tutorial

See also: Tutorial

English

Etymology

The adjective is from tutor (noun) + -ial, ultimately from Latin tūtor (watcher, protector, defender). The noun is transferred from the adjective.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /tjuːˈtɔːɹɪəl/
  • (file)
  • (General American) IPA(key): /tuˈtɔɹijəɫ/, /tʊˈtɔɹijəɫ/
  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /tʃʉˈtoːɹiəɫ/
  • Rhymes: -ɔːɹɪəl
  • Hyphenation: tu‧tor‧i‧al

Adjective

tutorial (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to a tutor; belonging to, or exercised by, a tutor.
    • 1959, Iona Opie, Peter Opie, The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren, page 363:
      The probability is that any verse of this nature, in which the lines are worn smooth, is one which has been causing tutorial ears to tingle for a generation at least; and very probably it is known in a variety of forms.

Translations

Noun

tutorial (plural tutorials)

  1. A self-paced learning exercise; a lesson prepared so that a student can learn at their own speed, at their convenience.
  2. An interactive class taught by a tutor to students at university or college, individually or in small groups.
  3. (computing) A video or text guide or instruction about a specific topic (generally a how-to)

Derived terms

Translations

French

Etymology

From English tutorial.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ty.tɔ.ʁjal/

Noun

tutorial m (plural tutoriaux)

  1. Alternative form of tutoriel

Indonesian

Etymology

Internationalism, borrowed from English tutorial.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tu.to.ˈri.al/
  • Rhymes: -al, -l
  • Hyphenation: tu‧to‧ri‧al

Noun

tutorial (plural tutorial-tutorial, first-person possessive tutorialku, second-person possessive tutorialmu, third-person possessive tutorialnya)

  1. tutorial:
    1. (education) A self-paced learning exercise; a lesson prepared so that a student can learn at their own speed, at their convenience.
    2. (education) An interactive class taught by a tutor to students at university or college, individually or in small groups.
      Synonym: tutoran (Standard Malay)
    3. A video or text that is basically a how-to (advice or instruction on a particular topic).

Adjective

tutorial

  1. tutorial: Of or pertaining to a tutor; belonging to, or exercised by, a tutor.

Further reading

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /tu.to.ɾiˈaw/ [tu.to.ɾɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /tu.toˈɾjaw/ [tu.toˈɾjaʊ̯]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /tu.tuˈɾjal/ [tu.tuˈɾjaɫ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /tu.tuˈɾja.li/

  • Hyphenation: tu‧to‧ri‧al

Adjective

tutorial m or f (plural tutorais)

  1. tutorial

Noun

tutorial m (plural tutoriais)

  1. tutorial (self-paced learning exercise)
  2. (computing) tutorial (A video or text that is basically a how-to)

Spanish

Etymology

From tutor + -ial.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tutoˈɾjal/ [t̪u.t̪oˈɾjal]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: tu‧to‧rial

Adjective

tutorial m or f (masculine and feminine plural tutoriales)

  1. tutorial

Noun

tutorial m (plural tutoriales)

  1. (computing) tutorial (A video or text that is basically a how-to)
    • 2015 September 14, “Plataformas para aprobar asignaturas imposibles”, in El País:
      Hay espacios como Unybook en el que los universitarios pueden colgar sus apuntes y recibir dinero a cambio, o como Sharing Academy o Tutellus en los que ofrecen clases particulares o suben sus propios tutoriales con técnicas para aprobar asignaturas imposibles.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

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