promotor

From promote +‎ -or.

promotor (plural promotors)

1. (academia) A full professor of a Dutch, Flemish, South African, or German university who acts as the principal supervisor of a student's doctoral research.
2. (chemistry) Alternative form of promoter.

Borrowed from Latin prōmōtōrem.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [pɾu.muˈto]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [pɾo.moˈto]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [pɾo.moˈtoɾ]

promotor (feminine promotora, masculine plural promotors, feminine plural promotores)

1. promoting

promotor m (plural promotors, feminine promotora, feminine plural promotores)

1. promoter
2. prosecutor
3. promotor

• promoure

• “promotor”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “promotor”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “promotor” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “promotor” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From Latin promotor.

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promotor m (plural promotoren, diminutive promotortje n)

1. supervisor (for a graduation thesis or doctoral research)

• co-promotor

• promotie
• promoveren

From Dutch promotor, from Latin promotor.

• IPA^(key): [proˈmotɔr]
• Hyphenation: pro‧mo‧tor

promotor (plural promotor-promotor)

1. (education) promotor: a full professor of a university who acts as the principal supervisor of a student's doctoral research
2. promoter: one who promotes, particularly with respect to entertainment events or goods

• “promotor” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

From Latin promotor.

• Hyphenation: pro‧mo‧tor

promotor m (plural promotores, feminine promotora, feminine plural promotoras)

1. prosecutor
2. (real estate) developer

   O promotor imobiliário vendeu o prédio no centro do Porto por um milhão de euros. ― The property developer sold the building in the center of Porto for one million euros.

• promover

• “promotor”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Borrowed from French promoteur.

promotor m (plural promotori)

1. promoter

From Latin promotor.

• IPA^(key): /pɾomoˈtoɾ/ [pɾo.moˈt̪oɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: pro‧mo‧tor

promotor (feminine promotora, masculine plural promotores, feminine plural promotoras)

1. promoting

promotor m (plural promotores)

1. promoter

• “promotor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024