# docent
## English
### Etymology

From Latin docēns, present participle of doceō (“to teach”). In the meaning of a university grade, as used in some Central European countries, it is clipped version of private docent, privat-docent, from German Privatdozent, from German Dozent.

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈdəʊ.sənt/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (US) IPA: /ˈdoʊ.sənt/

### Adjective

docent (comparative more docent, superlative most docent)
* Instructive; that teaches.

### Noun

docent (plural docents)
* A teacher or lecturer at some universities (in central Europe, etc.)
** 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 1212:Zermelo had been a docent at Göttingen when Kit was there and, like Russell, had been preoccupied with the set of all sets that are not members of themselves.
* (chiefly US) A tour guide at a museum, art gallery, historical site, etc.
    The docent greeted the visitors and welcomed them to the Smithsonian.
** 2020, Brit Bennett, The Vanishing Half, Dialogue Books, page 149:She was listening distractedly as an elderly docent intoned to a circle of listless children.

#### Related terms

* docile
* doctor
* doctorate
* doctrinaire
* doctrinal
* doctrine
* document
* indoctrinate

#### Translations
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin docentem.

### Adjective

docent m or f (masculine and feminine plural docents)
* teaching

### Noun

docent m or f by sense (plural docents)
* lecturer

#### Derived terms

* docència

### Further reading

* “docent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “docent”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “docent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “docent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Czech
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin docentem.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈdot͡sɛnt]

### Noun

docent m anim
* lecturer

#### Related terms

* docentura
* doktor
* doktorand
* doktorant
* doktorát
* doktrína
* doktrinář
* dokument
* dokumentace
* dokumentární
* dokumentarista
* dokumentaristický
* dokumentaristika
* dokumentovat
* indoktrinace
* indoktrinovat

### Further reading

* “docent”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “docent”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “docent”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

## Danish
### Noun

docent c (singular definite docenten, plural indefinite docenter)
* reader

#### Declension
## Dutch
### Etymology

From Latin docēns, present participle of doceō (“to teach”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /doːˈsɛnt/, (Netherlands) [doʊ̯ˈsɛnt], (Belgium) [doːˈsɛnt]
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: do‧cent
* Rhymes: -ɛnt

### Noun

docent m (plural docenten, diminutive docentje n, feminine docente)
* teacher, docent
    Synonyms: leraar, leerkracht, onderwijzer

#### Synonyms

* leraar
* leerkracht
* onderwijzer

#### Descendants

* Afrikaans: dosent
* → Indonesian: dosen

## Latin
### Verb

docent
* third-person plural present active indicative of doceō

## Polish
### Etymology

From Latin docēns, likely through German Dozent.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdɔ.t͡sɛnt/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔt͡sɛnt
* Syllabification: do‧cent

### Noun

docent m pers
* docent, lecturer (teacher at a university)

#### Derived terms

* docentura

### Further reading

* docent in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* docent in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Dozent.

### Noun

docent m (plural docenți)
* lecturer

#### Declension
## Swedish
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Noun

docent c
* a docent, a university teacher who holds a PhD degree, an associate professor

#### Declension
### Further reading

* docent on the Swedish Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{sv}$