auditor

English

Alternative forms

• auditour (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔːdɪtɚ/

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Noun

auditor (plural auditors)

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:

     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.

   • 1851 June–July (date written), Nathaniel Hawthorne, “The Gorgon’s Head”, in A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, published November 1851 (indicated as 1852), →OCLC, page 32:

     Thus (as you will see with half an eye, my wise little auditors) these good old dames had fallen into a strange perplexity.

   • 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, Arthur Conan Doyle, “(please specify the page)”, in The Poison Belt […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:

     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

• auditorship
• coauditor
• First Amendment auditor
• frauditor
• night auditor
• subauditor
• tax auditor

Translations

one who audits bookkeeping accounts

Armenian: աուդիտոր (hy) (auditor), հաշվեքննիչ (hy) (hašvekʻnničʻ) Belarusian: аўды́тар m (awdýtar), 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 (de) m, Wirtschaftsprüfer (de) f Greek: ελεγκτής (el) c (elegktís) Greenlandic: kukkunersiuisoq Hungarian: könyvvizsgáló (hu), számvevő (hu), pénzügyi ellenőr, auditor (hu), revizor (hu), (office or institution) számvevőszék (hu), számvevőség (hu) Icelandic: endurskoðandi (is) m Indonesian: auditor (id), pengaudit (id) Ingrian: revizora Irish: reachtaire m Italian: revisore contabile Japanese: 監査役 (ja) (かんさやく, kansayaku) Kazakh: аудитор (auditor), тексеруші (tekseruşı) Korean: 감사역(監査役) (gamsayeok) Latin: audītor (la) m Macedonian: ревизор m (revizor) Malay: juruaudit (ms) Maori: kaiarotake, kaitātari kaute Norman: auditeu m (Jersey) Norwegian: Bokmål: revisor m Polish: audytor (pl) 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 Swahili: mkaguzi (sw) 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 (pl) m

one who audits an academic course

Italian: uditore (it) m, uditrice f Polish: audytor (pl) m

one who listens

Esperanto: aŭskultanto Polish: audytor (pl) m (archaic), audytorka f (archaic)

Scientology

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈau̯dɪtor]

Noun

auditor m anim (female equivalent auditorka)

1. auditor (one who audits bookkeeping accounts)

Declension

Declension of auditor (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	auditor	auditoři
genitive	auditora	auditorů
dative	auditorovi, auditoru	auditorům
accusative	auditora	auditory
vocative	auditore	auditoři
locative	auditorovi, auditoru	auditorech
instrumental	auditorem	auditory

Related terms

• audit

Further reading

• “auditor”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “auditor”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “auditor”, in Akademický slovník cizích slov at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz [Academic dictionary of foreign words] (in Czech), 1995

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

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

auditor (plural auditor-auditor)

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
• juruaudit (Standard Malay)

Further reading

• “auditor”, 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

From audiō (“hear, listen”) +‎ -tor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [au̯ˈdiː.tɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [au̯ˈdiː.tor]

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 (in antiquity, books were often read aloud)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	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, 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 (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

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]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /aw.diˈtoɾ/ [aw.ðiˈtoɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /aw.diˈto.ɾi/ [aw.ðiˈto.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: au‧di‧tor

Noun

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

1. auditor (one who audits bookkeeping accounts)

Related terms

• auditório

Further reading

• “auditor”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “auditor”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French auditeur, from Latin auditor.

Adjective

auditor m or n (feminine singular auditoare, masculine plural auditori, feminine/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

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin 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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025