advisor

English

Alternative forms

• adviser

Etymology

Etymology tree

Old French aviserbor.

Middle English avisen

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd

Proto-Italic *ad

Proto-Italic *ad-

Latin ad-

Proto-Indo-European *weyd-

Proto-Indo-European *-(h₁)seti

Proto-Indo-European *wéydseti

Proto-Italic *weidsō

Latin visō

Late Latin advisōder.

English advise

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Italic *-tōr

Latin -tor

Latin -ātor

Old French -eorbor.

Middle English -our

▲

Latin -torlbor.

English -or

English advisor

From advise + -or.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ædˈvaɪ.zə(ɹ)/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ædˈvaɪ.zɚ/

  • Audio (California):

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• (Australia) IPA^(key): /ædˈvɑɪ.zə(ɹ)/
• Rhymes: -aɪzə(ɹ)

Noun

advisor (plural advisors)

1. One who offers advice.

   Synonyms: counselor, consultant

2. (xiangqi) A xiangqi piece that is moved one point diagonally and confined within the palace.

Usage notes

• In the UK, the spelling is traditionally adviser, though US spelling advisor is becoming increasingly common. In the US, Associated Press style is adviser, and most newspapers and some magazines follow that spelling, whereas US federal government style, other government agencies, and many businesses prefer advisor. News organizations around the world may change spelling found in sources, even in quoted material. US book publishers may be less likely to change spelling in quoted material because this practice is contrary to The Chicago Manual of Style.

Derived terms

• advisoress
• advisorship
• chief medical advisor
• doctoral advisor
• financial advisor
• military advisor
• police search advisor
• robo-advisor
• sales advisor
• subadvisor
• turf advisor

Translations

one who offers advice — see also counselor,‎ consultant

• Afrikaans: raadgewer
• Albanian: këshilltar (sq) m, këshilltare (sq) f
• Amharic: አማካሪ (ʾämakari)
• Arabic: مُسْتَشَار m (mustašār), مُسْتَشَارَة f (mustašāra), نَاصِح m (nāṣiḥ), نَاصِحَة f (nāṣiḥa)
• Armenian: խորհրդատու (hy) (xorhrdatu), խորհրդական (hy) (xorhrdakan)
• Azerbaijani: məsləhətçi (az), müşavir (az)
• Bashkir: кәңәшсе (käñäşsi)
• Basque: aholkulari
• Belarusian: кансульта́нт m (kansulʹtánt), кансульта́нтка f (kansulʹtántka), дара́дца m (darádca), ра́дца m (rádca), саве́тнік m (savjétnik) (in the Russian Empire)
• Bengali: অধ্যাপক (bn) (oddhapok), পরামর্শক (bn) (poramorśok)
• Bulgarian: съве́тник (bg) m (săvétnik), съве́тничка f (săvétnička), съве́тница f (săvétnica), консулта́нт (bg) m (konsultánt), консулта́нтка f (konsultántka)
• Burmese: အတိုင်ပင်ခံ (my) (a.tuingpanghkam)
• Catalan: assessor (ca), conseller (ca) m
• Chamorro: a'akonseha
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 顧問 / 顾问 (gu³ man⁶)

  Hokkien: 顧問 / 顾问 (kò͘-būn)

  Mandarin: 顧問 / 顾问 (zh) (gùwèn)

  Wu: 顧問 / 顾问 (⁵ku-men)

• Czech: poradce (cs) m, poradkyně (cs) f, rádce (cs) m, rádkyně (cs) f
• Danish: rådgiver m
• Dutch: adviseur (nl) m, adviseuse (nl) f, raadgever (nl) m, raadgeefster (nl) f
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Estonian: nõuandja
• Finnish: neuvonantaja (fi), neuvoja (fi)
• French: conseiller (fr) m, conseillère (fr) f
• Galician: asesor (gl), conselleiro (gl) m
• Georgian: მრჩეველი (mrčeveli)
• German: Berater (de) m, Beraterin (de) f, Ratgeber (de) m, Ratgeberin (de) f
• Gothic: 𐍂𐌰𐌲𐌹𐌽𐌴𐌹𐍃 m (ragineis)
• Greek: σύμβουλος (el) m (sýmvoulos)

  Ancient Greek: σύμβουλος m (súmboulos), (Epic) μήστωρ m (mḗstōr)

• Hebrew: יוֹעֵץ (he) m (yo'éts)
• Hindi: सलाहकार (hi) m (salāhkār), परामर्शदाता m (parāmarśadātā)
• Hungarian: tanácsadó (hu)
• Icelandic: ráðgjafi (is) m
• Indonesian: penasehat, penasihat (id)
• Ingrian: nevvoja
• Italian: consigliere (it) m, consigliera (it) f
• Japanese: 顧問 (ja) (こもん, komon), 相談役 (ja) (そうだんやく, sōdan'yaku)
• Kazakh: кеңесші (keŋesši)
• Khmer: កុង្សីយ៍ (km) (kongsəy), ទីប្រឹក្សា (tii prəksaa)
• Korean: 고문(顧問) (ko) (gomun)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ئامۆژگار (amojgar)

  Northern Kurdish: rawêjkar (ku) m, şêwirmend (ku) m, amojgar (ku) m

• Kyrgyz: кеңешчи (keŋeşci)
• Lao: ທີ່ປຶກສາ (thī pưk sā)
• Latin: conciliātor m, suāsor m
• Latvian: padomdevējs m, padomdevēja f
• Lithuanian: patarėjas m, patarėjė f
• Macedonian: советник (mk) m (sovetnik), советница f (sovetnica)
• Malay: penasihat
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: зөвлөгч (mn) (zövlögč)

  Mongolian script: ᠵᠥᠪᠯᠡᠭᠴᠢ (ǰöblegči)

• Norman: consillieux m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: rådgiver (no) m, veileder m

• Occitan: conselhièr (oc) m
• Old English: rǣdġiefa m
• Pannonian Rusyn: совитодавец m (sovitodavec), совитодавка f (sovitodavka)
• Pashto: سلاکار m (salākār), مشاور m (mošāwér), سلاګر m (salāgár), ناصح (ps) m (nāséh)
• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: مُشاوِر (mošâver), مُسْتَشار (mostašâr), ناصِح (nâseh)

• Polish: doradca (pl) m, doradczyni (pl) f, konsultant (pl) m, konsultantka f
• Portuguese: conselheiro (pt) m
• Romanian: sfătuitor (ro) m, sfătuitoare (ro) f
• Russian: консульта́нт (ru) m (konsulʹtánt), консульта́нтка (ru) f (konsulʹtántka), сове́тник (ru) m (sovétnik), сове́тница (ru) f (sovétnica)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: са́ветнӣк m, са́вјетнӣк m, са́ветница f, са́вјетница f

  Latin: sávetnīk m, sávjetnīk (sh) m, sávetnica f, sávjetnica (sh) f

• Slovak: poradca m, poradkyňa f, radca m, radkyňa f
• Slovene: svetovalec m, svetovalka f
• Sotho: moeletsi
• Spanish: consejero (es) m, asesor (es) m
• Swahili: mshauri (sw)
• Swedish: rådgivare (sv) c, sakkunnig (sv) c, konsult (sv) c
• Tagalog: tagapayo
• Tajik: мушовир (mušovir), машваратчӣ (mašvaratči), мусташор (mustašor), носеҳ (noseh)
• Tatar: киңәшче (tt) (kiñäşçe)
• Thai: ที่ปรึกษา (th) (tîi-bprʉ̀k-sǎa)
• Turkish: akıl hocası (tr), danışman (tr), müşavir (tr)
• Turkmen: geňeşçi, maslahatçy
• Ukrainian: консульта́нт m (konsulʹtánt), консульта́нтка f (konsulʹtántka), ра́дник m (rádnyk), ра́дниця f (rádnycja), пора́дник m (porádnyk), пора́дниця f (porádnycja), дора́дник m (dorádnyk), дора́дниця f (dorádnycja)
• Urdu: صَلاح کار m (salāh kār), مُشاوِر m (muśāvir), مُسْتَشار m (mustaśār), ناصِح m (nāsih)
• Uyghur: مەسلىھەتچى (meslihetchi)
• Uzbek: maslahatchi (uz), maslahatgoʻy (uz)
• Vietnamese: cố vấn (vi)
• Welsh: cynghorydd (cy) m, cynghorwr m
• Yiddish: בעל־יועץ m (bal-yoyets), ראָטגעבער m (rotgeber), קאָנסולטאַנט m (konsultant), נאַרײַער m (narayer)

See also

Xiangqi pieces in English (see also: xiangqi) (layout · text)
general	advisor	elephant	horse	chariot	cannon	soldier

Further reading

• “advisor”, in Collins English Dictionary, 2011–present.
• “advisor, pn.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “advisor”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “advisor”, in Merriam-Webster Online, Springfield, Massachusetts: Merriam-Webster, Inc., 1996–present.
• “advisor”, in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2026.

Anagrams

• Radoviš

Indonesian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin advīsor.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /adˈvisɔr/ [at̪̚ˈfi.sɔr]
• Rhymes: -isɔr
• Syllabification: ad‧vi‧sor

Noun

advisor (plural advisor-advisor)

1. (technical) synonym of penasihat

Related terms

• advis
• advisori

Further reading

• “advisor”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin advisō

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Italic *-tōr

Latin -tor

Latin advīsor

From advisō + -tor.

Noun

advīsor m (genitive advīsōris); third declension

1. (New Latin) advisor
   • 1658, Acta Sanctorum quotquot toto orbe coluntur, vel à Catholicis Scriptoribus celebrantur, quæ ex Latinis & Græcis aliarumque gentium antiquis monumentis, page 898:

     Tali verò tenore vt Macfredus Epiſcopus ſit prouiſor & pater & ordinator & defenſor ac tutor ipſius monaſterij, & omnes Canonici S. Geneſij Sedis Luteuẽſis aduiſores & conſolatores propter Deum, quatenùs illis æterna merces à Domino Ieſu Chriſto.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1762, Consuetudines Bruxellenses, Latinè redditæ, commentariis ac Notis tam ex Jure Romanorum quam Edictis Principum, nec non Sententiis ac Turbis in earumdem verificationem exhibitis, illustratæ. Accedunt Jura & Consuetudines Supremæ Curiæ Feudalis Brabantiæ, una cum dictarum Consuetudinum indicibus locupletissimis., page 96:

     Quod & locum habet reſpectu illuſtriſſimi Brabantiæ Cancellarii cui partium alterutra libellum ſupplicem offert, ut in cauſa indeciſa coram ruralibus Scabinis pendente conſultores ſeu adviſores tres vel plures decernat, ex quorum Conſilio dictis Scabinis ſententia eſt pronuncianda.

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   • 1802, Joachimi Hopperi, Frisii, Epistolæ ad Viglium ab Aytta Zuichemum Sanctioris Consilii Præsidem, page 92:

     Quæ quidem, inter cætera graviſſima, hoc ſemper perplexum invenit, quod iiſdem literis & reſponſum abſolutum peti videretur, & tamen Adviſorum, tam Ordinum quam Conſiliorum, miſſio promitteretur, quorum utique nullus putabatur fore uſus, ſi non ante reſolutionem examinarentur.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	advīsor	advīsōrēs
genitive	advīsōris	advīsōrum
dative	advīsōrī	advīsōribus
accusative	advīsōrem	advīsōrēs
ablative	advīsōre	advīsōribus
vocative	advīsor	advīsōrēs

Scots

Noun

advisor (plural advisors)

1. advisor

References

• Eagle, Andy, ed. (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.