor

#### Related terms

* instruir

### Further reading

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

## Latin
### Etymology

From īnstruō (“build, construct; arrange”) +‎ -tor.

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /inˈstruːk.tor/, [ĩːˈs̠t̪ruːkt̪ɔr]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /inˈstruk.tor/, [inˈst̪rukt̪or]

### Noun

īnstrūctor m (genitive īnstrūctōris); third declension
* Someone who arranges something; preparer.

#### Declension

Third-declension noun.

#### Related terms

* īnstrūctē
* īnstrūctiō
* īnstrūctūra
* īnstrūctus
* īnstrūmentum
* īnstruō

#### Descendants

* Catalan: instructor
* English: instructor
* French: instructeur
* Galician: instrutor
* → German: Instruktor
* Italian: istruttore
* Portuguese: instrutor
* Russian: инстру́ктор (instrúktor)
* Spanish: instructor

### References

* “instructor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “instructor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* instructor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
* instructor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

## Portuguese
### Noun

instructor m (plural instructores, feminine instructora, feminine plural instructoras)
* Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of instrutor.

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French instructeur. Compare Russian инстру́ктор (instrúktor).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /inˈstruk.tor/

### Noun

instructor m (plural instructori, feminine equivalent instructoare)
* instructor

#### Related terms

* instructaj
* instructiv
* instructivitate
* instrucție, instrucțiune
* instrucțional

### See also

* instrui

### References

* instructor in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

## Spanish
### Etymology

From Latin īnstructor.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /instɾuɡˈtoɾ/ [ĩns.t̪ɾuɣ̞ˈt̪oɾ]
* Rhymes: -oɾ
* Syllabification: ins‧truc‧tor

### Noun

instructor m (plural instructores, feminine instructora, feminine plural instructoras)
* instructor, teacher

#### Related terms

* instruir

### Further reading

* “instructor”, 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