cátedra
See also: càtedra
Portuguese edit
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Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin cathedra. Doublet of cadeira.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: cá‧te‧dra
Noun edit
cátedra f (plural cátedras)
- (academia) chair; professorship (the office of a full professor, one who is not an associate professor)
- (ecclesiastical) the seat or office of a member of a high-ranked member of the clergy
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Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin cathedra from Ancient Greek καθέδρα (kathédra), from κατά (katá, “down”) + ἕδρα (hédra, “seat”). Doublet of the inherited cadera.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
cátedra f (plural cátedras)
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Further reading edit
- “cátedra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014