tutelar

From Latin tūtelāris, from tūtēla (“tutelage, guardianship; dependent, client”) + -āris (“used to form an adjective, usually from a noun, indicating a relationship or a pertaining to”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtjuːtələ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈtuːtəlɚ/
• Hyphenation: tu‧tel‧ar

tutelar (comparative more tutelar, superlative most tutelar)

1. Serving as a guardian; protective; tutelary.

• protective
• tutelaric (rare), tutelary (adjective)

tutelar (plural tutelars)

1. One that is tutelary.

• guardian
• protector
• tutelary (noun)

• tutelage
• tutelarity
• tutor

From tutela +‎ -ar.

tutelar (first-person singular present tutelo, first-person singular preterite tutelei, past participle tutelado)

1. to protect (be guardian to)

Borrowed from French tutélaire, from Latin tutelaris.

tutelar m or n (feminine singular tutelară, masculine plural tutelari, feminine and neuter plural tutelare)

1. tutelary

• IPA^(key): /tuteˈlaɾ/ [t̪u.t̪eˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: tu‧te‧lar

tutelar m or f (masculine and feminine plural tutelares)

1. tutelar, tutelary

tutelar (first-person singular present tutelo, first-person singular preterite tutelé, past participle tutelado)

1. to act as a guardian to, to supervise, to look after

• “tutelar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014