docent

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Latin docēntem, present participle of docēre (“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

• Finnish: dosentti

tour guide

• Finnish: opas

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Dutch

Etymology

From Latin docēntem, present participle of docēre (“to teach”).

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: do‧cent

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 docēntem, likely through German Dozent.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɔ.t͡sɛnt]

• audio

  (file)

Noun

Wikipedia ^pl

docent m

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

Wikipedia ^sv

Noun

docent c

1. a docent, a university teacher who holds a PhD degree

Declension

Declension of docent

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	docent	docenten	docenter	docenterna
genitive	docents	docentens	docenters	docenternas