teaching

English

Alternative forms

• teachyng (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtiːt͡ʃɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -iːtʃɪŋ

Etymology 1

From Middle English teching, techinge, from Old English tǣċing, tǣċung (“instruction, direction, teaching”), equivalent to teach +‎ -ing.

Noun

teaching (countable and uncountable, plural teachings)

1. Something taught by a religious or philosophical authority.

   Many follow the teachings of Confucius.

2. The profession of educating people; the activity that a teacher does when he/she teaches.

   Teaching has seen continual changes over the past decades.

   I have found a teaching job.

   a teaching assistant

Translations

something taught

• Azerbaijani: təlim (az)
• Bulgarian: учение (bg) n (učenie)
• Catalan: ensenyament (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 教導／教导 (zh) (jiàodǎo), 教誨／教诲 (zh) (jiàohuì)

• Czech: učení (cs) n
• Dutch: onderwijzing f, leer (nl) f
• Egyptian: (sbꜣyt f)
• Esperanto: instruo
• Finnish: oppi (fi), opetus (fi)
• French: doctrine (fr) f, enseignement (fr) m
• German: Lehre (de) f
• Greek: δίδαγμα (el) n (dídagma)

  Ancient: διδαχή f (didakhḗ), διδασκαλία (el) n (didaskalía)

• Indonesian: ajaran (id)
• Irish: teagasc m
• Italian: insegnamento (it) m
• Japanese: 教え (ja) (おしえ, oshie), 教訓 (ja) (きょうくん, kyōkun)
• Ladino: ensenyamiento m
• Latin: doctrina f, disciplina f
• Maore Comorian: musomo class 3/4
• Maori: whakaakoranga
• Occitan: ensenhament (oc) m
• Old East Slavic: укъ m (ukŭ)
• Plautdietsch: Lia f
• Portuguese: ensinamento (pt) m
• Quechua: yachachiy
• Russian: уче́ние (ru) n (učénije), доктри́на (ru) f (doktrína)
• Sanskrit: शिक्षण (sa) n (śikṣaṇa), उपदेश (sa) m (upadeśa)
• Scottish Gaelic: teagasg m
• Spanish: enseñanza (es) f
• Swahili: fundisho class 5/6

the profession of teaching; the activity that a teacher does when he/she teaches

• Arabic: تَعْلِيم‎ (ar) m (taʕlīm)
• Bulgarian: преподаване n (prepodavane), обуче́ние (bg) n (obučénie)
• Catalan: ensenyament (ca) m
• Chichewa: uphunzitsi
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 教學／教学 (zh) (jiàoxué), 教授 (zh) (jiàoshòu)

• Cornish: adhyskonieth
• Finnish: opettaminen (fi), opetusala
• French: enseignement (fr) m
• Galician: ensino m, ensinanza (gl) f
• German: Lehren (de) n, Lehrerberuf m, Lehrtätigkeit (de) f, Unterrichtstätigkeit f, Unterrichten (de) n
• Hungarian: tanítás (hu), oktatás (hu)
• Indonesian: pengajaran (id)
• Irish: múinteoireacht f, teagasc m
• Japanese: 教職 (ja) (きょうしょく, kyōshoku), 教えること (ja) (おしえること, oshieru koto), 教授 (ja) (きょうじゅ, kyōju)
• Malayalam: അദ്ധ്യാപനം (addhyāpanaṃ)
• Polish: nauczycielstwo (pl) n, belferka (pl) f (colloquial, derogatory), belferstwo n (colloquial, derogatory)
• Portuguese: ensino (pt) m
• Russian: преподава́ние (ru) n (prepodavánije), обуче́ние (ru) n (obučénije) (кого́-либо)
• Scottish Gaelic: teagasg m
• Spanish: enseñanza (es) f, docencia (es) f

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• Telugu: ^{(please verify)} బోధన (te) (bōdhana) (bOdhana)

Etymology 2

From Middle English techinge, techynge, techende, techand, from Old English tǣċende, from Proto-Germanic *taikijandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *taikijaną (“to show, point out”), equivalent to teach +‎ -ing.

Verb

teaching

1. present participle of teach

Related terms

• teach
• token

 

Anagrams

• cheating