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inspector

noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ɪnˈspɛk.təː/
  • Received-Pronunciation: [ɪnˈspɛk.thəː]
  • General-American: /ɪnˈspɛk.tɚ/
  • General-American: [ɪnˈspɛk.thɚ] ~ [ɪnˈspɛk.thɹ̩]
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: IH2 N S P EH1 K T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A person employed to inspect something.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A police officer ranking below superintendent.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: government, law-enforcement

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A software tool used to examine something.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

an investigator who observes carefully

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the examiner searched for clues

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: examiner

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: investigator

Narrower terms: bank examiner, checker, scrutinizer, scrutiniser, scrutineer, canvasser

5

noun

Meaning 5

a high ranking police officer

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: policeman, police officer, officer

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin īnspector, from īnspiciō, equivalent to inspect + -or.

Across languages

Translations

155 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: inspektor — person employed to inspect something
  • Albanian: kontrollor — person employed to inspect something
  • Arabic: مُفَتِّش (mufattiš) — person employed to inspect something
  • Arabic: مُفَتِّشَة (mufattiša) — person employed to inspect something
  • Arabic: مُرَاقِب (murāqib) — person employed to inspect something
  • Arabic: مُرَاقِبَة (murāqiba) — person employed to inspect something
  • Armenian: տեսուչ (tesučʻ) — person employed to inspect something
  • Armenian: վերահսկիչ (verahskičʻ) — person employed to inspect something
  • Armenian: վերակացու (verakacʻu) — person employed to inspect something
  • Armenian: հսկիչ (hskičʻ) — person employed to inspect something
  • Azerbaijani: müfəttiş — person employed to inspect something
  • Azerbaijani: təftişçi — person employed to inspect something
  • Azerbaijani: nəzarətçi — person employed to inspect something
  • Belarusian: інспе́ктар (inspjéktar) — person employed to inspect something
  • Belarusian: iнспэ́ктар (inspéktar) — person employed to inspect something
  • Belarusian: кантралёр (kantraljór) — person employed to inspect something
  • Belarusian: кантралёрка (kantraljórka) — person employed to inspect something
  • Bulgarian: инспе́ктор (inspéktor) — person employed to inspect something
  • Bulgarian: инспе́кторка (inspéktorka) — person employed to inspect something
  • Burmese: စစ်ဆေးရေးမှူး (cachce:re:hmu:) — person employed to inspect something
  • Catalan: inspector — person employed to inspect something
  • Chinese Mandarin: 檢查員 /检查员 (jiǎncháyuán) — person employed to inspect something
  • Chinese Mandarin: 檢驗員 /检验员 — person employed to inspect something
  • Crimean Tatar: teftişçi — person employed to inspect something
  • Crimean Tatar: müfettiş — person employed to inspect something
  • Czech: inspektor — person employed to inspect something
  • Danish: kontrollør — person employed to inspect something
  • Danish: inspektør — person employed to inspect something
  • Dutch: inspecteur — person employed to inspect something
  • Estonian: inspektor — person employed to inspect something
  • Estonian: kontrolör — person employed to inspect something
  • Finnish: tarkastaja — person employed to inspect something
  • Finnish: valvoja — person employed to inspect something
  • French: inspecteur — person employed to inspect something
  • French: inspectrice — person employed to inspect something
  • French: contrôleur — person employed to inspect something
  • French: contrôleuse — person employed to inspect something
  • Georgian: ინსპექტორი (insṗekṭori) — person employed to inspect something
  • Georgian: კონტროლერი (ḳonṭroleri) — person employed to inspect something
  • German: Inspektor — person employed to inspect something
  • German: Inspektorin — person employed to inspect something
  • Greek: επιθεωρητής (epitheoritís) — person employed to inspect something
  • Hebrew: מְפַקֵּחַ (m'fakéakh) — person employed to inspect something
  • Hindi: निरीक्षक (nirīkṣak) — person employed to inspect something
  • Hindi: इंस्पेक्टर (inspekṭar) — person employed to inspect something
  • Hungarian: ellenőr — person employed to inspect something
  • Icelandic: eftirlitsmaður — person employed to inspect something
  • Indonesian: pemeriksa — person employed to inspect something
  • Indonesian: inspektur — person employed to inspect something
  • Ingrian: revizora — person employed to inspect something
  • Irish: cigire — person employed to inspect something
  • Irish: banchigire — person employed to inspect something
  • Italian: ispettore — person employed to inspect something
  • Italian: controllore — person employed to inspect something
  • Japanese: 検査員 (kensain) — person employed to inspect something
  • Kazakh: инспектор (inspektor) — person employed to inspect something
  • Kazakh: тексеруші (tekseruşı) — person employed to inspect something
  • Kazakh: қадағалаушы (qadağalauşy) — person employed to inspect something
  • Khmer: អធិការ (ʼaʼthikaa) — person employed to inspect something
  • Korean: 검사원 (geomsawon) — person employed to inspect something
  • Kyrgyz: инспектор (inspektor) — person employed to inspect something
  • Lao: ຜູ້ກວດ (phū kūat) — person employed to inspect something
  • Latvian: kontrolieris — person employed to inspect something
  • Latvian: inspektors — person employed to inspect something
  • Lithuanian: kontrolierius — person employed to inspect something
  • Lithuanian: inspektorius — person employed to inspect something
  • Macedonian: инспе́ктор (inspéktor) — person employed to inspect something
  • Macedonian: инспекторка (inspektorka) — person employed to inspect something
  • Malay: pemeriksa — person employed to inspect something
  • Maltese: spettur — person employed to inspect something
  • Mongolian: байцаагч (bajcaagč) — person employed to inspect something
  • Norwegian Bokmål: inspektør — person employed to inspect something
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kontrollør — person employed to inspect something
  • Old English: inscēawere — person employed to inspect something
  • Old English: smēagend — person employed to inspect something
  • Iranian Persian: مُفَتِّش (mofatteš) — person employed to inspect something
  • Iranian Persian: بازْرِس (bâzres) — person employed to inspect something
  • Iranian Persian: بازْرَس (bâzras) — person employed to inspect something
  • Iranian Persian: ناظِر (nâzer) — person employed to inspect something
  • Polish: inspektor — person employed to inspect something
  • Polish: inspektorka — person employed to inspect something
  • Polish: kontroler — person employed to inspect something
  • Polish: kontrolerka — person employed to inspect something
  • Portuguese: inspetor — person employed to inspect something
  • Romanian: inspector — person employed to inspect something
  • Romanian: inspectoare — person employed to inspect something
  • Russian: инспе́ктор (inspéktor) — person employed to inspect something
  • Russian: ревизо́р (revizór) — person employed to inspect something
  • Russian: контролёр (kontroljór) — person employed to inspect something
  • Serbo-Croatian: ѝнспектор — person employed to inspect something
  • Serbo-Croatian: ìnspektor — person employed to inspect something
  • Slovak: inšpektor — person employed to inspect something
  • Slovene: inšpektor — person employed to inspect something
  • Spanish: inspector — person employed to inspect something
  • Spanish: revisor — person employed to inspect something
  • Spanish: reveedor — person employed to inspect something
  • Swedish: inspektör — person employed to inspect something
  • Swedish: kontrollant — person employed to inspect something
  • Swedish: besiktningsman — person employed to inspect something
  • Tagalog: pandaw — person employed to inspect something
  • Tajik: назоратчӣ (nazoratči) — person employed to inspect something
  • Tajik: нозир (nozir) — person employed to inspect something
  • Tajik: бозрас (bozras) — person employed to inspect something
  • Thai: ผู้ตรวจสอบ (pûu-dtrùuat-sɔ̀ɔp) — person employed to inspect something
  • Thai: ผู้ตรวจการณ์ (pûu-dtrùuat-gaan) — person employed to inspect something
  • Thai: สายตรวจ (sǎai-dtrùuat) — person employed to inspect something
  • Thai: ผู้ตรวจ (pûu-dtrùuat) — person employed to inspect something
  • Thai: นายตรวจ (naai-dtrùuat) — person employed to inspect something
  • Turkish: müfettiş — person employed to inspect something
  • Turkmen: inspektor — person employed to inspect something
  • Turkmen: barlagçy — person employed to inspect something
  • Ukrainian: інспе́ктор (inspéktor) — person employed to inspect something
  • Ukrainian: інспе́кторка (inspéktorka) — person employed to inspect something
  • Ukrainian: контроле́р (kontrolér) — person employed to inspect something
  • Ukrainian: контроле́рка (kontrolérka) — person employed to inspect something
  • Urdu: ناظِر (nāzir) — person employed to inspect something
  • Urdu: مُعائِنَہ کار (mu'āina kār) — person employed to inspect something
  • Urdu: اِنْسْپیکْٹَر (inspekṭar) — person employed to inspect something
  • Urdu: تَفْتِیش کار (taftīś kār) — person employed to inspect something
  • Urdu: باز رَس (bāz ras) — person employed to inspect something
  • Uyghur: تەكشۈرگۈچى (tekshürgüchi) — person employed to inspect something
  • Uzbek: nazoratchi — person employed to inspect something
  • Uzbek: inspektor — person employed to inspect something
  • Uzbek: nozir — person employed to inspect something
  • Vietnamese: người thanh tra — person employed to inspect something
  • Vietnamese: người kiểm tra — person employed to inspect something
  • Arabic: مُفَتِّش (mufattiš) — police officer ranking below superintendent
  • Arabic: مُفَتِّشَة (mufattiša) — police officer ranking below superintendent
  • Chinese Cantonese: 督察 (duk1 caat3) — police officer ranking below superintendent
  • Chinese Cantonese: 幫辦 /帮办 — police officer ranking below superintendent
  • Chinese Mandarin: 巡官 (xúnguān) — police officer ranking below superintendent
  • Chinese Mandarin: 督察 (dūchá) — police officer ranking below superintendent
  • Czech: inspektor — police officer ranking below superintendent
  • French: inspecteur — police officer ranking below superintendent
  • French: inspectrice — police officer ranking below superintendent
  • German: Inspektor — police officer ranking below superintendent
  • German: Inspektorin — police officer ranking below superintendent
  • Greek: επιθεωρητής (epitheoritís) — police officer ranking below superintendent
  • Greek: υπαστυνόμος (ypastynómos) — police officer ranking below superintendent
  • Hindi: निरीक्षक (nirīkṣak) — police officer ranking below superintendent
  • Italian: ispettore di polizia — police officer ranking below superintendent
  • Japanese: 警部 (keibu) — police officer ranking below superintendent
  • Japanese: インスペクター (insupekutā) — police officer ranking below superintendent
  • Korean: 경위 (gyeong'wi) — police officer ranking below superintendent
  • Polish: inspektor — police officer ranking below superintendent
  • Polish: inspektorka — police officer ranking below superintendent
  • Portuguese: inspetor — police officer ranking below superintendent
  • Romanian: inspector de poliție — police officer ranking below superintendent
  • Romanian: ofițer de poliție — police officer ranking below superintendent
  • Russian: инспе́ктор (inspéktor) — police officer ranking below superintendent
  • Swahili: inspekta — police officer ranking below superintendent
  • Turkish: komiser — police officer ranking below superintendent
  • Turkish: müfettiş — police officer ranking below superintendent
  • Ukrainian: інспе́ктор (inspéktor) — police officer ranking below superintendent
  • Ukrainian: інспе́кторка (inspéktorka) — police officer ranking below superintendent
Real reading context

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