lector

(Engels)

Noun

1. A lay person who reads aloud certain religious texts in a church service.
2. A public lecturer or reader at some universities.
3. (US, historical) A person who reads aloud to workers to entertain them, appointed by a trade union.
4. A person doing voice-over translation of foreign films, especially in Eastern European countries.

Verb

1. To perform service as a lector in a religious context.
2. To do a voice-over translation of a film.

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈlɛktə(ɹ)/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: lector

Verwante met Pools: lektor

In summary

From Middle English lector, lectoure, lectour, from Late Latin lēctor, from legō (“I read”). “Voice-over” sense probably adapted from Polish lektor.

Sinonieme

reader

lecturer

don

section man

lay reader

preceptor

gospeller

Vertalings

lector

lecteur

lector

lettore

leitorado

Lektor

αναγνώστης

lectorado

lezer

leitor

lectorat

lettorato

λέκτορας

lektor

lectora