pedagogue

See also: pédagogue

English

Alternative forms

• pædagogue, pedagog, paedagogue

Etymology

From Middle English pedagoge, from Middle French pedagogue, from Latin paedagōgus, from Ancient Greek παιδαγωγός (paidagōgós), from παῖς (paîs, “child”) + ἀγωγός (agōgós, “guide”) (from ἄγω (ágō, “lead”)). By surface analysis, ped- (“child”) +‎ -agogue.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛdəɡɒɡ/

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Noun

pedagogue (plural pedagogues)

1. A teacher or instructor of children; one whose occupation is to teach the young.
   • 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volumes (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC:

     Jones chid the pedagogue for his interruption, and then the stranger proceeded.

2. A pedant; one who by teaching has become overly formal or pedantic in his or her ways; one who has the manner of a teacher.
   • 1759 November 21 (Gregorian calendar), [Oliver] Goldsmith, “On Education”, in The Bee, a Select Collection of Essays, on the Most Interesting and Entertaining Subjects, […], new edition, number VI, London: […] W[illiam] Lane, […], published c. 1790, →OCLC, page 177:

     And novv I have gone thus far, perhaps you vvill think me ſome pedagogue, vvilling, by a vvell-timed puff, to encreaſe the reputation of his ovvn ſchool; but ſuch is not the caſe.

3. (historical, Ancient Greece) A slave who led the master's children to school, and had the charge of them generally.

Related terms

• pedagogic
• pedagogical
• pedagogically
• pedagogy

 

Translations

teacher

• Armenian: մանկավարժ (hy) (mankavarž)
• Catalan: pedagog (ca) m, pedagoga (ca) f
• Cornish: adhyskonydh m
• Danish: pædagog c
• Dutch: pedagoog (nl) m, pedagoge (nl) f
• Esperanto: pedagogo (eo), pedagogino (female)
• French: pédagogue (fr) m or f
• Galician: pedagogo m, pedagoga f
• Georgian: პედაგოგი (ṗedagogi)
• German: Pädagoge (de) m, Pädagogin (de) f
• Greek: παιδαγωγός (el) m or f (paidagogós)

  Ancient: παιδαγωγός m (paidagōgós)

• Hebrew: פֵּדָגוֹג (he) m (pedagóg)
• Hungarian: pedagógus (hu)
• Icelandic: kennari (is) m, barnakennari m
• Italian: pedagogo (it) m, pedagoga f
• Kazakh: педагог (pedagog)
• Macedonian: педагог m (pedagog)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: pedagog (no) m

  Nynorsk: pedagog (nn) m

• Polish: pedagog (pl) m, pedagog (pl) f, pedagożka f
• Portuguese: pedagogo (pt) m, pedagoga (pt) f
• Romanian: pedagog (ro) m, pedagogă (ro) f, învățător (ro) m, învățătoare (ro) f
• Russian: педаго́г (ru) m (pedagóg)
• Serbo-Croatian: pedàgog (sh) m, pedagòginja (sh) f
• Spanish: pedagogo m, pedagoga f
• Swedish: pedagog (sv) c
• Ukrainian: педаго́г (uk) m (pedahóh)

pedant

• Icelandic: kreddufullur kennari m, smásmigill m
• Romanian: pedant (ro) m, dogmatic (ro) m
• Russian: педа́нт (ru) m (pedánt), педа́нтка (ru) f (pedántka)

slave

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: pedagog (no) m

  Nynorsk: pedagog (nn) m

• Portuguese: pedagogo (pt) m

See also

• cholagogue
• demagogue
• galactagogue
• ochlagogue

 

Verb

pedagogue (third-person singular simple present pedagogues, present participle pedagoguing, simple past and past participle pedagogued)

1. To teach.

References

• Pedagogue in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Middle French

Alternative forms

• pedagoge

Etymology

First attested circa 1371, borrowed from Latin paedagōgus, from Ancient Greek παιδαγωγός (paidagōgós).

Noun

pedagogue m (plural pedagogues)

1. pedagogue (one who teaches a child)

Descendants

• French: pédagogue
• → Dutch: pedagoog
• → Middle English: pedagoge
  • English: pedagogue