different between lecture vs lectureship

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

lecture +? -ship

Noun

lectureship (plural lectureships)

1. A position as a lecturer.
2. A series of lectures, possibly by different lecturers, on a common theme.
3. Something that provides for lectures to be presented.