lesson

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French (deprecated template usage) leçon, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin lēctiō (“a reading”), from legō (“I read, I gather”).

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /ˈlɛs(ə)n/
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• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Rhymes: -ɛsən

Noun

lesson (plural lessons)

1. A section of learning or teaching into which a wider learning content is divided.

2. A learning task assigned to a student; homework.
3. Something learned or to be learned.

4. Something that serves as a warning or encouragement.

5. A section of the Bible or other religious text read as part of a divine service.

6. A severe lecture; reproof; rebuke; warning.
   • Sir Philip Sidney (1554-1586)

     She would give her a lesson for walking so late.
7. (deprecated template usage) (music) An exercise; a composition serving an educational purpose; a study.

Synonyms

• lear
• (religious reading): lection

Derived terms

• object lesson
• private lessons

Related terms

• lectern
• lection
• lecture

Translations

section of learning or teaching

• Arabic: دَرْس (ar) (dars)

  Egyptian Arabic: درس m (dars)

• Armenian: դաս (das)
• Baluchi: سبک (sabak), سبق (sabaq), درس (dars)
• Bashkir: дәрес (dəres)
• Basque: ikasgai
• Belarusian: уро́к m (urók), ўрок m (ŭrok)
• Breton: kentel (br) f
• Bulgarian: уро́к (bg) m (urók)
• Burmese: သင်ခန်းစာ (my) (sanghkan:ca)
• Chechen: дарс (dars)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: kè yè (zh), kè yè (zh) (kèyè), -kè (zh), -kè (zh) (-kè) (suffix)

• Czech: lekce (cs), vyučovací hodina
• Dutch: les (nl)
• Esperanto: leciono
• Finnish: oppitunti (fi), luento (fi)
• French: leçon (fr) f
• Friulian: lezion f, lizion f
• German: Lehrstunde f, Stunde (de) f, Lektion (de) f, Unterricht (de) m
• Greek: μάθημα (el) n (máthima)
• Hawaiian: haʻawina
• Hebrew: שיעור \ שִׁעוּר (he) m (shi'úr)
• Hindi: पाठ m (pāṭh)
• Hungarian: lecke (hu)
• Indonesian: pelajaran (id)
• Interlingua: lection
• Irish: ceacht m
• Italian: lezione (it) f
• Japanese: shòu yè (じゅぎょう, jugyō), xué kè (がっか, gakka), -kè (ja) (-か, -ka) (suffix), レッスン (ressun)
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• Kalmyk: кичәл (kiçäl)
• Khmer: មេរៀន (mei riən)
• Korean: 수업 (ko) (sueop), 과 (ko) (-gwa) (suffix)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani:

• Latin: documentum n, auditio f
• Luxembourgish: Stonn f, Lektioun f
• Manx: lessoon m
• Maori: akoranga
• Ngazidja Comorian: darasa class 9/10
• Norman: léçon f (Jersey), leçaon f (Guernsey)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: lekse f or m, undervisningstime m

  Nynorsk: lekse f, undervisingstime m

• Persian: درس (fa) (dars)
• Portuguese: lição (pt) f
• Romanian: lecție (ro) f
• Russian: уро́к (ru) m (urók)
• Scottish Gaelic: leasan m
• Serbo-Croatian: lekcija f
• Spanish: lección (es) f
• Swahili: funzo (sw)
• Swedish: lektion (sv) c
• Tajik: дарс (dars)
• Telugu: పాఠం (te) (pāṭhaṁ)
• Turkish: ders (tr), çimke (tr)
• Ukrainian: уро́к m (urók)
• Urdu: please add this translation if you can
• Uyghur: دەرس (ders)
• Vietnamese: bài (vi), bài học (vi)
• Volapük: lärnod (vo)
• Welsh: gwers (cy) f
• Yiddish: אויפֿגאַבע f (oyfgabe), לעקציע f (lektsye)

learning task assigned to a student

• Armenian: դաս (das)
• Finnish: läksy (fi), kotitehtävä, tehtävä (fi)
• French: leçon (fr) f, devoirs (fr) m pl
• Greek: μαθήματα (el) n pl (mathímata), εργασία (el) f (ergasía), άσκηση (el) f (áskisi)
• Hawaiian: haʻawina
• Hebrew: שיעורים m (shiorim)
• Hindi: पाठ m (pāṭh)
• Irish: ceacht m
• Kalmyk: кичәл (kiçäl)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani:

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Latin: auditio f
• Manx: lessoon m
• Maori: akoranga
• Persian: تکلیف (fa)
• Portuguese: lição (pt) f, tarefa (pt) f
• Russian: уро́к (ru) m (urók)
• Scottish Gaelic: leasan m
• Swahili: somo (sw)
• Swedish: läxa (sv) c
• Telugu: పాఠం (te) (pāṭhaṁ)

something learned

• Arabic: دَرْس (ar) m (dars)
• Armenian: դաս (das)
• Czech: ponaučení
• Finnish: opetus (fi)
• French: leçon (fr) f
• German: Lehre (de) f
• Greek: δίδαγμα (el) n (dídagma), μάθημα (el) n (máthima)
• Hebrew: מוסר השכל (he) m (Musar Haskel), לקח (he) m (Leqach)
• Irish: ceacht m
• Kurdish:

  Sorani:

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Latin: documentum n, auditio f
• Luxembourgish: Léier f
• Manx: lessoon m
• Maori: akoranga
• Portuguese: lição (pt)
• Romanian: lecție (ro)
• Russian: уро́к (ru) m (urók)
• Scottish Gaelic: leasan m
• Swahili: funzo (sw)
• Swedish: läxa (sv) c
• Vietnamese: bài học (vi)
• Volapük: lärnod (vo)

something that serves as a warning or encouragement

• Armenian: դաս (das)
• Basque: eskarmentu
• Czech: ponaučení
• Finnish: läksy (fi), opetus (fi)
• French: leçon (fr) f
• German: Lehre (de) f
• Greek: μάθημα (el) n (máthima)
• Hebrew: לקח (he) m (lékakh)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani:

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Latin: documentum n, auditio
• Luxembourgish: Léier f
• Manx: lessoon m
• Maori: iro (an unpleasant experience)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: lærepenge m

  Nynorsk: lærepenge m

• Portuguese: lição (pt) f
• Romanian: lecție (ro)
• Russian: уро́к (ru) m (urók)
• Scottish Gaelic: leasan m
• Swahili: funzo (sw)
• Swedish: läxa (sv) c
• Turkish: ibret (tr)
• Vietnamese: bài học (vi)

section of the Bible or other religious text read as part of a divine service

• Finnish: sana (fi)
• Irish: ceacht m
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• Maori: tuhinga
• Swahili: funzo (sw)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Old Provençal: ^{(please verify)} leyçon
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} lección (es) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

Verb

lesson (third-person singular simple present lessons, present participle lessoning, simple past and past participle lessoned)

1. To give a lesson to; to teach.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.vi:

     her owne daughter Pleasure, to whom shee / Made her companion, and her lessoned / In all the lore of loue, and goodly womanhead.

   • Byron

     To rest the weary, and to soothe the sad, / Doth lesson happier men, and shame at least the bad.

Translations

to give a lesson; to teach

• Finnish: opettaa (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Greek: διδάσκω (el) (didásko), δασκαλεύω (el) (daskalévo)

See also

• lesson on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Template:Wikisource1911Enc Citation

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