docent
English
Etymology
From Latin docēns, present participle of doceō (“to teach”). In the meaning of a university grade, as used in some Central European countries, it is clipped version of private docent, privat-docent, from German Privatdozent, from German Dozent.
Noun
docent (plural docents)
- A teacher or lecturer at some universities (in central Europe, etc.)
- 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 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.
- (chiefly US) A tour guide at a museum, art gallery, historical site, etc.
- The docent greeted the visitors and welcomed them to the Smithsonian.
- 2020, Brit Bennett, The Vanishing Half, Dialogue Books, page 149:
- She was listening distractedly as an elderly docent intoned to a circle of listless children.
Related terms
Translations
teacher or lecturer in university
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Catalan
Derived terms
Further reading
- “docent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “docent”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “docent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “docent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈdot͡sɛnt]
Declension
Related terms
Related terms
- docentura
- doktor
- doktorand
- doktorant
- doktorát
- doktrína
- doktrinář
- dokument
- dokumentace
- dokumentární
- dokumentarista
- dokumentaristický
- dokumentaristika
- dokumentovat
- indoktrinace
- indoktrinovat
Danish
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /doːˈsɛnt/, (Netherlands) [doʊ̯ˈsɛnt], (Belgium) [doːˈsɛnt]
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: do‧cent
- Rhymes: -ɛnt
Synonyms
Latin
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdɔ.t͡sɛnt/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɔt͡sɛnt
- Syllabification: do‧cent
Declension
Derived terms
Romanian
Declension
Swedish
Etymology
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Declension
Declension of docent | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | docent | docenten | docenter | docenterna |
Genitive | docents | docentens | docenters | docenternas |
Further reading
- docent on the Swedish Wikipedia.Wikipedia sv
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