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10 Language-to-English DictionariesUnterricht
Pronunciation / Transliteration: oon-ter-rikt
"Der Unterricht heute ist sehr interessant."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A unit of teaching or instruction, often in a formal educational setting.
"The teacher prepared a lesson on the importance of environmental conservation." - 2
A message or moral to be learned from an experience.
"He learned a valuable lesson about honesty after the incident."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Old French 'leçon', which came from the Latin 'lectio' meaning 'a reading', stemming from 'legere' (to read). Over time, the meaning evolved from a reading text given to a student to a period of instruction or an experiential moral gained from an event.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Lesson" is said worldwide
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leçon
Transliteration: luh-son
"La leçon d'aujourd'hui porte sur l'histoire."
Unterricht
Transliteration: oon-ter-rikt
"Der Unterricht heute ist sehr interessant."
lezione
Transliteration: let-zee-oh-neh
"La lezione di oggi è sulla matematica."
lección
Transliteration: lek-syon
"La lección de hoy es sobre la historia."
lição
Transliteration: lee-sao
"A lição de hoje é sobre ciências."
पाठ
Transliteration: paath
"आज का पाठ बहुत महत्वपूर्ण है।"
课程
Transliteration: kèchéng
"今天的课程很有趣。"
수업
Transliteration: sueob
"오늘 수업은 매우 흥미롭습니다."
授業
Transliteration: jugyō
"今日の授業はとても面白いです。"
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