adviser

English

Alternative forms

• advisor

Etymology

From advise +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ædˈvaɪ.zə(ɹ)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ædˈvaɪ.zɚ/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

adviser (plural advisers)

1. One who advises.
   • 2021 April 19, Jazmin Goodwin, “4 things to ask before you hire a financial adviser”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     “An adviser can provide you with clarity on where you are today, where you want to be in the future and how to bridge the space between,” said Andy Mardock, a certified financial planner, and founder and president of VivFi Planning.

   • 2025 February 12, Kaitlan Collins and Kevin Liptak, “After Putin call, Trump says negotiations to end Ukraine war will start ‘immediately’”, in CNN‎^[2]:

     The call, which is the first known conversation between the presidents since Trump assumed office last month, came as as Trump makes clear to his advisers he wants to bring the Ukraine conflict to a swift end.

2. (Philippines, education) Short for class adviser.

Usage notes

• In the UK, Ireland and Asia 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

• adviseress
• advisership
• class adviser
• robo-adviser
• subadviser

Translations

advisor — see advisor

Middle French

Etymology

Old French aviser, with the d added back to reflect the Late Latin advisō.

Verb

adviser

1. to advise; to counsel

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of adviser

infinitive	simple	adviser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	advisant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		advisé
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	advise	advises	advise	advisons	advisez	advisent
	imperfect	advisois, advisoys	advisois, advisoys	advisoit, advisoyt	advisions, advisyons	advisiez, advisyez	advisoient, advisoyent
	past historic	advisa	advisas	advisa	advisasmes	advisastes	adviserent
	future	adviserai, adviseray	adviseras	advisera	adviserons	adviserez	adviseront
	conditional	adviserois, adviseroys	adviserois, adviseroys	adviseroit, adviseroyt	adviserions, adviseryons	adviseriez, adviseryez	adviseroient, adviseroyent
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que ie (i’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	advise	advises	advise	advisons	advisez	advisent
	imperfect	advisasse	advisasses	advisast	advisassions	advisassiez	advisassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	advise	—	advisons	advisez	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).

Descendants

• French: aviser

References

• Etymology and history of “aviser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.