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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesinstituteur
Pronunciation / Transliteration: /ɛ̃.sti.ty.tœʁ/
"L'instituteur prépare ses cours pour la rentrée."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A person whose job is to teach children or young people in a school.
"The schoolteacher dedicated over thirty years to educating local children." - 2
An educator who imparts knowledge, foundational skills, and moral guidance within primary or secondary educational settings.
"She was remembered fondly by her former students as a strict yet caring schoolteacher."
Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The word is a compound combining 'school', derived from Old English 'scōl' (ultimately from Latin 'schola' and Greek 'scholē'), and 'teacher', derived from Old English 'tǣcan' meaning to show or point out. It emerged in Middle English to specifically designate a person whose occupation is to instruct students in an educational institution.
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instituteur
Transliteration: /ɛ̃.sti.ty.tœʁ/
"L'instituteur prépare ses cours pour la rentrée."
Schullehrer
Transliteration: /ˈʃuːlˌleːʁɐ/
"Der Schullehrer erklärte den Schülern die Grammatik."
maestro di scuola
Transliteration: /maˈɛ.stro di ˈskwɔ.la/
"Il maestro di scuola ha organizzato una gita didattica."
maestro de escuela
Transliteration: /maˈestɾo ðe esˈkwela/
"El maestro de escuela enseña a leer a los niños pequeños."
professor
Transliteration: /pɾu.feˈsoɾ/
"O professor explicou a lição de matemática com paciência."
अध्यापक
Transliteration: adhyapak
"वह एक प्राथमिक विद्यालय के अध्यापक हैं।"
中小学教师
Transliteration: zhōng xiǎo xué jiào shī
"这位中小学教师工作非常认真负责。"
학교 선생님
Transliteration: hakgyo seonsaengnim
"학교 선생님께서 학생들에게 책을 읽어 주셨습니다."
学校の先生
Transliteration: gakkou no sensei
"彼女は地元の学校の先生として働いています。"
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