cátedra
See also: càtedra
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈka.te.dɾɐ/
Noun
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
Alternative forms
- cathedra, cáthedra (obsolete)
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/, [ˈkat̪eðɾa]
Related terms
Further reading
- “cátedra” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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