different between lecture vs harangue

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

English

Etymology

From Middle English arang and French harangue, from Old Italian aringa (modern Italian arringa) from aringare (“speak in public”) (modern Italian arringare), from aringo (“public assembly”), from Gothic *???????????????????????? (*hriggs), akin to Old High German hring (“ring”) (whence German Ring).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /h???æ?/
• (US)
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /h???e??/
• Rhymes: -æ?
• Hyphenation: ha?rangue

Noun

harangue (plural harangues)

1. An impassioned, disputatious public speech.
2. A tirade, harsh scolding or rant, whether spoken or written.

   Synonyms: admonition, condemnation, criticism, diatribe, polemic, rant, screed, tirade; see also Thesaurus:diatribe

Translations

Verb

harangue (third-person singular simple present harangues, present participle haranguing, simple past and past participle harangued)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To give a forceful and lengthy lecture or criticism to someone.

   Synonyms: admonish, berate, lecture, speech

   • 1711, Jonathan Swift, An Excellent New Song

     He has vamp'd an old speech, and the court to their sorrow, / Shall hear him harangue against Prior to morrow.

Related terms

• haranguer

Translations

References

French

Pronunciation

• ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /a.????/
• Homophones: haranguent, harangues

Etymology 1

From Middle French harangue (“a public address, public discourse”), from Old Italian aringo (“arena, public square, platform”), from Frankish *hring (“circle, ring”) or Gothic ???????????????????????? (hriggs, “ring, circle”), both from Proto-Germanic *hringaz (“circle, ring”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreng?- (“to turn, bend”), from *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”). Cognate with Old High German hring (“circle, ring”), Old English hring (“circle, ring”). Alternative etymology suggests the possibility that the Italian word may be derived from a Frankish compound *hari-hring (“circular gathering”, literally “host-ring or army-ring”). More at here, ring.

Noun

harangue f (plural harangues)

1. harangue

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

harangue

1. first/third-person singular present indicative of haranguer
2. first/third-person singular present subjunctive of haranguer
3. second-person singular imperative of haranguer

Further reading

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