pedagogue
/ˈpɛdəɡɒɡ/
pedagogue noun: a teacher or instructor of children; one whose occupation is to teach the young.
Noun
pedagogue (plural pedagogues)
- 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...2023 September 24, HarryBlank, “Working Wonders”, in SCP Foundation, archived from the original on 25 May 2024
- 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...
- A slave who led the master's children to school, and had the charge of them generally.
Verb
pedagogue (third-person singular simple present pedagogues, present participle pedagoguing, simple past and past participle pedagogued)
- To teach.
pedagogue meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
pedagogue in Tamil
- ஆசிரியர், வழிகாட்டி
pedagogue in Urdu
- معلم, استاد
pedagogue in Bengali
- শিক্ষক, শাস্ত্রজ্ঞ
pedagogue in Malayalam
- അദ്ധ്യാപകൻ, എഴുത്തച്ഛൻ, ആശാൻ, പണ്ഡിതമ്മന്യൻ
More languagesFewer languages
- pedagogue in Kannada
- ಅಧ್ಯಾಪಕ, ಉಪಾಧ್ಯಾಯ, ಶಿಕ್ಷಕ, ಬೋಧಕ
- pedagogue in Indonesian
- pedagog
Forms of pedagogue
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | pedagogues |
| alternative US | pedagog |
| alternative form (archaic) | paedagogue |
| alternative form (archaic) | pædagogue |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | pedagogues |
| present participle | pedagoguing |
| past participle | pedagogued |
| past | pedagogued |
Origin of pedagogue
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.
Words formed from pedagogue
Questions about pedagogue
- What does pedagogue mean?
- Pedagogue means a teacher or instructor of children; one whose occupation is to teach the young.
- What is pedagogue in Tamil?
- Pedagogue in Tamil is ஆசிரியர், வழிகாட்டி. See Pedagogue meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is pedagogue?
- Pedagogue can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce pedagogue?
- Pedagogue is pronounced /ˈpɛdəɡɒɡ/.
- What is the plural of pedagogue?
- The plural of pedagogue is pedagogues.
Words near pedagogue in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: pedagogue (page history and authors); pedagogue (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); pedagogue (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); pedagogue (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); pedagogue (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); pedagogue (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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