assessor

See also: Assessor

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English assessour, from Old French assessour, from Latin assessor (“assistant judge; assessor of taxes”). Cognate with French assesseur.

Pronunciation
  • (General American) IPA(key): /əˈsɛsɚ/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)

Noun

assessor (plural assessors)

  1. One who assesses a property for tax or insurance evaluation.
  2. (law) A specialist who assists the court in determining a matter.
  3. A civil servant entrusted with checking the veracity of data and criteria used by a taxpayer to complete a tax return.
    Synonym: tax assessor
  4. One who assesses a project for cost evaluation.
  5. (UK, Oxford University) An official responsible for student welfare.

Derived terms

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Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin assessōrem.

Pronunciation

Adjective

assessor (feminine assessora, masculine plural assessors, feminine plural assessores)

  1. (law) who assesses

Noun

assessor m (plural assessors, feminine assessora)

  1. (law) assessor

Derived terms

Further reading

Latin

Alternative forms
  • adsessor

Etymology

assessus, perfect passive participle of assideō (“to sit near”) +‎ -tor; literally, “he who sits near”.

Pronunciation

Noun

assessor m (genitive assessōris); third declension

  1. aide, assistant judge
  2. (Late Latin) assessor of taxes

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative assessor assessōrēs
Genitive assessōris assessōrum
Dative assessōrī assessōribus
Accusative assessōrem assessōrēs
Ablative assessōre assessōribus
Vocative assessor assessōrēs

Descendants

References
  • “assessor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • assessor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.seˈsoʁ/ [a.seˈsoh]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /a.seˈsoɾ/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /a.seˈsoʁ/ [a.seˈsoχ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.seˈsoɻ/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.sɨˈsoɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.sɨˈso.ɾi/

  • Hyphenation: as‧se‧sor

Noun

assessor m (plural assessores, feminine assessora, feminine plural assessoras)

  1. consultant, adviser
    Synonyms: consultor, conselheiro
  2. (by extension) an advising organ

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin assessor, from ad (“with”) + sedere (“to sit”). Cognate of English assessor, French assesseur. Compare Swedish bisittare.

Noun

assessor c

  1. an associate judge, a deputy judge (at a court of appeal)

Declension
Declension of assessor 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative assessor assessorn assessorer assessorerna
Genitive assessors assessorns assessorers assessorernas

References
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