invigilator

English

Etymology

invigilate +‎ -or, from Latin invigilatus, past participle of invigilo

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɪnˈvɪd͡ʒɪleɪtəɹ/
Audio (Southern England) (file)

Noun

invigilator (plural invigilators)

(UK, Ireland, Canada, India, South Africa, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, New Zealand) A person who supervises students during an examination; a proctor
(chiefly UK, Ireland or archaic) A person who supervises a gallery at a museum.

Translations

supervisor of students

Arabic: مراقب m (murāqib)
Finnish: valvoja (fi)
French: surveillant (fr)
Macedonian: набљу́дувач m (nabljúduvač), надгле́дувач m (nadgléduvač), на́дзорник m (nádzornik)
Persian: مُراقِب (fa) (morâgeb)
Russian: наблюда́тель (ru) m (nabljudátelʹ)
Swedish: tentamensvakt (sv) c, tentavakt (sv) c (colloquial)

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /in.u̯i.ɡiˈlaː.tor/, [ɪnu̯ɪɡɪˈɫ̪äːt̪ɔr]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /in.vi.d͡ʒiˈla.tor/, [iɱvid͡ʒiˈläːt̪or]

Verb

invigilātor

second/third-person singular future passive imperative of invigilō

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