lector

(Anglès)

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.

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈlɛktə(ɹ)/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: lector

Cognat amb polonès: 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.

Conceptes

lector

lectora

Sinònims

reader

lecturer

don

section man

lay reader

preceptor

gospeller

Traduccions

lecteur

lector

lettore

lector

Lektor

αναγνώστης

leitorado

lectorado

leitor

lezer

λέκτορας

lektor

lektor

wykładowca

professor

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