auditor

auditor

English

Alternative forms

• auditour (obsolete)

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman auditour, from Latin audītor (“hearer, auditor”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔːdɪtə(ɹ)/

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Noun

auditor (plural auditors, feminine auditress)

1. One who audits bookkeeping accounts.
2. In many jurisdictions, an elected or appointed public official in charge of the public accounts; a comptroller.
3. One who audits an academic course; who attends the lectures but does not earn academic credit.
4. (rare) One who listens, typically as a member of an audience.
   • 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], OCLC 152706203:

     There is another of better notice, and whispered through the world with some attention; credulous and vulgar auditors readily believing it, and more judicious and distinctive heads not altogether rejecting it.

   • 1859, Ferna Vale, Natalie; or, A Gem Among the Sea-Weeds

     Sampson's tongue was still flying with rapidity, as if his auditors had not been void of a number, while Mr. Alboni and Natalie were holding a consultation aside.

   • 1913, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Poison Belt‎:

     As we crossed the hall the telephone-bell rang, and we were the involuntary auditors of Professor Challenger's end of the ensuing dialogue.

5. (Scientology) One trained to perform spiritual guidance procedures.

Derived terms

• frauditor
• tax auditor

Translations

one who audits bookkeeping accounts

Armenian: աուդիտոր (hy) (auditor), հաշվեքննիչ (hy) (hašvekʿnničʿ) Belarusian: аўды́тар m (aŭdýtar), рэвізо́р m (revizór), кантралёр m (kantraljór), інспе́ктар m (inspjéktar), iнспэ́ктар m (inspéktar) Bulgarian: оди́тор m (odítor), ревизо́р (bg) m (revizór), инспе́ктор (bg) m (inspéktor), контрольо́р (bg) m (kontroljór) Chinese: Mandarin: 審計員／审计员 (zh) (shěnjìyuán), 審計師／审计师 (shěnjìshī), 審計者／审计者 (shěnjìzhě) Czech: auditor (cs) m Danish: revisor (da) c Faroese: grannskoðari m Finnish: tilintarkastaja (fi) French: auditeur (fr) m, auditrice (fr) f Georgian: აუდიტორი (audiṭori) German: Wirtschaftsprüfer m, Wirtschaftsprüfer f Greek: ελεγκτής (el) c (elegktís) Greenlandic: kukkunersiuisoq Hungarian: könyvvizsgáló (hu), számvevő, pénzügyi ellenőr, auditor (hu), revizor, (office or institution) számvevőszék (hu), számvevőség Icelandic: endurskoðandi m Irish: reachtaire m Italian: revisore contabile Japanese: 監査役 (かんさやく, kansayaku) Kazakh: аудитор (auditor), тексеруші (tekseruşı) Korean: 감사역(監査役) (gamsayeok) Latin: audītor (la) m Maori: kaiarotake, kaitātari kaute Norman: auditeu m (Jersey) Norwegian: Bokmål: revisor m Portuguese: auditor (pt) m Romanian: revizor (ro) m, revizoare (ro) f Russian: ауди́тор (ru) m (audítor), ревизо́р (ru) m (revizór), контролёр (ru) m (kontroljór), инспе́ктор (ru) m (inspéktor) Spanish: auditor m, auditora f Swedish: revisor (sv) c Tagalog: tagasuri Thai: ผู้สอบบัญชี (pûu-sɔ̀ɔp-ban-chii) Turkish: denetçi (tr) Ukrainian: ауди́тор (uk) m (audýtor), ревізо́р m (revizór), контроле́р m (kontrolér), інспе́ктор m (inspéktor)

controller

Polish: audytor m

one who audits an academic course

Polish: audytor m

one who listens

Polish: audytor m (archaic), audytorka f (archaic)

Scientology

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Czech

Noun

auditor m

1. auditor (one who audits bookkeeping accounts)

Related terms

• audit

Further reading

• auditor in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• auditor in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• auditor in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz

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Danish

Etymology

Doublet of auditør

Noun

auditor c (singular definite auditoren, plural indefinite auditorer)

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Declension

Declension of auditor

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	auditor	auditoren	auditorer	auditorerne
genitive	auditors	auditorens	auditorers	auditorernes

Further reading

• “auditor” in Den Danske Ordbog

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch auditor, from Latin audītor (“hearer, auditor”). Doublet of oditur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [au̯ˈd̪itɔr]
• Hyphenation: au‧di‧tor

Noun

auditor (first-person possessive auditorku, second-person possessive auditormu, third-person possessive auditornya)

1. auditor:
   1. one who audits bookkeeping accounts
   2. in many jurisdictions, an elected or appointed public official in charge of the public accounts; a comptroller

Synonyms

• pengaudit

Further reading

• “auditor” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

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Latin

Etymology

From audiō (“hear, listen”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /au̯ˈdiː.tor/, [äu̯ˈd̪iːt̪ɔr]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /au̯ˈdi.tor/, [äu̯ˈd̪iːt̪or]

Noun

audītor m (genitive audītōris); third declension

1. a hearer
2. an auditor
3. a pupil, disciple; a person who listens to teachings

   Synonym: discipulus

4. (by metonymy) a reader of a book (books were read aloud)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	audītor	audītōrēs
Genitive	audītōris	audītōrum
Dative	audītōrī	audītōribus
Accusative	audītōrem	audītōrēs
Ablative	audītōre	audītōribus
Vocative	audītor	audītōrēs

Related terms

• audiēns
• audientia
• audiō
• audītiō
• audītōrium
• audītōrius
• audītus

 

Descendants

• Inherited:
  • Catalan: oïdor
  • Italian: uditore
  • Occitan: ausidor
  • Portuguese: ouvidor
  • Romanian: auzitor
  • Spanish: oidor
• Borrowed:
  • → Catalan: auditor
  • → English: auditor
  • → Middle French: auditeur
    • French: auditeur
    • Norman: auditeu (Jersey)
  • → Portuguese: auditor
  • → Romanian: auditor
  • → Russian: ауди́тор (audítor)
  • → Spanish: auditor

Verb

audītor

1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of audiō

References

• “auditor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “auditor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• auditor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• auditor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to attend Plato's lectures: audire Platonem, auditorem esse Platonis
    
• auditor in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

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Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin audītōrem. Doublet of ouvidor.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.d͡ʒiˈtoʁ/ [aʊ̯.d͡ʒiˈtoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.d͡ʒiˈtoʁ/ [aʊ̯.d͡ʒiˈtoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /aw.d͡ʒiˈtoɾ/ [aʊ̯.d͡ʒiˈtoɾ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aw.d͡ʒiˈtoʁ/ [aʊ̯.d͡ʒiˈtoχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.d͡ʒiˈtoɻ/ [aʊ̯.d͡ʒiˈtoɻ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /aw.diˈtoɾ/ [aw.ðiˈtoɾ]

• Hyphenation: au‧di‧tor

Noun

auditor m (plural auditores, feminine auditora, feminine plural auditoras)

1. auditor (one who audits bookkeeping accounts)

Related terms

• auditório

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Romanian

Etymology

From French auditeur, from Latin auditor.

Adjective

auditor m or n (feminine singular auditoare, masculine plural auditori, feminine and neuter plural auditoare)

1. auditorial

Declension

Declension of auditor

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	auditor		auditoare	auditori	auditoare
	definite	auditorul		auditoarea	auditorii	auditoarele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	auditor		auditoare	auditori	auditoare
	definite	auditorului		auditoarei	auditorilor	auditoarelor

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin audītor, audītōrem. Doublet of oidor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /audiˈtoɾ/ [au̯.ð̞iˈt̪oɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: au‧di‧tor

Noun

auditor m (plural auditores, feminine auditora, feminine plural auditoras)

1. auditor (one who audits bookkeeping accounts)

Derived terms

• auditoría

Further reading

• “auditor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014