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lecturer

/ˈlektʃəə/LEK-chur-ur
/ˈlɛktʃɚɚ/LEK-chur-ur

Meaningone who lectures

Common meaning: a person who gives talks, often at a university

Journey through time

  1. Latinlectura‘a reading’source
  2. Frenchlecture‘a reading’source
  3. Englishlecture‘a talk given to teach an audience’
  4. Englishformed in English from lecturelecturer‘a person who gives talks, often at a university’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Formed in English from lecture + -er.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), LECTURE, p.327 · scan

Roots

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