lector

Betekenis (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.

Concepten

lector

lezer

Synoniemen

reader

lecturer

don

section man

lay reader

preceptor

gospeller

Vertalingen

lecteur

lettore

lector

αναγνώστης

Lektor

leitorado

leitor

lectorado

lector

professor

🧑‍🏫

docente

professor universitário

lettorato

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈlɛktə(ɹ)/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: lector

Verwant aan 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.