lector

Reikšmė (Anglų k.)

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. 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

To do a voice-over translation of a film.

Sinonimai

reader

lecturer

don

section man

lay reader

preceptor

gospeller

Tariamas kaip (IPA)

/ˈlɛktə(ɹ)/

Etimologija (Anglų k.)

Paveldėta iš Vidurio Anglijos: lector

Sutampa su lenkų: 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.