docent

English

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Etymology

From Latin docēns, present participle of doceō ‎(“to teach”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdəʊ.sənt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈdoʊ.sənt/

Adjective

docent ‎(comparative more docent, superlative most docent)

1. Instructive; that teaches.

Noun

docent ‎(plural docents)

1. A teacher or lecturer at some American colleges or universities.
   • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 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.

2. (chiefly US) A tour guide at a museum, art gallery, historical site, etc.

   The docent greeted the visitors and welcomed them to the Louvre.

Related terms

• docile
• doctor
• doctorate
• doctrinaire
• doctrinal
• doctrine
• document
• indoctrinate

Translations

teacher or lecturer in university

• Catalan: docent (ca) m, f
• Finnish: dosentti (fi)
• German: Dozent (de) m, Dozentin (de) f

• Icelandic: dósent m
• Swedish: docent (sv) c, föreläsare (sv) c

tour guide

• Finnish: opas (fi)

• Swedish: föreläsare (sv) c, talare (sv) c, museiguide c

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• (Netherlands) IPA^(key): /doʊ̯ˈsɛnt/
• (Belgium) IPA^(key): /doːˈsɛnt/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: do‧cent
• Rhymes: -ɛnt

Etymology

From Latin docēns, present participle of doceō ‎(“to teach”).

Noun

docent m ‎(plural docenten, diminutive docentje n, feminine docente)

1. teacher, docent

Synonyms

• leraar
• leerkracht
• onderwijzer

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Latin

Verb

docent

1. third-person plural present active indicative of doceō

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Polish

Etymology

From Latin docēns, likely through German Dozent.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɔ.t͡sɛnt/

• audio

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Noun

Wikipedia ^pl

docent m pers

1. docent, lecturer (teacher at a university)

Declension

declension of docent

	singular	plural
nominative	docent	docenci
genitive	docenta	docentów
dative	docentowi	docentom
accusative	docenta	docentów
instrumental	docentem	docentami
locative	docencie	docentach
vocative	docencie	docenci

Derived terms

• docentura

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Swedish

Noun

docent c

1. a docent, a university teacher who holds a PhD degree, an associate professor

Declension

Inflection of docent
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	docent	docenten	docenter	docenterna
Genitive	docents	docentens	docenters	docenternas

External links

• Docent on the Swedish Wikipedia.sv.Wikipedia