lecture

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Medieval Latin lectura (“reading”), from Latin lectus, past participle of legō (“I read, I recite”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈlɛk.tʃə/
• (US) IPA: /ˈlɛk.tʃɚ/

• Audio (US)

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Noun

lecture (plural lectures)

1. A spoken lesson or exposition, usually delivered to group.

   During class today the professor delivered an interesting lecture.

2. A berating or scolding.

   I really don't want you to give me a lecture about my bad eating habits.

Translations

a spoken lesson

• Arabic: محاضرة (ar) (muHaaDara) f
• Armenian: դասախոսություն (hy) (dasaxosut’yun)
• Bulgarian: лекция (bg) (lektsia) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 演講 (cmn), 演讲 (cmn) (yǎnjiǎng)

• Czech: přednáška (cs) f
• Dutch: lezing (nl) f, college (nl)
• Esperanto: lekcio (eo)
• Finnish: luento (fi)
• French: conférence (fr) f, cours magistral (fr) m
• German: Vorlesung (de) f (educational lecture at a university), Vortrag (de) m (talk)
• Greek: διάλεξη (el) (diálexi) f
• Hungarian: előadás (hu)
• Irish: léacht (ga) f
• Italian: conferenza (it) f

• Japanese: 講義 (ja) (こうぎ, kōgi)
• Jèrriais: conféthence f
• Korean: 강의 (ko) (gang-ui)
• Macedonian: предавање (mk) (predávanje) n
• Maori: kauhau (mi), kauwhau (mi)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: forelesning (nb)

• Persian: سخنرانی (fa)
• Polish: wykład (pl) m
• Portuguese: conferência (pt) f
• Russian: лекция (ru) (lékcija) f
• Spanish: conferencia (es) f (talk), (colloquial) charla (es) f (talk), clase (es) f (educational lecture)
• Swedish: föreläsning (sv) c
• Telugu: ఉపన్యాసం (upanyaasaM)

Verb

lecture (third-person singular simple present lectures, present participle lecturing, simple past and past participle lectured)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To teach (somebody) by giving a speech on a given topic.

   The professor lectured two classes this morning.

2. (transitive) To berate, to scold.

   Emily's father lectured her about the importance of being home before midnight.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:reprehend

Translations

to teach

• Czech: přednášet (cs)
• Esperanto: lekcii (eo)
• Finnish: luennoida (fi)
• French: donner une conférence (fr), donner un cours magistral (fr)

• Greek: δίνω διάλεξη (el) (díno diálexi)
• Macedonian: предава (mk) (prédava)
• Maori: kauhau (mi), kauwhau (mi)
• Polish: wykładać (pl)
• Russian: читать лекцию

to berate, to scold

• Finnish: läksyttää (fi)
• French: gronder (fr), faire la leçon (fr)
• Greek: κατσαδιάζω (el) (katsadiázo)

• Macedonian: одржува лекција (mk) (od'ržuva lékcija)
• Russian: читать нотации; выговаривать (ru) (vygovárivat') impf.; отчитывать (ru) (otčítyvat') impf., отчитать (ru) (otčítát') pf.

Derived terms

• lecturer

Related terms

• analects
• lectern
• lection
• lesson

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French

Etymology

Late Latin lēctūra, feminine of Classical Latin lēctūrus

Pronunciation

• audio

  (file)

• IPA: /lɛk.tyʁ/

Noun

lecture f (plural lectures)

1. reading (act or process of reading)

Derived terms

• relecture

Related terms

• lire

Anagrams

• lecteur

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Latin

Participle

lēctūre

1. vocative masculine singular of lēctūrus