# rektor
## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈrɛktor]

### Noun

rektor m anim (female equivalent rektorka)
* rector, chancellor, master, principal (headmaster of a university)

#### Related terms

* See režim
* rektorát

### Further reading

* “rektor”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “rektor”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “rektor”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

## Danish
### Etymology

Derived from Latin rēctor, from rēctus, past participle of regere (“rule, govern, guide, steer”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /rɛktɔr/, [ˈʁaɡ̊tˢɒ]

### Noun

rektor c (singular definite rektoren, plural indefinite rektorer)
* headmaster or headmistress, head teacher (gender-neutral), principal (of a school or college)
* rector (of a university)

#### Inflection
## Hungarian
### Etymology

Derived from Latin rēctor.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈrɛktor]
* Hyphenation: rek‧tor
* Rhymes: -or

### Noun

rektor (plural rektorok)
* (education) rector (headmaster or headmistress of a university)
    Coordinate term: (headmaster or headmistress of a primary or secondary school) igazgató

#### Derived terms

* rektori
* rektorhelyettes

### See also

* rektorátus

### References

* ↑ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

### Further reading

* rektor in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

## Indonesian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch rector, from Latin rēctor.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /rɛk.tor/
* Hyphenation: rèk‧tor

### Noun

rektor
* (education) rector (headmaster of a tertiary education institution, e.g., university)
* (Catholicism) rector (cleric with managerial as well as spiritual responsibility for a church or other institution)

### Further reading

* “rektor” 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.

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

Derived from Latin rector.

### Noun

rektor m (definite singular rektoren, indefinite plural rektorer, definite plural rektorene)
* headmaster or headmistress, head teacher (gender-neutral), principal (of a school or college)
* rector (of a university)

### References

* “rektor” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

Derived from Latin rector.

### Noun

rektor m (definite singular rektoren, indefinite plural rektorar, definite plural rektorane)
* headmaster or headmistress , head teacher (gender-neutral), principal (of a school or college)
* rector (of a university)

### References

* “rektor” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Polish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin rēctor.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈrɛk.tɔr/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛktɔr
* Syllabification: rek‧tor

### Noun

rektor m pers (related adjective rektorski)
* (education) president, provost
* (religion) provost (head of various other ecclesiastical bodies)
* (Roman Catholicism) rector (cleric with managerial as well as spiritual responsibility for a church or other institution)

#### Descendants

* → Russian: ре́ктор (réktor)
** → Armenian: ռեկտոր (ṙektor)

### Further reading

* rektor in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* rektor in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Swedish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rector.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

rektor c
* headmaster or headmistress; headteacher (primary school; grundskola)
* headmaster or headmistress; principal (secondary school; gymnasieskola)
* principal; director (institutes and colleges; fackhögskola)
* rector, headmaster, schoolmaster (leader of a school or other institute of education)

#### See also

* dekan
* dekanus
* kollegierum
* lärarkollegium
* prefekt
* prorektor
* rektorsexpedition
* skolmästare
* studierektor
* universitetsrektor

### References

* 1 2 3 Utrikes namnbok (7th ed., 2007) →ISBN
* rektor in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* rektor in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* rektor in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish rector.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ɾekˈtoɾ/ [ɾɛkˈt̪oɾ]
* Rhymes: -oɾ
* Syllabification: rek‧tor

### Noun

rektór (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜃ᜔ᜆᜓᜇ᜔)
* rector (Christian cleric)