Meanings
adjectivetutorial (not comparable)
- not comparableOf or pertaining to a tutor; belonging to, or exercised by, a tutor.
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.
1959, Iona Opie, Peter Opie, The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren, page 363
nountutorial (plural tutorials)
plural tutorials
- educationA self-paced learning exercise; a lesson prepared so that a student can learn at their own speed or convenience.
- educationAn interactive class taught by a tutor to students at university or college, individually or in small groups.
Origin
- Latintūtor“watcher, protector, defender”
- Englishtutorial
The adjective is from tutor (noun) + -ial, ultimately from Latin tūtor (“watcher, protector, defender”). The noun is transferred from the adjective.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan tutoria, tutorial
- tutoriaself-paced learning exercise
- tutorialself-paced learning exercise
- tutoriainteractive class taught by a tutor
- tutorialcomputing: video that is basically a how-to
Chinese Cantonese 導修課 /导修课, 導修 /导修
- 導修課 /导修课 (dou⁶ sau¹ fo³)interactive class taught by a tutor
- 導修 /导修 (dou⁶ sau¹)interactive class taught by a tutor
- tutor (tiu⁶ to¹)interactive class taught by a tutor
Chinese Mandarin 輔導 /辅导, 教程
- 輔導 /辅导 (fǔdǎo)self-paced learning exercise
- 教程 (jiàochéng)self-paced learning exercise
- 指南 (zhǐnán)self-paced learning exercise
- 導修課 /导修课 (dǎoxiūkè)interactive class taught by a tutor
Czech tutoriál
- tutoriálself-paced learning exercise
Dutch snelcursus, tutorial
- snelcursusself-paced learning exercise
- tutorialself-paced learning exercise
- handleidingself-paced learning exercise
- tutorialcomputing: video that is basically a how-to
Esperanto instruilo, lernilo
- instruiloself-paced learning exercise
- lerniloself-paced learning exercise
Finnish opas, opetusohjelma
- opasself-paced learning exercise
- opetusohjelmaself-paced learning exercise
- pienryhmätuntiinteractive class taught by a tutor
- tutoriaaliinteractive class taught by a tutor
- tuutorituntiinteractive class taught by a tutor
- opascomputing: video that is basically a how-to
- tutoriaalicomputing: video that is basically a how-to
French didacticiel, tutoriel
- didacticielself-paced learning exercise
- tutorielself-paced learning exercise
- TDinteractive class taught by a tutor
- tutorielcomputing: video that is basically a how-to
German Anleitung, Übung
- Anleitungself-paced learning exercise
- Übungself-paced learning exercise
- Tutorialself-paced learning exercise
- Tutorenkursself-paced learning exercise
- Tutoriuminteractive class taught by a tutor
- Tutorialcomputing: video that is basically a how-to
Indonesian tutorial, tutorial
- tutorialself-paced learning exercise
- tutorialinteractive class taught by a tutor
Irish teagasc, rang teagaisc
- teagascself-paced learning exercise
- rang teagaiscinteractive class taught by a tutor
- teagascinteractive class taught by a tutor
Italian esercitazione, tutoriale
- esercitazioneself-paced learning exercise
- tutorialecomputing: video that is basically a how-to
- tutorialcomputing: video that is basically a how-to
Japanese 学習用, チュートリアル
- 学習用 (gakushūyō)self-paced learning exercise
- チュートリアル (chūtoriaru)self-paced learning exercise
Korean 지도, 지침
- 지도 (jido)self-paced learning exercise
- 지침 (jichim)self-paced learning exercise
- 안내 (annae)self-paced learning exercise
- 학습용 (hakseubyong)self-paced learning exercise
- 튜토리얼 (tyutorieol)self-paced learning exercise
Malay tutoran
- tutoraninteractive class taught by a tutor
Polish samouczek, poradnik
- samouczekself-paced learning exercise
- poradnikself-paced learning exercise
- tutorialcomputing: video that is basically a how-to
Portuguese tutorial
- tutorialcomputing: video that is basically a how-to
Russian посо́бие, уче́бник
- посо́бие (posóbije)self-paced learning exercise
- уче́бник (učébnik)self-paced learning exercise
- руково́дство (rukovódstvo)self-paced learning exercise
- туто́риал (tutórial)self-paced learning exercise
Spanish tutorial, tutoría
- tutorialof or pertaining to a tutor; belonging to, or exercised by, a tutor
- tutoríaself-paced learning exercise
- tutorialself-paced learning exercise
- cursillointeractive class taught by a tutor
- tutorialcomputing: video that is basically a how-to
Swedish handledning, självstudie
- handledningself-paced learning exercise
- självstudieself-paced learning exercise
- guideself-paced learning exercise
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with tutorial
editorialmemorialequatorialterritorialjanitorialpictorialcombinatorialborealgubernatorialfactorialsenatorialdirectoriallorealdictatorialarmorialprosecutorialcuratorialcorporealimmemorialprofessorialarborealmultifactorialconspiratorialsectorial
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
tutorial. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tutorial
MLA
“tutorial.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tutorial. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tutorial,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tutorial.
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