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lecturer

noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈlɛkt͡ʃəɹə/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈlekt͡ʃəɹə/
  • Canada, General-American: /ˈlɛkt͡ʃəɹɚ/
  • Canada: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: L EH1 K CH ER0 ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A person who gives lectures, especially as a profession.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A member of a university or college below the rank of assistant professor or reader; docent; lector.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A member of the Church of England clergy whose main task was to deliver sermons (lectures) in the afternoons and evenings.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dated

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

a public lecturer at certain universities

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: lector, reader

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: educator, pedagogue, pedagog

5

noun

Meaning 5

someone who lectures professionally

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: speaker, talker, utterer, verbalizer, verbaliser

Narrower terms: Keller, Helen Keller, Helen Adams Keller

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English lecture Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English lecturer From lecture + -er.

Across languages

Translations

130 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: ligjërues — person who gives lectures
  • Amharic: ተናጋሪ (tänagari) — person who gives lectures
  • Arabic: مُحَاضِر (muḥāḍir) — person who gives lectures
  • Arabic: مُحَاضِرَة (muḥāḍira) — person who gives lectures
  • Armenian: դասախոս (dasaxos) — person who gives lectures
  • Azerbaijani: mühazirəçi — person who gives lectures
  • Azerbaijani: lektor — person who gives lectures
  • Belarusian: ле́ктар (ljéktar) — person who gives lectures
  • Belarusian: ле́ктарка (ljéktarka) — person who gives lectures
  • Bengali: প্রভাষক (probhaśok) — person who gives lectures
  • Bulgarian: ле́ктор (léktor) — person who gives lectures
  • Bulgarian: ле́кторка (léktorka) — person who gives lectures
  • Burmese: ကထိက (ka.hti.ka.) — person who gives lectures
  • Chinese Cantonese: 講師 /讲师 (gong2 si1) — person who gives lectures
  • Chinese Mandarin: 講師 /讲师 (jiǎngshī) — person who gives lectures
  • Chinese Mandarin: 演講者 /演讲者 — person who gives lectures
  • Czech: přednášející — person who gives lectures
  • Danish: forelæser — person who gives lectures
  • Dutch: lector — person who gives lectures
  • Estonian: õppejõud — person who gives lectures
  • Estonian: lektor — person who gives lectures
  • Finnish: luennoija — person who gives lectures
  • Finnish: luennoitsija — person who gives lectures
  • French: conférencier — person who gives lectures
  • French: lecteur — person who gives lectures
  • French: maître de conférences — person who gives lectures
  • Georgian: ლექტორი (lekṭori) — person who gives lectures
  • German: Lektor — person who gives lectures
  • German: Lektorin — person who gives lectures
  • Greek: λέκτορας (léktoras) — person who gives lectures
  • Hebrew: מַרְצֶה (martsé) — person who gives lectures
  • Hebrew: מַרְצָה (martsá) — person who gives lectures
  • Hindi: प्राध्यापक (prādhyāpak) — person who gives lectures
  • Hindi: व्याख्याता (vyākhyātā) — person who gives lectures
  • Hindi: लेक्चरर (lekcarar) — person who gives lectures
  • Hungarian: előadó — person who gives lectures
  • Hungarian: oktató — person who gives lectures
  • Hungarian: óraadó (tanár) — person who gives lectures
  • Icelandic: fyrirlesari — person who gives lectures
  • Indonesian: dosen — person who gives lectures
  • Irish: léachtóir — person who gives lectures
  • Italian: conferenziere — person who gives lectures
  • Japanese: 講師 (kōshi) — person who gives lectures
  • Kazakh: лектор (lektor) — person who gives lectures
  • Khmer: សាស្ត្រាចារ្យ (saahstraacaa) — person who gives lectures
  • Khmer: អាចារ្យ (ʼaacaa) — person who gives lectures
  • Korean: 강사 (gangsa) — person who gives lectures
  • Kyrgyz: лектор (lektor) — person who gives lectures
  • Lao: ອາຈານ (ʼā chān) — person who gives lectures
  • Latvian: lektors — person who gives lectures
  • Latvian: pasniedzējs — person who gives lectures
  • Lithuanian: dėstytojas — person who gives lectures
  • Lithuanian: lektorius — person who gives lectures
  • Macedonian: предавач (predavač) — person who gives lectures
  • Malay: pensyarah — person who gives lectures
  • Māori: kaikauhau — person who gives lectures
  • Māori: kaikauwhau — person who gives lectures
  • Meru: muritani — person who gives lectures
  • Mongolian: лектор (lektor) — person who gives lectures
  • Mongolian: лекц уншигч (lekc unšigč) — person who gives lectures
  • Mongolian: илтгэгч (iltgegč) — person who gives lectures
  • Norwegian Bokmål: foredragsholder — person who gives lectures
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: foredragshaldar — person who gives lectures
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: føredragshaldar — person who gives lectures
  • Iranian Persian: مُدَرِّس (modarres) — person who gives lectures
  • Iranian Persian: مُرَبّی (morabbi) — person who gives lectures
  • Polish: wykładowca — person who gives lectures
  • Polish: wykładowczyni — person who gives lectures
  • Portuguese: palestrante — person who gives lectures
  • Romanian: lector — person who gives lectures
  • Russian: ле́ктор (léktor) — person who gives lectures
  • Serbo-Croatian: преда̀ва̄ч — person who gives lectures
  • Serbo-Croatian: predàvāč — person who gives lectures
  • Slovak: prednášajúci — person who gives lectures
  • Slovene: predavatelj — person who gives lectures
  • Spanish: docente — person who gives lectures
  • Spanish: aleccionador — person who gives lectures
  • Spanish: conferenciante — person who gives lectures
  • Spanish: conferencista — person who gives lectures
  • Spanish: lector — person who gives lectures
  • Swahili: mkufunzi — person who gives lectures
  • Swahili: mhadhiri — person who gives lectures
  • Swedish: föreläsare — person who gives lectures
  • Tajik: лектор (lektor) — person who gives lectures
  • Thai: อาจารย์ (aa-jaan) — person who gives lectures
  • Turkish: lektör — person who gives lectures
  • Turkish: öğretim görevlisi — person who gives lectures
  • Turkmen: lektor — person who gives lectures
  • Ukrainian: ле́ктор (léktor) — person who gives lectures
  • Ukrainian: ле́кторка (léktorka) — person who gives lectures
  • Urdu: مُدَرِّس (mudarris) — person who gives lectures
  • Urdu: لیکْچَرَر (lekcarar) — person who gives lectures
  • Uyghur: لېكتور (lëktor) — person who gives lectures
  • Uzbek: lektor — person who gives lectures
  • Vietnamese: giảng viên — person who gives lectures
  • Welsh: darlithydd — person who gives lectures
  • Armenian: դասախոս (dasaxos) — member of university or college
  • Chinese Mandarin: 講師 /讲师 (jiǎngshī) — member of university or college
  • Finnish: lehtori — member of university or college
  • French: maître de conférence — member of university or college
  • German: Lektor — member of university or college
  • German: Lektorin — member of university or college
  • German: Dozent — member of university or college
  • German: Dozentin — member of university or college
  • Greek: επιμελητής (epimelitís) — member of university or college
  • Greek: επιμελήτρια (epimelítria) — member of university or college
  • Hungarian: adjunktus — member of university or college
  • Hungarian: tanársegéd — member of university or college
  • Icelandic: lektor — member of university or college
  • Indonesian: dosen — member of university or college
  • Indonesian: lektor — member of university or college
  • Irish: léachtóir — member of university or college
  • Macedonian: доцент (docent) — member of university or college
  • Norwegian Bokmål: foreleser — member of university or college
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: forelesar — member of university or college
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: førelesar — member of university or college
  • Polish: wykładowca — member of university or college
  • Polish: wykładowczyni — member of university or college
  • Portuguese: docente — member of university or college
  • Russian: преподава́тель (prepodavátelʹ) — member of university or college
  • Russian: доце́нт (docént) — member of university or college
  • Spanish: docente — member of university or college
  • Spanish: lector — member of university or college
  • Swahili: mkufunzi — member of university or college
  • Thai: อาจารย์ (aa-jaan) — member of university or college
  • Ukrainian: виклада́ч (vykladáč) — member of university or college
  • Ukrainian: виклада́чка (vykladáčka) — member of university or college
  • Ukrainian: доце́нт (docént) — member of university or college
  • Finnish: apupappi — dated: member of the Church of England clergy
  • Swahili: mkufunzi — dated: member of the Church of England clergy
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