surveyor

English

Alternative forms

• surveyour (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English surveyour, from Anglo-Norman surveour, from Old French sorveor. By surface analysis, survey +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

• (non-rhotic)
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /səːˈveɪ.ə/, [səːˈveɪ̯.ə]
  • (General Australian) IPA^(key): /səːˈvæ̝ɪ.ə/, [səːˈvæ̝ɪ̯.ə] ~ [səːˈvæ̝ɪ̯.ɐ̝]
• (non-rhotic)
  • (General American) IPA^(key): /sɚˈveɪ̯.ɚ/, [sɚˈveɪ̯.ɚ] ~ [sɹ̩ˈveɪ̯.ɹ̩]

    • Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -eɪə(ɹ)
• Hyphenation: sur‧vey‧or

Noun

surveyor (plural surveyors)

1. A person occupied with surveying: the process of determining positions on the earth's surface.
   • 1960 March, N. Caplan, “The Railway Member of Parliament”, in Railway Magazine, page 208:

     The "D.N.B." wrote of one Railway Member that "he made himself personally acquainted with the working of the new systems of railroads, and with more foresight than his neighbours, he welcomed railways on his estate when other landowners were ordering their gamekeepers to warn off the surveyors or to put an end to their operations by force."

2. One who carries out a survey or poll.

   Coordinate term: respondent

3. (UK) A person charged with inspecting something for the purpose of determining its condition, value, etc.

   Other costs associated with selling a home include surveyor's fees, legal fees, estate agent's commission, stamp duty and the VAT.

Derived terms

• immunosurveyor
• land surveyor
• quantity surveyor
• surveyor general
• surveyorship
• tide surveyor

Translations

person occupied with the process of determining positions on the Earth's surface

• Aramaic:

  Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܲܚܵܪܵܐ m (maḥḥārā)

• Bulgarian: землеме́р m (zemlemér), топограф (bg) (topograf)
• Catalan: agrimensor (ca) m or f, cadenador m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 測量員 / 测量员 (zh) (cèliángyuán)

• Czech: zeměměřič m
• Dutch: landmeter (nl) m
• Finnish: maanmittari (fi)
• French: arpenteur (fr) m, arpenteuse (fr) f, géomètre (fr)
• Galician: agrimensor (gl) m
• German: Landvermesserin (de) f, Landvermesser (de) m; Vermesserin (de) f, Vermesser (de) m; Geodätin (de) f, Geodät (de) m - Austria, Switzerland: Geometer (de) m; Vermessungsingenieurin (de) f, Vermessungsingenieur (de) m
• Hindi: सर्वेक्षक m (sarvekṣak)
• Hungarian: földmérő (hu), geodéta (hu)
• Irish: suirbhéir m
• Italian: geometra (it) m or f
• Japanese: 測量家 (そくりょうか, sokuryou-ka)
• Latin: fīnītor m, agrimēnsor m
• Māori: kairūri, kairūri whenua, kaiwea
• Norman: arpenteux m
• Plautdietsch: Launtmäta m, Launtutmäta m
• Polish: geodeta (pl) m
• Portuguese: agrimensor (pt) m
• Romanian: arpentor (ro) m, agrimensor (ro) m, topometrist (ro) m
• Russian: топо́граф (ru) m (topógraf), геодези́ст (ru) m (geodɛzíst), геодези́стка (ru) f (geodɛzístka), землеме́р (ru) m (zemlemér)
• Spanish: agrimensor (es) m
• Swedish: lantmätare (sv) c
• Welsh: syrfëwr m

person inspecting something

• Bulgarian: инспектор (bg) m (inspektor)
• Finnish: tarkastaja (fi)
• German: Gutachterin (de) f, Gutachter (de) m, Inspektorin (de) f, Inspektor (de) m
• Hindi: निरीक्षक (hi) m (nirīkṣak)
• Hungarian: felügyelő (hu), ellenőr (hu)
• Italian: perito (it) m, consulente (it) m
• Spanish: tasador (es) m, perito (es) m

Middle English

Noun

surveyor

1. alternative form of surveyour