cátedra

See also: càtedra

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• cathedra, cáthedra (obsolete)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin cathedra. Doublet of cadeira.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈka.te.dɾɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈka.te.dɾɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈka.te.dɾa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈka.tɨ.dɾɐ/ [ˈka.tɨ.ðɾɐ]

• Hyphenation: cá‧te‧dra

Noun

cátedra f (plural cátedras)

1. (academia) chair; professorship (the office of a full professor, one who is not an associate professor)
2. (ecclesiastical) the seat or office of a member of a high-ranked member of the clergy

Related terms

• catedral
• catedrático

Further reading

• “cátedra”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cathedra from Ancient Greek καθέδρα (kathédra), from κατά (katá, “down”) + ἕδρα (hédra, “seat”). Doublet of the inherited cadera.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkatedɾa/ [ˈka.t̪e.ð̞ɾa]
• Rhymes: -atedɾa
• Syllabification: cá‧te‧dra

Noun

cátedra f (plural cátedras)

1. professorship
2. seminar room

Derived terms

• libertad de cátedra
• sentar cátedra

 

Related terms

• catedral
• catedrático

 

Further reading

• “cátedra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014