lector

Signification (Anglais)

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.

Concepts

lecteur

professeur

🧑‍🏫

lectorat

Synonymes

reader

lecturer

don

section man

lay reader

preceptor

gospeller

Traductions

lector

lettore

lector

Lektor

leitorado

αναγνώστης

lectorado

lezer

leitor

λέκτορας

lektor

lectora

lector

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈlɛktə(ɹ)/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: lector

Appartenant à polonais: 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.