lector

(Inglés)

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.

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈlɛktə(ɹ)/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio: lector

Cognado con polaco: 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.

Conceptos

lector

lectorado

Sinónimos

reader

lecturer

don

section man

lay reader

preceptor

gospeller

Traducciones

lector

lecteur

lettore

leitorado

Lektor

αναγνώστης

leitor

lezer

lector

lektor

wykładowca

professor

🧑‍🏫

docente

professor universitário

lettorato