different between pedant vs schoolteacher
pedant
English
Etymology
From Middle French pedant, pedante, from Italian pedante (“a teacher, schoolmaster, pedant”), associated with Italian pedagogo (“teacher, pedagogue”). Compare French pédant.
Pronunciation
- enPR: p?d??nt, IPA(key): /?p?d?nt/
Noun
pedant (plural pedants)
- (archaic) A teacher or schoolmaster.
- , vol. 1 ch. 24:
- I have in my youth oftentimes beene vexed to see a Pedant [tr. pedante] brought in, in most of Italian comedies, for a vice or sport-maker, and the nicke-name of Magister to be of no better signification amongst us.
- , vol. 1 ch. 24:
- A person who emphasizes their knowledge through strict adherence to rules of vocabulary and grammar.
- A person who is overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning.
Derived terms
Translations
Adjective
pedant (not comparable)
- Pedantic.
See also
- Pedant in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
- stickler
Further reading
- pedant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- pedant in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- pedant at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- panted, pentad
Czech
Etymology
From German Pedant, from French pédant, from Italian pedante.
Noun
pedant m
- pedant (person who is overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning)
Declension
Dutch
Pronunciation
Adjective
pedant (comparative pedanter, superlative pedantst)
- pedantic
Latin
Verb
pedant
- third-person plural present active indicative of ped?
Middle French
Alternative forms
- pedante
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian pedante.
Noun
pedant m (plural pedants)
- teacher; tutor; educator
- pedant
Polish
Etymology
From French pédant, from Italian pedante.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?p?.dant/
Noun
pedant m pers (feminine pedantka)
- neat freak, out-and-outer, pedant, prig, stickler
- Synonyms: porz?dni?, skrupulant, skrupulat
Declension
Derived terms
- (adjective) pedantyczny
Related terms
- (nouns) pedanteria, pedantyzm, pedantyczno??
- (adjective) pedanteryjny
- (adverb) pedantycznie
Further reading
- pedant in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- pedant in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
From French Pedant.
Adjective
pedant m or n (feminine singular pedant?, masculine plural pedan?i, feminine and neuter plural pedante)
- pedantic
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From German Pedant, from French pédant, from Italian pedante, from Ancient Greek ??????? (paideía).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p?dant/; /pedânt/
- Hyphenation: pe?dant
Noun
pèdant, ped?nt m (Cyrillic spelling ??????, ???????)
- pedant (person who is overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning)
Declension
References
- “pedant” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal
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schoolteacher
English
Etymology
school +? teacher
Noun
schoolteacher (plural schoolteachers)
- A teacher working in a school.
Derived terms
- schoolie
- schoolteacherish
- schoolteacherly
Translations
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