lecture

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈlɛk.t͡ʃə/
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• Received-Pronunciation: [ˈlɛk.t͡ʃə]
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• Australian: /ˈlek.t͡ʃə/
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• Australian: [ˈlek.t͡ʃə]
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• New-Zealand: /ˈle̝k.t͡ʃɘ/
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• New-Zealand: [ˈle̝k.t͡ʃɘ]
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• Canadian, General-American, Standard: /ˈlɛk.t͡ʃɚ/
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• Canadian, General-American, Standard: [ˈlɛk.t͡ʃɚ] ~ [ˈlɛk.t͡ʃɹ̩]
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• rhymes with -ɛktʃə(ɹ)
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From Middle English lecture, lectour, letture, letteur, lettur, lectury, from Medieval Latin or Late Latin lectura (“reading”), from Latin lectus, past participle of legō (“to read, recite”). Doublet of lector.

162 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: lesing — a spoken lesson
• Albanian: leksion — a spoken lesson
• Arabic: مُحَاضَرَة (muḥāḍara) — a spoken lesson
• Armenian: դասախոսություն (dasaxosutʻyun) — a spoken lesson
• Azerbaijani: mühazirə — a spoken lesson
• Azerbaijani: məruzə — a spoken lesson
• Belarusian: ле́кцыя (ljékcyja) — a spoken lesson
• Bengali: সবক (sôbôk) — a spoken lesson
• Bulgarian: ле́кция (lékcija) — a spoken lesson
• Catalan: conferència — a spoken lesson
• Chinese Mandarin: 演講 /演讲 (yǎnjiǎng) — a spoken lesson
• Czech: přednáška — a spoken lesson
• Danish: forelæsning — a spoken lesson
• Dutch: lezing — a spoken lesson
• Dutch: college — a spoken lesson
• Esperanto: prelego — a spoken lesson
• Esperanto: lekcio — a spoken lesson
• Estonian: loeng — a spoken lesson
• Finnish: luento — a spoken lesson
• French: conférence — a spoken lesson
• French: cours magistral — a spoken lesson
• Georgian: ლექცია (lekcia) — a spoken lesson
• German: Vorlesung — a spoken lesson
• German: Vortrag — a spoken lesson
• Greek: διάλεξη (diálexi) — a spoken lesson
• Hebrew: הַרְצָאָה (hartsa'á) — a spoken lesson
• Hindi: लेक्चर (lekcar) — a spoken lesson
• Hungarian: előadás — a spoken lesson
• Icelandic: fyrirlestur — a spoken lesson
• Indonesian: kuliah — a spoken lesson
• Irish: léacht — a spoken lesson
• Italian: conferenza — a spoken lesson
• Italian: lezione — a spoken lesson
• Japanese: 講義 (kōgi) — a spoken lesson
• Kazakh: лекция (leksiä) — a spoken lesson
• Korean: 강의 (gang'ui) — a spoken lesson
• Kyrgyz: лекция (lektsiya) — a spoken lesson
• Kyrgyz: дарыс (darıs) — a spoken lesson
• Lao: ປາຖະກະຖາ (pā tha ka thā) — a spoken lesson
• Lao: ການປະທະກະຖາ (kān pa tha ka thā) — a spoken lesson
• Latvian: lekcija — a spoken lesson
• Lithuanian: paskaita — a spoken lesson
• Macedonian: предавање (predavanje) — a spoken lesson
• Māori: kauhau — a spoken lesson
• Māori: kauwhau — a spoken lesson
• Mongolian: лекц (lekc) — a spoken lesson
• Mongolian: илтгэл (iltgel) — a spoken lesson
• Norman: conféthence — a spoken lesson
• Norwegian Bokmål: forelesning — a spoken lesson
• Norwegian Bokmål: foredrag — a spoken lesson
• Norwegian Nynorsk: førelesing — a spoken lesson
• Norwegian Nynorsk: forelesning — a spoken lesson
• Norwegian Nynorsk: foredrag — a spoken lesson
• Occitan: lectura — a spoken lesson
• Occitan: cors — a spoken lesson
• Persian: سخنرانی (soxanrâni) — a spoken lesson
• Persian: محاضره (mohâzare) — a spoken lesson
• Plautdietsch: Väadrach — a spoken lesson
• Polish: wykład — a spoken lesson
• Polish: prelekcja — a spoken lesson
• Portuguese: conferência — a spoken lesson
• Portuguese: palestra — a spoken lesson
• Romanian: curs — a spoken lesson
• Romanian: conferință — a spoken lesson
• Russian: ле́кция (lékcija) — a spoken lesson
• Russian: уро́к (urók) — a spoken lesson
• Russian: докла́д (doklád) — a spoken lesson
• Serbo-Croatian: преда́ва̄ње — a spoken lesson
• Serbo-Croatian: predávānje — a spoken lesson
• Slovak: prednáška — a spoken lesson
• Slovene: predavanje — a spoken lesson
• Lower Sorbian: cytanje — a spoken lesson
• Southern Altai: лекция (lekciya) — a spoken lesson
• Spanish: aleccionamiento — a spoken lesson
• Spanish: lectivo — a spoken lesson
• Swedish: föreläsning — a spoken lesson
• Tajik: маърӯза (ma'rüza) — a spoken lesson
• Tajik: муҳозара (muhozara) — a spoken lesson
• Tajik: суханрони (suxanron-i) — a spoken lesson
• Telugu: ఉపన్యాసం (upanyāsaṁ) — a spoken lesson
• Thai: การบรรยาย — a spoken lesson
• Thai: เล็กเชอร์ — a spoken lesson
• Thai: บรรยาย (ban-yaai) — a spoken lesson
• Turkish: konferans — a spoken lesson
• Turkish: ders — a spoken lesson
• Ottoman Turkish: درس (ders) — a spoken lesson
• Ukrainian: ле́кція (lékcija) — a spoken lesson
• Uyghur: لېكسىيە (lëksiye) — a spoken lesson
• Uzbek: leksiya — a spoken lesson
• Vietnamese: bài giảng — a spoken lesson
• Yiddish: לעקציע (lektsye) — a spoken lesson
• Armenian: դասախոսել (dasaxosel) — to teach
• Armenian: դասախոսություն կարդալ (dasaxosutʻyun kardal) — to teach
• Bulgarian: изнасям лекция (iznasjam lekcija) — to teach
• Catalan: alliçonar — to teach
• Catalan: dictar — to teach
• Catalan: impartir — to teach
• Catalan: donar un curs — to teach
• Czech: přednášet — to teach
• Danish: forelæse — to teach
• Esperanto: lekcii — to teach
• Finnish: luennoida — to teach
• French: donner une conférence — to teach
• French: donner un cours magistral — to teach
• German: Vorlesung halten — to teach
• Greek: δίνω διάλεξη (díno diálexi) — to teach
• Hungarian: tanít — to teach
• Hungarian: oktat — to teach
• Hungarian: előad — to teach
• Indonesian: kuliah — to teach
• Indonesian: menguliahi — to teach
• Italian: insegnare — to teach
• Macedonian: предава (predava) — to teach
• Māori: kauhau — to teach
• Māori: kauwhau — to teach
• Norwegian Bokmål: forelese — to teach
• Polish: wykładać — to teach
• Portuguese: palestrar — to teach
• Russian: чита́ть ле́кцию (čitátʹ lékciju) — to teach
• Russian: преподава́ть (prepodavátʹ) — to teach
• Spanish: aleccionar — to teach
• Spanish: dictar — to teach
• Spanish: impartir — to teach
• Swedish: föredra — to teach
• Turkish: ders anlatmak — to teach
• Bulgarian: мъмря (mǎmrja) — to berate, to scold
• Chinese Mandarin: 训斥 (xùnchì) — to berate, to scold
• Czech: poučovat — to berate, to scold
• Finnish: läksyttää — to berate, to scold
• French: gronder — to berate, to scold
• French: faire la leçon — to berate, to scold
• French: faire la morale — to berate, to scold
• French: donner des leçons — to berate, to scold
• Greek: κατσαδιάζω (katsadiázo) — to berate, to scold
• Hungarian: megleckéztet — to berate, to scold
• Hungarian: leckéztet — to berate, to scold
• Hungarian: megfedd — to berate, to scold
• Hungarian: prédikál — to berate, to scold
• Hungarian: megró — to berate, to scold
• Hungarian: megmossa a fejét — to berate, to scold
• Hungarian: megdorgál — to berate, to scold
• Hungarian: megint — to berate, to scold
• Hungarian: megpirongat — to berate, to scold
• Hungarian: rendreutasít — to berate, to scold
• Italian: sgridare — to berate, to scold
• Italian: richiamare — to berate, to scold
• Italian: fare la predica — to berate, to scold
• Macedonian: одр́жува ле́кција (odŕžuva lékcija) — to berate, to scold
• Norwegian Bokmål: irettesette — to berate, to scold
• Norwegian Bokmål: skjenne — to berate, to scold
• Russian: чита́ть нота́ции (čitátʹ notácii) — to berate, to scold
• Russian: выгова́ривать (vygovárivatʹ) — to berate, to scold
• Russian: отчи́тывать (otčítyvatʹ) — to berate, to scold
• Russian: отчи́та́ть (otčítátʹ) — to berate, to scold
• Spanish: sermonear — to berate, to scold
• Spanish: amonestar — to berate, to scold
• Spanish: reprehender — to berate, to scold
• Spanish: dar lecciones — to berate, to scold
• Swedish: läxa upp — to berate, to scold
• Swedish: mästra — to berate, to scold
• Turkish: haşlamak — to berate, to scold
• Turkish: fırça atmak — to berate, to scold