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pedagogue en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈpɛdəɡɒɡ/
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Etymology

From Middle English pedagoge, from Middle French pedagogue, from Latin paedagōgus, from Ancient Greek παιδαγωγός (paidagōgós), from παῖς (paîs, “child”) + ἀγωγός (agōgós, “guide”) (from ἄγω (ágō, “lead”)). By surface analysis, ped- (“child”) + -agogue.

Meanings

1. A teacher or instructor of children; one whose occupation is to teach the young.
   • Jones chid the pedagogue for his interruption, and then the stranger proceeded. 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC:
   • "No, that won't work." Reynders sighed, not in frustration — she was an excellent pedagogue, and never got frustrated while instructing — but in mental exhaustion. This project was testing the limits of what she could handle, in her state, though that was nothing compared to the number it was doing on Udo's head. "But it doesn't need to work. ATCP doesn't ossify, that's why it's armageddon-proof. We'd never be able to make this function if we were using standard protocols." 2023 September 24, HarryBlank, “Working Wonders”, in SCP Foundation, archived from the original on 25 May 2024:
2. A pedant; one who by teaching has become overly formal or pedantic in his or her ways; one who has the manner of a teacher.
   • And novv I have gone thus far, perhaps you vvill think me ſome pedagogue, vvilling, by a vvell-timed puff, to encreaſe the reputation of his ovvn ſchool; but ſuch is not the caſe. 1759 November 20 (Gregorian calendar), [Oliver] Goldsmith, “On Education”, in The Bee, a Select Collection of Essays, on the Most Interesting and Entertaining Subjects, […], new edition, number VI, London: […] W[illiam] Lane, […], published c. 1790, →OCLC, page 177:
3. (historical, qualifier:Ancient Greece) A slave who led the master's children to school, and had the charge of them generally.

Forms

Deriveds

pedagoguese · pedagoguette

Relateds

ochlagogue · galactagogue · pedagogic · pedagogical · pedagogy · pedagogically · demagogue · cholagogue

Translations (55)

sh pedàgog (teacher) · gl pedagoga (teacher) · nl pedagoge (teacher) · de Pädagoge (teacher) · sh pedagòginja (teacher) · hy մանկավարժ (teacher) · kk педагог (teacher) · it pedagogo (teacher) · id pedagog (teacher) · ro pedagog (teacher) · pl pedagog (teacher) · es pedagoga (teacher) · ca pedagog (teacher) · pt pedagoga (teacher) · eo pedagogino (teacher) · nb pedagog (slave) · da pædagog (teacher) · it pedagoga (teacher) · kw adhyskonydh (teacher) · is kreddufullur kennari (pedant) · el παιδαγωγός (teacher) · fi pedagogi (teacher) · mk педагог (teacher) · is smásmigill (pedant) · es pedagogo (teacher) · ka პედაგოგი (teacher) · de Pädagogin (teacher) · ro dogmatic (pedant) · nb pedagog (teacher) · ca pedagoga (teacher) · pt pedagogo (teacher) · ro învățătoare (teacher) · pt pedagogo (slave) · eo pedagogo (teacher) · nn pedagog (slave) · pl pedagog (teacher) · he פֵּדָגוֹג (teacher) · nn pedagog (teacher) · ru педаго́г (teacher) · hu pedagógus (teacher) · uk педаго́г (teacher) · fi kasvattaja (teacher) · pl pedagożka (teacher) · grc παιδαγωγός (teacher) · gl pedagogo (teacher) · ru педа́нт (pedant) · ro pedagogă (teacher) · ru педа́нтка (pedant) · nl pedagoog (teacher) · sv pedagog (teacher) · fr pédagogue (teacher) · ro pedant (pedant) · is kennari (teacher) · is barnakennari (teacher) · ro învățător (teacher)

pedagogue en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈpɛdəɡɒɡ/
• (US) audio

Etymology

From Middle English pedagoge, from Middle French pedagogue, from Latin paedagōgus, from Ancient Greek παιδαγωγός (paidagōgós), from παῖς (paîs, “child”) + ἀγωγός (agōgós, “guide”) (from ἄγω (ágō, “lead”)). By surface analysis, ped- (“child”) + -agogue.

Meanings

1. To teach.

Forms