docent

English

Etymology

From Latin docēns, present participle of doceō (to teach); see German word Dozent.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdəʊ.sənt/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈdoʊ.sənt/

Adjective

docent (comparative more docent, superlative most docent)

  1. Instructive; that teaches.

Noun

docent (plural docents)

  1. A teacher or lecturer at some universities (in central Europe, etc.)
    • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 1212:
      Zermelo had been a docent at Göttingen when Kit was there and, like Russell, had been preoccupied with the set of all sets that are not members of themselves.
  2. (chiefly US) A tour guide at a museum, art gallery, historical site, etc.
    The docent greeted the visitors and welcomed them to the Louvre.

Translations


Czech

Etymology

Latin doceo

Noun

docent m

  1. lecturer

Further reading

  • docent in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • docent in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Noun

docent c (singular definite docenten, plural indefinite docenter)

  1. reader

Declension


Dutch

Etymology

From Latin docēns, present participle of doceō (to teach).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /doːˈsɛnt/, (Netherlands) [doʊ̯ˈsɛnt], (Belgium) [doːˈsɛnt]
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: do‧cent
  • Rhymes: -ɛnt

Noun

docent m (plural docenten, diminutive docentje n, feminine docente)

  1. teacher, docent

Synonyms

Descendants


Latin

Verb

docent

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of doceō

Polish

Etymology

From Latin docēns, likely through German Dozent.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɔ.t͡sɛnt/
  • (file)

Noun

docent m pers

  1. docent, lecturer (teacher at a university)

Declension

Derived terms


Swedish

Etymology

Noun

docent c

  1. a docent, a university teacher who holds a PhD degree, an associate professor

Declension

Declension of docent 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative docent docenten docenter docenterna
Genitive docents docentens docenters docenternas

Further reading

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