Translingual

Proper noun

Pastor m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Sturnidae – the rosy starling.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Aves - class; Ornithothoraces, Ornithurae - clades; Carinatae - subclass; Neornithes - infraclass; Neognathae - parvclass; Passeriformes - order; Passeri - suborder; Passerida - parvorder; Muscicapoidea - superfamily; Sturnidae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Pastor roseus - sole species

References

• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0691128276

German

Alternative forms

• Paster (archaic)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpastɔɐ̯/ (standard)
• IPA^(key): /pasˈtoːɐ̯/ (alternative form; predominant in some regions, including western Germany)

Noun

Pastor m ‎(genitive Pastoren, plural Pastoren or Pastöre)

1. (regional, chiefly northern and central Germany) pastor (clergyman who serves a parish)

Usage notes

• The normal plural is Pastoren.
• The plural Pastöre is used by some of those speakers who stress the word on the second syllable, particularly in western Germany.
• The word as such is more common among Protestants than among Catholics. There are, however, some regions where the word is traditional for a Catholic pastor, including the Rhineland.

Declension

Synonyms

• Pfarrer

Derived terms

• Pastorin

English

Alternative forms

• pastour (obsolete)

Noun

pastor ‎(plural pastors)

1. (now rare) A shepherd; someone who tends to a flock of animals.
2. Someone with spiritual authority over a group of people
3. A minister or a priest in a Christian church.

Synonyms

• shepherd (in a figurative, religious sense)

Derived terms

Coordinate terms

• imam, guru, rabbi, sangha

Translations

Verb

pastor ‎(third-person singular simple present pastors, present participle pastoring, simple past and past participle pastored)

1. (Christianity, transitive, intransitive) To serve a congregation as pastor
   • 2009, January 21, “Shaila Dewan”, in Epic Campaign Divided Family, Then United It:

     As they pastored churches in Georgia and Texas, they supported talented black politicians who were unable to win statewide office.

See also

• cleric
• father
• minister
• parson
• priest
• vicar
• reverend

Anagrams

• sap rot

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Provençal pastor, from Latin pastor, pastōrem.

Noun

pastor m ‎(plural pastors)

1. shepherd, herder
2. pastor, priest

Latin

Etymology

From pāscō ‎(“to feed, maintain, pasture, graze”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- ‎(“to protect”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpas.tor/, [ˈpas.tɔr]

Noun

pastor m ‎(genitive pastōris); third declension

1. A person who tends sheep; shepherd.
   • Sextus Propertius, Elegiae; II, i, 43–4

     Navita de ventis, de tauris narrat arator,
     Enumerat miles vulnera, pastor oves.

     The sailor tells of winds, the ploughman of bulls,
     the soldier counts his wounds, the shepherd his sheep.

2. A Christian who takes care of the spiritual needs of other Christians
   • 4th century, St Jerome, Vulgate, Ephesians 4:11

     et ipse dedit quosdam quidem apostolos quosdam autem prophetas alios vero evangelistas alios autem pastores et doctores (And he gave some apostles, and some prophets, and other some evangelists, and other some pastors and doctors:)

Inflection

Third declension.

Related terms

• pascitō
• pāscō
• pascuus

Descendants

References

• pastor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• pastor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• PASTOR in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• pastor in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin pastor.

Noun

pastor m ‎(definite singular pastoren, indefinite plural pastorer, definite plural pastorene)

1. (religion) a pastor

References

• “pastor” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin pastor.

Noun

pastor m ‎(definite singular pastoren, indefinite plural pastorar, definite plural pastorane)

1. (religion) a pastor

References

• “pastor” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old French

Alternative forms

• pastur

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin pastor, pastōrem. Compare the inherited doublet pastre.

Noun

pastor m ‎(oblique plural pastors, nominative singular pastre, nominative plural pastor)

1. shepherd
2. (Christianity) pastor

Descendants

• English: pastor
• French: pasteur

Old Provençal

Etymology

From Latin pastor, pastōrem.

Noun

pastor m ‎(oblique plural pastors, nominative singular pastors, nominative plural pastor)

1. shepherd

Descendants

• Catalan: pastor

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pastor.

Noun

pastor m pers

1. pastor (in Protestant churches)

Declension

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese pastor, from Latin pastor, pastōrem.

pastor

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐʃˈtoɾ/
• Hyphenation: pas‧tor

Noun

pastor m (plural pastores, feminine pastora, feminine plural pastoras)

1. shepherd (person who tends sheep)
2. herder
3. parson

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowing from German Pastor, from Latin pastor. Compare the inherited doublet păstor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpas.tor/

Noun

pastor m ‎(plural pastori)

1. (Protestantism) pastor, priest

Declension

Related terms

• pastoral
• pastorală

See also

• preot

References

• pastor in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language), 2004-2016

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pa̠sˈto̞ɾ].

Etymology

From Latin pastor, through the singular accusative (pastōrem), where the stressed vowel is "o" (in the nominative case, it is "a"), like in Italian pastore.

Noun

pastor m ‎(plural pastores, feminine pastora)

1. shepherd
2. herder
3. pastor, priest

Related terms

• pasto
• pasta
• pastar

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

pastor c

1. A pastor, priest.
2. indefinite plural of pasta

Declension

Descendants

• Finnish: pastori

Venetian

Etymology

From Latin pastor, pastōrem. Compare Italian pastore.

Noun

pastor m (plural pastori) or pastor m (plural pasturi)

1. shepherd