docent

Etymology

From Latin docēns, present participle of doceō (“to teach”); see German word Dozent.

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 universities (in central Europe, etc.)
   • 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.

Etymology

Latin doceo

Noun

docent m

1. lecturer

Related terms

Further reading

• docent in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• docent in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Noun

docent c (singular definite docenten, plural indefinite docenter)

1. reader

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: do‧cent
• Rhymes: -ɛnt

Noun

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

1. teacher, docent

Verb

docent

1. third-person plural present active indicative of doceō

Etymology

From Latin docēns, likely through German Dozent.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɔ.t͡sɛnt/

• audio

  (file)

Noun

docent m pers

1. docent, lecturer (teacher at a university)

Noun

docent c

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

Further reading

• docent on the Swedish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^sv