lecture

== English == === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === (non-rhotic) (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈlɛk.t͡ʃə/, [ˈlɛk.t͡ʃə] (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈlek.t͡ʃə/, [ˈlek.t͡ʃə] (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈle̝k.t͡ʃɘ/, [ˈle̝k.t͡ʃɘ] (rhotic) (General American, Standard Canadian) IPA(key): /ˈlɛk.t͡ʃɚ/, [ˈlɛk.t͡ʃɚ] ~ [ˈlɛk.t͡ʃɹ̩] Rhymes: -ɛktʃə(ɹ) Hyphenation: lec‧ture === Noun === lecture (plural lectures) A spoken lesson or exposition, usually delivered to a group. (by extension) A class that primarily consists of a (weekly or other regularly held) lecture (as in sense 1), usually at college or university. A berating or scolding, especially if lengthy, formal or given in a stern or angry manner. Synonyms: dressing down, going over, sermon; see also Thesaurus:scolding (obsolete) The act of reading. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== (adj.): acroamatic === Verb === lecture (third-person singular simple present lectures, present participle lecturing, simple past and past participle lectured) (ambitransitive) To teach (somebody) by giving a speech on a given topic. (transitive) To preach, to berate, to scold. ==== Synonyms ==== See also Thesaurus:criticize ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== (adj.): acroamatic === Anagrams === truecel == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Late Latin lēctūra, feminine of Classical Latin lēctūrus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /lɛk.tyʁ/ === Noun === lecture f (plural lectures) reading (act or process of reading, interpretation, material read, and some other senses) redonner à quelqu'un le goût de la lecture ― to rekindle the love of reading playback (the replaying of something previously recorded, especially sound or moving images) appareil de lecture ― playback device play (an instance of watching or listening to digital media) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== lecteur leçon lire ==== Descendants ==== → Danish: lekure → German: Lektüre → Romanian: lectură → Swedish: lektyr === Further reading === “lecture”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === lecteur truecel == Latin == === Participle === lēctūre vocative masculine singular of lēctūrus