adj · 3 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.
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Pronunciation
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General-American:/ˌpɛdəˈɡɑd͡ʒɪkəl/
Received-Pronunciation:/ˌpɛdəˈɡɒd͡ʒɪkəl/
Received-Pronunciation:/ˌpɛdəˈɡɒɡɪkəl/
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rhymes with -ɒdʒɪkəl
CMU ARPABET:P EH2 D AH0 G AA1 JH IH0 K AH0 L
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Of, or relating to pedagogy; teaching.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: didactic, pedagogic
Antonyms: none provided
2
adj
Meaning 2
Haughty and formal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pedantic
Antonyms: none provided
3
adjective
Meaning 3
of or relating to pedagogy
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
pedagogical significance
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pedagogic
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From pedagogic + -al.
Across languages
Translations
40 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Armenian:
մանկավարժական
(mankavaržakan)
— of, or relating to pedagogy
Asturian:
pedagóxicu
— of, or relating to pedagogy
Belarusian:
педагагі́чны
(pjedahahíčny)
— of, or relating to pedagogy
Catalan:
pedagògic
— of, or relating to pedagogy
Czech:
pedagogický
— of, or relating to pedagogy
Danish:
pædagogisk
— of, or relating to pedagogy
Dutch:
pedagogisch
— of, or relating to pedagogy
Esperanto:
pedagogia
— of, or relating to pedagogy
Finnish:
pedagoginen
— of, or relating to pedagogy
Finnish:
opetuksellinen
— of, or relating to pedagogy
Finnish:
opetusopillinen
— of, or relating to pedagogy
French:
pédagogique
— of, or relating to pedagogy
Galician:
pedagóxico
— of, or relating to pedagogy
German:
pädagogisch
— of, or relating to pedagogy
Hungarian:
pedagógiai
— of, or relating to pedagogy
Indonesian:
pedagogis
— of, or relating to pedagogy
Indonesian:
pedagogik
— of, or relating to pedagogy
Interlingua:
pedagogic
— of, or relating to pedagogy
Italian:
pedagogico
— of, or relating to pedagogy
Italian:
didattico
— of, or relating to pedagogy
Italian:
educativo
— of, or relating to pedagogy
Kazakh:
педагогикалық
(pedagogikalyq)
— of, or relating to pedagogy
Norman:
pédagogique
— of, or relating to pedagogy
Norwegian Bokmål:
pedagogisk
— of, or relating to pedagogy
Norwegian Nynorsk:
pedagogisk
— of, or relating to pedagogy
Polish:
pedagogiczny
— of, or relating to pedagogy
Portuguese:
pedagógico
— of, or relating to pedagogy
Russian:
педагоги́ческий
(pedagogíčeskij)
— of, or relating to pedagogy
Serbo-Croatian:
pedàgoškī
— of, or relating to pedagogy
Slovak:
pedagogický
— of, or relating to pedagogy
Slovene:
pedagoški
— of, or relating to pedagogy
Slovene:
pedagogičen
— of, or relating to pedagogy
Spanish:
pedagógico
— of, or relating to pedagogy
Swedish:
pedagogisk
— of, or relating to pedagogy
Ukrainian:
педагогі́чний
(pedahohíčnyj)
— of, or relating to pedagogy