Dictionary

inspector en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• [ɪnˈspɛk.tʰəː] (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ɪnˈspɛk.tɚ/ (General-American)
• (US) audio
• [ɪnˈspɛk.tʰɚ] ~ [ɪnˈspɛk.tʰɹ̩] (General-American)
• /ɪnˈspɛk.təː/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. A person employed to inspect something.
   • Imagine a country where children do nothing but play until they start compulsory schooling at age seven. Then, without exception, they attend comprehensives until the age of 16.[…]. There are no inspectors, no exams until the age of 18, no school league tables, no private tuition industry, no school uniforms.[…]. 2013 July 1, Peter Wilby, quoting Pasi Sahlberg, “Finland's education ambassador spreads the word”, in The Guardian, volume 189, number 6, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 20 Jun 2018, page 30:
   • Martin had served as inspector general since December 2023. While President Donald Trump fired inspectors general from more than a dozen federal agencies during his first week in office, the USAID watchdog had remained in place. 2025 February 11, Jennifer Hansler, “USAID IG fired day after report critical of impacts of Trump administration’s dismantling of the agency”, in CNN:
2. A police officer ranking below superintendent.
3. A software tool used to examine something.
   • Google Chrome has a built-in development tool called the Chrome Inspector. You can use it to examine the HTML elements in a web page; review what resources — or files, cookies, and databases — are active; follow network activity;[…]. 2011, Adam McDaniel, HTML5, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 166:
   • After that, with the help of the disk inspector, you can at any time compare the status of programs and system disk areas with the original one. 2020, Anatoly Belous, Vitali Saladukha, Viruses, Hardware and Software Trojans, page 112:

Forms

Deriveds

fire inspector · wallet inspector · ticket inspector · inspectress · ticket-inspector · subinspector · weapons inspector · inspectorate · school inspector · detective inspector · chief inspector · inspector general · inspectorship · home inspector · tax inspector

Descendants

インスペクター

Relateds

inspection · inspect

Translations (156)

mn байцаагч (person employed to inspect something) · hi निरीक्षक (police officer ranking below superintendent) · ur مُعائِنَہ کار (person employed to inspect something) · lv kontrolieris (person employed to inspect something) · sl inšpektor (person employed to inspect something) · es inspector (person employed to inspect something) · cmn 巡官 (police officer ranking below superintendent) · fa-ira بازْرَس (person employed to inspect something) · nb kontrollør (person employed to inspect something) · de Inspektor (person employed to inspect something) · uk контроле́р (person employed to inspect something) · it ispettore (person employed to inspect something) · ka ინსპექტორი (person employed to inspect something) · th นายตรวจ (person employed to inspect something) · sk inšpektor (person employed to inspect something) · el επιθεωρητής (police officer ranking below superintendent) · pt inspetor (person employed to inspect something) · hy վերահսկիչ (person employed to inspect something) · pl inspektor (person employed to inspect something) · uk інспе́ктор (person employed to inspect something) · tg бозрас (person employed to inspect something) · fa-ira ناظِر (person employed to inspect something) · lt kontrolierius (person employed to inspect something) · pl inspektorka (police officer ranking below superintendent) · ang smēagend (person employed to inspect something) · kk тексеруші (person employed to inspect something) · fi valvoja (person employed to inspect something) · uz inspektor (person employed to inspect something) · km អធិការ (person employed to inspect something) · da kontrollør (person employed to inspect something) · fa-ira مُفَتِّش (person employed to inspect something) · tg назоратчӣ (person employed to inspect something) · pl kontrolerka (person employed to inspect something) · fr inspectrice (police officer ranking below superintendent) · th ผู้ตรวจสอบ (person employed to inspect something) · uk інспе́кторка (police officer ranking below superintendent) · nb inspektør (person employed to inspect something) · az təftişçi (person employed to inspect something) · sq inspektor (person employed to inspect something) · th ผู้ตรวจ (person employed to inspect something) · uk інспе́кторка (person employed to inspect something) · tr komiser (police officer ranking below superintendent) · et inspektor (person employed to inspect something) · es reveedor (person employed to inspect something) · bg инспе́кторка (person employed to inspect something) · fr contrôleuse (person employed to inspect something) · pl inspektor (police officer ranking below superintendent) · fi komisario (police officer ranking below superintendent) · pl kontroler (person employed to inspect something) · tl pandaw (person employed to inspect something) · el επιθεωρητής (person employed to inspect something) · hy վերակացու (person employed to inspect something) · ru контролёр (person employed to inspect something) · it ispettore di polizia (police officer ranking below superintendent) · ar مُفَتِّشَة (person employed to inspect something) · ka კონტროლერი (person employed to inspect something) · ro inspector (person employed to inspect something) · ja インスペクター (police officer ranking below superintendent) · ko 경위 (police officer ranking below superintendent) · sv kontrollant (person employed to inspect something) · ro ofițer de poliție (police officer ranking below superintendent) · sw inspekta (police officer ranking below superintendent) · vi người thanh tra (person employed to inspect something) · kk қадағалаушы (person employed to inspect something) · ar مُرَاقِبَة (person employed to inspect something) · yue 幫辦 /帮办 (police officer ranking below superintendent) · ru ревизо́р (person employed to inspect something) · cmn 檢驗員 /检验员 (person employed to inspect something) · et kontrolör (person employed to inspect something) · izh revizora (person employed to inspect something) · hu ellenőr (person employed to inspect something) · uk інспе́ктор (police officer ranking below superintendent) · de Inspektor (police officer ranking below superintendent) · ms pemeriksa (person employed to inspect something) · ga cigire (person employed to inspect something) · da inspektør (person employed to inspect something) · ur باز رَس (person employed to inspect something) · crh teftişçi (person employed to inspect something) · yue 督察 (police officer ranking below superintendent) · az nəzarətçi (person employed to inspect something) · ja 警部 (police officer ranking below superintendent) · nl inspecteur (person employed to inspect something) · be кантралёрка (person employed to inspect something) · cmn 督察 (police officer ranking below superintendent) · tk inspektor (person employed to inspect something) · id pemeriksa (person employed to inspect something) · ru инспе́ктор (person employed to inspect something) · ja 検査員 (person employed to inspect something) · ar مُفَتِّش (police officer ranking below superintendent) · be iнспэ́ктар (person employed to inspect something) · uz nazoratchi (person employed to inspect something) · ky инспектор (person employed to inspect something) · az müfəttiş (person employed to inspect something) · de Inspektorin (person employed to inspect something) · fr inspecteur (police officer ranking below superintendent) · th ผู้ตรวจการณ์ (person employed to inspect something) · uk контроле́рка (person employed to inspect something) · it controllore (person employed to inspect something) · uz nozir (person employed to inspect something) · cs inspektor (police officer ranking below superintendent) · tr müfettiş (person employed to inspect something) · fr inspectrice (person employed to inspect something) · el υπαστυνόμος (police officer ranking below superintendent) · bg инспе́ктор (person employed to inspect something) · ur تَفْتِیش کار (person employed to inspect something) · my စစ်ဆေးရေးမှူး (person employed to inspect something) · ro inspector de poliție (police officer ranking below superintendent) · fr contrôleur (person employed to inspect something) · hy հսկիչ (person employed to inspect something) · ru инспе́ктор (police officer ranking below superintendent) · be інспе́ктар (person employed to inspect something) · ko 검사원 (person employed to inspect something) · tg нозир (person employed to inspect something) · pt inspetor (police officer ranking below superintendent) · sh ѝнспектор (person employed to inspect something) · ro inspectoare (person employed to inspect something) · hi निरीक्षक (person employed to inspect something) · ur ناظِر (person employed to inspect something) · is eftirlitsmaður (person employed to inspect something) · mk инспе́ктор (person employed to inspect something) · fi tarkastaja (person employed to inspect something) · ar مُفَتِّشَة (police officer ranking below superintendent) · sq kontrollor (person employed to inspect something) · tr müfettiş (police officer ranking below superintendent) · ug تەكشۈرگۈچى (person employed to inspect something) · cs inspektor (person employed to inspect something) · fa-ira بازْرِس (person employed to inspect something) · id inspektur (person employed to inspect something) · ar مُفَتِّش (person employed to inspect something) · fr inspecteur (person employed to inspect something) · crh müfettiş (person employed to inspect something) · th สายตรวจ (person employed to inspect something) · de Inspektorin (police officer ranking below superintendent) · sv besiktningsman (person employed to inspect something) · pl inspektorka (person employed to inspect something) · sh ìnspektor (person employed to inspect something) · tk barlagçy (person employed to inspect something) · cmn 檢查員 /检查员 (person employed to inspect something) · mt spettur (person employed to inspect something) · kk инспектор (person employed to inspect something) · lt inspektorius (person employed to inspect something) · hy տեսուչ (person employed to inspect something) · he מְפַקֵּחַ (person employed to inspect something) · es revisor (person employed to inspect something) · mk инспекторка (person employed to inspect something) · vi người kiểm tra (person employed to inspect something) · ang inscēawere (person employed to inspect something) · lo ຜູ້ກວດ (person employed to inspect something) · ga banchigire (person employed to inspect something) · sv inspektör (person employed to inspect something) · ca inspector (person employed to inspect something) · lv inspektors (person employed to inspect something) · ur اِنْسْپیکْٹَر (person employed to inspect something) · ar مُرَاقِب (person employed to inspect something) · hi इंस्पेक्टर (person employed to inspect something) · be кантралёр (person employed to inspect something)