counselor

English

Alternative forms

• counsellor (British, Canada); counselour, counsellour (obsolete); counseller (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle English conseillour, counseiler, from Anglo-Norman cunseiler, cunseiliour, from Old French conseillier, from Latin consiliator, agent noun from cōnsilior (“I take counsel”), from cōnsilium (“plan, council, wisdom, advice”). Compare councilor. Displaced native Middle English redere, Middle English redesman, and Middle English redyeve, from Old English rǣdġiefa (literally “advice giver”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaʊnsələ(ɹ)/

• Audio (US):

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• Homophone: councilor

Noun

counselor (plural counselors) (American spelling, alternative spelling in Canada)

1. A professional who counsels people, especially on personal problems.
2. (education) A school counselor, often in a specialty such as careers, education, or health.
3. (law) An attorney.
4. (politics) A high ranking diplomat, usually just below an ambassador or minister.
5. (US) A children’s supervisor, usually at camp.

Derived terms

• college counselor
• community counselor
• counselorship
• family counselor
• guidance counselor
• marriage counselor
• mental health counselor
• rehabilitation counselor
• school counselor
• telecounselor

 

Translations

professional who counsels people

• Afrikaans: berader
• Albanian: këshilltar (sq)
• Bulgarian: съве́тник (bg) m (sǎvétnik)
• Chamorro: a'akonseha
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 顧問 / 顾问 (zh) (gùwèn)

• Faroese: ráðgevi m
• Finnish: neuvoja (fi)
• French: conseiller (fr) m, conseillère (fr) f
• German: Berater (de) m, Beraterin (de) f
• Gothic: 𐍂𐌰𐌲𐌹𐌽𐌴𐌹𐍃 m (ragineis)
• Greek:

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

• Hebrew: יוֹעֵץ (he) m (yo'étz)
• Hungarian: tanácsadó (hu)
• Indonesian: konselor (id)
• Ingrian: nevvoja
• Japanese: 顧問 (ja) (こもん, komon), 相談役 (ja) (そうだんやく, sōdan'yaku), カウンセラー (ja) (kaunserā)
• Javanese: mantri (jv)
• Latin: consiliātor m
• Macedonian: советник (mk) m (sovetnik)
• Malay: kaunselor
• Old English: rǣdġiefa m, wita m
• Ottoman Turkish: نصیحتجی (nasihatci)
• Persian: مشاور (fa) (mošâver)
• Romanian: consilier (ro) m, consilieră f, sfătuitor (ro) m, sfătuitoare (ro) f, consultant (ro) m, consultantă (ro) f
• Russian: консульта́нт (ru) m (konsulʹtánt), консульта́нтка (ru) f (konsulʹtántka), сове́тник (ru) m (sovétnik), сове́тница (ru) f (sovétnica)
• Scottish Gaelic: neach-comhairle m or f
• Spanish: consejero (es) m
• Swedish: kurator (sv) c, socialkurator
• Tagalog: tagapayo
• Turkish: nasihatçi (tr)
• Ukrainian: ра́дник m (rádnyk), ра́дниця f (rádnycja)
• Welsh: cynghorydd (cy) m

attorney

• Hungarian: ügyvéd (hu)
• Old English: ǣwita m

camp counselor

• Hebrew: מַדְרִיךְ m (madríkh), מַדְרִיכָה f (madrikhá)
• Hungarian: felügyelő (hu), felvigyázó (hu), gyerekfelügyelő, gyerekfelvigyázó
• Russian: вожа́тый (ru) m (vožátyj), вожа́тая (ru) f (vožátaja)
• Yakut: баһаатай (bahaatay)

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