different between lection vs lecture

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French lection, from Latin l?cti?nem, form of l?cti?, from leg? (“I read, I gather”). Doublet of lesson.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?k??n/

Noun

lection (countable and uncountable, plural lections)

1. (obsolete) The act of reading.
2. (ecclesiastical) A reading of a religious text; a lesson to be read in church etc.
   • 1885, Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Night 13:

     This man […] came to dwell in our city, and here founded this holy house, and he hath edified us by his litanies and his lections of the Koran.

Synonyms

• (a religious reading): lesson

Related terms

• lectern
• lecture
• lector
• lesson

Interlingua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lek?tsjon/

Noun

lection (plural lectiones)

1. lesson

Old French

Alternative forms

• leccion
• lectiun

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lectio, lectionem. See also leçon.

Noun

lection f (oblique plural lections, nominative singular lection, nominative plural lections)

1. election; choice
2. reading (act, process of reading)

Descendants

• ? English: lection

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)

2. A spoken lesson or exposition, usually delivered to a group.

3. (by extension) a class that primarily consists of a (weekly or other regularly held) lecture (as in sense 1) [usually at college or university]

4. A berating or scolding.

5. (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)

2. (transitive, intransitive) To teach (somebody) by giving a speech on a given topic.

3. (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