different between lector vs lectern

English

Alternative forms

• lectour (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin l?ctor, from leg? (“I read”).

Noun

lector (plural lectors)

1. A lay person who reads aloud certain religious texts in a church service.
2. A public lecturer or reader at some universities.
3. (historical, US, cigar industry) A person who reads aloud to workers to entertain them, appointed by a trade union.

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Translations

Anagrams

• Colter, Cotler, colter

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin l?ctor, l?ct?rem.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /l?k?to/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /lek?to?/

Adjective

lector (feminine lectora, masculine plural lectors, feminine plural lectores)

1. reading

Noun

lector m (plural lectora)

1. reader

Related terms

Further reading

• “lector” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Latin

Etymology

From leg? +? -tor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?le?k.tor/, [???e?kt??r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?lek.tor/, [?l?kt??r]

Noun

l?ctor m (genitive l?ct?ris); third declension

1. a reader

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Derived terms

• l?ctor?le

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Descendants

References

• lector in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• lector in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• lector in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• lector in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Romanian

Etymology

From French lecteur

Noun

lector m (plural lectori)

1. lecturer

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin l?ctor, l?ct?rem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /le??to?/, [le???t?o?]

Adjective

lector (feminine lectora, masculine plural lectores, feminine plural lectoras)

1. reading
2. reading aloud to other people

Noun

lector m (plural lectores, feminine lectora, feminine plural lectoras)

1. reader

Related terms

Further reading

• “lector” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

15th century partial re-Latinization of early 14th century Middle English lettorne, lettron, from Old French leitrun, from Medieval Latin lectrinum, from Late Latin lectrum, from lectus (from whence also lecture), form of Latin leg? (“I read”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?kt?(?)n

Noun

lectern (plural lecterns)

1. A stand with a slanted top used to support a bible from which passages are read during a church service.
2. A similar stand to support a lecturer's notes.

Usage notes

While podium is a more commonly used synonym, particularly for secular lecturing, some reject this usage and instead insist on lectern – see usage notes at podium.

Synonyms

• podium

Related terms

• lection
• lecture
• lector
• lesson

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