different between docent vs document

English

Etymology

From Latin doc?ns, present participle of doce? (“to teach”). As some central European teachers, a clipped version of privat-docent, from German Privatdozent, from German Dozent.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?d??.s?nt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?do?.s?nt/

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.

Related terms

• docile
• doctor
• doctorate
• doctrinaire
• doctrinal
• doctrine
• document
• indoctrinate

Translations

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin doc?ns.

Adjective

docent (masculine and feminine plural docents)

1. teaching

Noun

docent m or f (plural docents)

1. lecturer

Derived terms

• docència

Further reading

• “docent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “docent” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “docent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “docent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Czech

Etymology

Latin doceo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?dot?s?nt]

Noun

docent m

1. lecturer

Related terms

Further reading

• docent in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• docent in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Noun

docent c (singular definite docenten, plural indefinite docenter)

1. reader

Declension

Dutch

Etymology

From Latin doc?ns, present participle of doce? (“to teach”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /do??s?nt/, (Netherlands) [do???s?nt], (Belgium) [do??s?nt]
• Hyphenation: do?cent
• Rhymes: -?nt

Noun

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

1. teacher, docent

Synonyms

• leraar
• leerkracht
• onderwijzer

Descendants

• Afrikaans: dosent
• ? Indonesian: dosen

Latin

Verb

docent

1. third-person plural present active indicative of doce?

Polish

Etymology

From Latin doc?ns, likely through German Dozent.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?.t?s?nt/

Noun

docent m pers

1. docent, lecturer (teacher at a university)

Declension

Derived terms

• docentura

Romanian

Etymology

From German Dozent

Noun

docent m (plural docen?i)

1. lecturer

Declension

Swedish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

docent c

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

Declension

Further reading

• docent on the Swedish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^sv

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French document, from Latin documentum.

Pronunciation

• (noun)
  • (Received Pronunciation): enPR: d?'kyo?om?nt, IPA^(key): /?d?kj?m?nt/
  • (US): enPR: dä'kyo?om?nt, IPA^(key): /?d?kj?m?nt/
• (verb)
  • (Received Pronunciation): enPR: d?'kyo?om?nt, IPA^(key): /?d?kj?m?nt/
  • (US): enPR: dä'kyo?om?nt, IPA^(key): /?d?kj?m?nt/

Noun

document (plural documents)

1. An original or official paper used as the basis, proof, or support of anything else, including any writing, book, or other instrument conveying information pertinent to such proof or support.
2. Any material substance on which the information is represented by writing.
3. (computing) A file that contains text.
4. (obsolete) That which is taught or authoritatively set forth; precept; instruction; dogma.
5. (obsolete) An example for instruction or warning.

Hyponyms

• here document
• Web document

Derived terms

• document-style
• here-document

Related terms

Translations

References

• document on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Verb

document (third-person singular simple present documents, present participle documenting, simple past and past participle documented)

1. To record in documents.

2. To furnish with documents or papers necessary to establish facts or give information.

Translations

Derived terms

• documentation

References

• document in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin documentum.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /do.ku?ment/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /du.ku?men/

Noun

document m

1. document

Related terms

• documentar

Further reading

• “document” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “document” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “document” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “document” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French document, from Latin documentum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?do?.ky?m?nt/
• Hyphenation: do?cu?ment
• Rhymes: -?nt

Noun

document n (plural documenten, diminutive documentje n)

1. document

   Synonym: bewijsstuk

Descendants

• Afrikaans: dokument
• ? Indonesian: dokumen

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin documentum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?.ky.m??/
• Rhymes: -??
• Homophone: documents

Noun

document m (plural documents)

1. document
2. (computing) file

Derived terms

• documenter

Further reading

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

Occitan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin documentum. Attested from the 13th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /du?kymen/

Noun

document m (plural documents)

1. document

Related terms

• documentar

References

Piedmontese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin documentum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /duky?m??t/

Noun

document m

1. document

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French document, Italian documento, Latin documentum.

Noun

document n (plural documente)

1. document