insegnamento
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /in.seɲ.ɲaˈmen.to/
- Rhymes: -ento
- Hyphenation: in‧se‧gna‧mén‧to
Noun
insegnamento m (plural insegnamenti)
- teaching
- act of teaching
- logorarsi nell'insegnamento ― to work hard in teaching
- act of teaching
- teaching of a particular subject, field, etc.
- insegnamento dell'italiano ― Italian-teaching
- teaching profession
- darsi all'insegnamento ― to dedicate oneself to teaching
- lesson, typically moral
- Synonyms: lezione, precetto, consiglio, ammaestramento
Usage notes
- insegnamento refers to the process in which a pupil is methodically taught the principles and methods of a discipline, art, profession, etc. educazione instead refers to a person's moral and intellectual development, and more specifically, the behaviors and principles of social interaction, rules for communication, etc. In this context, a precetto is defined as a particular rule of conduct or codified social norm.
Related terms
Further reading
- insegnamento in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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