magistério

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin magisterium.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.ʒisˈtɛ.ɾi.u/ [ma.ʒisˈtɛ.ɾɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /ma.ʒisˈtɛ.ɾju/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.ʒisˈtɛ.ɾi.u/ [ma.ʒisˈtɛ.ɾɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /ma.ʒisˈtɛ.ɾju/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ma.ʒiʃˈtɛ.ɾi.u/ [ma.ʒiʃˈtɛ.ɾɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /ma.ʒiʃˈtɛ.ɾju/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.ʒisˈtɛ.ɾi.o/ [ma.ʒisˈtɛ.ɾɪ.o], (faster pronunciation) /ma.ʒisˈtɛ.ɾjo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ.ʒiʃˈtɛ.ɾju/

• Hyphenation: ma‧gis‧té‧ri‧o

Noun

magistério m (plural magistérios)

1. teachership or professorship (the occupation of a teacher or professor, or the exercise thereof)

   Synonyms: professorado, docência

2. professors or teachers, collectively

   Synonym: professorado

3. magisterium
4. (by extension) an intellectual, moral and/or doctrinal authority
5. (chemistry) a precipitate obtained from saline dissolutions
6. (historical, alchemy) a chemical compound to which fantastic properties were attributed

Related terms

• magistrado