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analects

English

Etymology

1658, from Ancient Greek ???????? (análekta, things chosen), from ???- (ana-, up) + ???? (lég?, I gather). Compare lecture.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [?æ.n??l?k(t)s]

Noun

analects pl (plural only)

  1. A collection of excerpts or quotes.

Usage notes

Typically in reference or comparison to the Analects of Confucius, based on James Legge's use of the term in his influential translation.

Synonyms

  • analecta

Translations

References

Further reading

  • analects on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • scanlate

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lecture

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin or Late Latin lectura (reading), from Latin lectus, past participle of leg? (I read, I recite).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?l?k.t???/
  • (US) IPA(key): /?l?k.t???/

Noun

lecture (plural lectures)

  1. A spoken lesson or exposition, usually delivered to a group.
  2. (by extension) a class that primarily consists of a (weekly or other regularly held) lecture (as in sense 1) [usually at college or university]
  3. A berating or scolding.
  4. (obsolete) The act of reading.

Translations

See also

  • (adj.): acroamatic

Verb

lecture (third-person singular simple present lectures, present participle lecturing, simple past and past participle lectured)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To teach (somebody) by giving a speech on a given topic.
  2. (transitive) To preach, to berate, to scold.

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:reprehend

Derived terms

  • lecturer

Related terms

  • analects
  • lectern
  • lection
  • lesson

Translations

See also

  • (adj.): acroamatic

Anagrams

  • truecel

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin l?ct?ra, feminine of Classical Latin l?ct?rus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /l?k.ty?/

Noun

lecture f (plural lectures)

  1. reading (act or process of reading, interpretation, material read, and some other senses)

Derived terms

Related terms

  • lecteur
  • leçon
  • lire

Further reading

  • “lecture” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

  • lecteur

Latin

Participle

l?ct?re

  1. vocative masculine singular of l?ct?rus

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