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docens

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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From German Dozent, from Latin docens, from doceo (“to teach”).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈdot͡sɛnʃ]
  • Hyphenation: do‧cens
  • Rhymes: -ɛnʃ

Noun

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docens (plural docensek)

  1. (education) associate professor, docent (a teacher in a higher education institution who ranks above an assistant professor and below a professor)

Declension

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Possessive forms of docens
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. docensem docenseim
2nd person sing. docensed docenseid
3rd person sing. docense docensei
1st person plural docensünk docenseink
2nd person plural docensetek docenseitek
3rd person plural docensük docenseik

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ István Tótfalusi (2005), Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára [A Storehouse of Foreign Words: An Explanatory and Etymological Dictionary of Foreign Words], Budapest: Tinta, →ISBN

Further reading

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  • docens in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
  • docens in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2026).

Latin

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Etymology

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Present active participle of doceō (“to teach”).

Pronunciation

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Participle

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docēns (genitive docentis); third-declension one-termination participle

  1. teaching, instructing
  2. (as substantive) doctor, instructor
  3. (drama) rehearsing, presenting on stage

Declension

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Third-declension participle.

1When used purely as an adjective.

Descendants

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