tutorial

See also: Tutorial

English

Etymology

The adjective is from tutor (noun) +‎ -ial, ultimately from Latin tūtor (“watcher, protector, defender”). The noun is transferred from the adjective.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /tjuːˈtɔːɹɪ.əl/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• (General American) IPA^(key): /tuˈtɔɹijəɫ/, /tʊˈtɔɹijəɫ/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /tʃʉˈtoːɹiəɫ/
• Hyphenation: tu‧tor‧i‧al
• Rhymes: -ɔːɹiəl

Adjective

tutorial (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to a tutor; belonging to, or exercised by, a tutor.
   • 1959, Iona Opie, Peter Opie, The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren, page 363:

     The probability is that any verse of this nature, in which the lines are worn smooth, is one which has been causing tutorial ears to tingle for a generation at least; and very probably it is known in a variety of forms.

Translations

of or pertaining to a tutor; belonging to, or exercised by, a tutor

• Spanish: tutorial (es)

Noun

tutorial (plural tutorials)

1. A self-paced learning exercise; a lesson prepared so that a student can learn at their own speed, at their convenience.
2. An interactive class taught by a tutor to students at university or college, individually or in small groups.
3. (computing) A video or text guide or instruction about a specific topic (generally a how-to).

Derived terms

• slime tutorial

 

Translations

self-paced learning exercise

• Catalan: tutoria (ca) f, tutorial (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 輔導 / 辅导 (zh) (fǔdǎo), 教程 (zh) (jiàochéng), 指南 (zh) (zhǐnán)

• Dutch: snelcursus (nl) m, tutorial (nl) m, handleiding (nl) f
• Esperanto: instruilo, lernilo
• French: didacticiel (fr) m, tutoriel (fr) m
• German: Anleitung (de) f, Übung (de) f, Tutorial (de) n, Tutorenkurs m
• Indonesian: tutorial (id)
• Irish: teagasc m
• Italian: esercitazione (it) f
• Japanese: 学習用 (がくしゅうよう, gakushūyō), チュートリアル (chūtoriaru)
• Korean: 지도(指導) (ko) (jido), 지침(指針) (ko) (jichim), 안내(案內) (ko) (annae)
• Macedonian: ве́жба f (véžba)
• Polish: samouczek (pl) m, poradnik (pl) m
• Russian: посо́бие (ru) n (posóbije), уче́бник (ru) m (učébnik), руково́дство (ru) n (rukovódstvo), тьюто́риал m (tʹjutórial) (colloquial, neologism)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: во̀дӣч m, упу̀тство n, у̏џбенӣк m

  Roman: vòdīč (sh) m, upùtstvo (sh) n, ȕdžbenīk (sh) m

• Spanish: tutoría (es) f, tutorial (es)
• Swedish: handledning (sv) c, självstudie c, guide (sv) c

interactive class taught by a tutor

• Catalan: tutoria (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 導修課 / 导修课 (dou⁶ sau¹ fo³), 導修 / 导修 (dou⁶ sau¹), tutor (tiu⁶ to¹)

  Mandarin: 導修課 / 导修课 (dǎoxiūkè)

• French: TD (fr) m
• German: Tutorium (de) n
• Indonesian: tutorial (id)
• Irish: rang teagaisc m, teagasc m
• Macedonian: ве́жба f (véžba), ве́жби pl (véžbi)
• Malay: tutoran
• Spanish: cursillo (es) m

computing: video that is basically a how-to

• Catalan: tutorial (ca) m
• Dutch: tutorial (nl) m
• French: tutoriel (fr) m
• Galician: titorial m
• German: Tutorial (de) n
• Italian: tutoriale m, tutorial m
• Polish: tutorial (pl) m
• Portuguese: tutorial (pt) m
• Spanish: tutorial (es) m

French

Etymology

From English tutorial.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ty.tɔ.ʁjal/

Noun

tutorial m (plural tutoriaux)

1. Alternative form of tutoriel

Indonesian

Etymology

Internationalism, borrowed from English tutorial.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tu.to.ˈri.al/
• Rhymes: -al, -l
• Hyphenation: tu‧to‧ri‧al

Noun

tutorial (plural tutorial-tutorial)

1. tutorial:
   1. (education) A self-paced learning exercise; a lesson prepared so that a student can learn at their own speed, at their convenience.
   2. (education) An interactive class taught by a tutor to students at university or college, individually or in small groups.

      Synonym: tutoran (Standard Malay)

   3. A video or text that is basically a how-to (advice or instruction on a particular topic).

Adjective

tutorial

1. tutorial: Of or pertaining to a tutor; belonging to, or exercised by, a tutor.

Related terms

• tutor

 

Further reading

• “tutorial” 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.

Portuguese

Etymology

Probably borrowed from English tutorial or less likely from tutor +‎ -ial.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tu.to.ɾiˈaw/ [tu.to.ɾɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /tu.toˈɾjaw/ [tu.toˈɾjaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tu.tuˈɾjal/ [tu.tuˈɾjaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tu.tuˈɾjal/ [tu.tuˈɾjaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /tu.tuˈɾja.li/

• Hyphenation: tu‧to‧ri‧al

Adjective

tutorial m or f (plural tutorais)

1. tutorial

Noun

tutorial m (plural tutoriais)

1. tutorial (self-paced learning exercise)
2. (computing) tutorial (a video or text that is basically a how-to)

Spanish

Etymology

From tutor +‎ -ial.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tutoˈɾjal/ [t̪u.t̪oˈɾjal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: tu‧to‧rial

Adjective

tutorial m or f (masculine and feminine plural tutoriales)

1. tutorial

Noun

tutorial m (plural tutoriales)

1. (computing) tutorial (A video or text that is basically a how-to)
   • 2015 September 14, “Plataformas para aprobar asignaturas imposibles”, in El País‎^[1]:

     Hay espacios como Unybook en el que los universitarios pueden colgar sus apuntes y recibir dinero a cambio, o como Sharing Academy o Tutellus en los que ofrecen clases particulares o suben sus propios tutoriales con técnicas para aprobar asignaturas imposibles.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

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