docens

Hungarian

Etymology

From German Dozent, from Latin docens, from doceo (“I teach”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdot͡sɛnʃ]
• Hyphenation: do‧cens
• Rhymes: -ɛnʃ

Noun

docens (plural docensek)

1. (education) associate professor, docent (a teacher in a higher education institution who ranks above an assistant professor and below a professor)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	docens	docensek
accusative	docenst	docenseket
dative	docensnek	docenseknek
instrumental	docenssel	docensekkel
causal-final	docensért	docensekért
translative	docenssé	docensekké
terminative	docensig	docensekig
essive-formal	docensként	docensekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	docensben	docensekben
superessive	docensen	docenseken
adessive	docensnél	docenseknél
illative	docensbe	docensekbe
sublative	docensre	docensekre
allative	docenshez	docensekhez
elative	docensből	docensekből
delative	docensről	docensekről
ablative	docenstől	docensektől
non-attributive possessive - singular	docensé	docenseké
non-attributive possessive - plural	docenséi	docensekéi

Possessive forms of docens
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	docensem	docenseim
2nd person sing.	docensed	docenseid
3rd person sing.	docense	docensei
1st person plural	docensünk	docenseink
2nd person plural	docensetek	docenseitek
3rd person plural	docensük	docenseik

Derived terms

• docensi
• docensség

Further reading

• docens in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• docens in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of doceō (“I teach”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈdo.kens/, [ˈd̪ɔkẽːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈdo.t͡ʃens/, [ˈd̪ɔːt͡ʃens]

Participle

docēns (genitive docentis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. teaching, instructing
2. (as substantive) doctor, instructor
3. (drama) rehearsing, presenting on stage

Declension

Third-declension participle.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	docēns			docentēs	docentia
genitive	docentis			docentium
dative	docentī			docentibus
accusative	docentem	docēns		docentēs docentīs	docentia
ablative	docente docentī1			docentibus
vocative	docēns			docentēs	docentia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Descendants

• Catalan: docent
• → Dutch: docent
  • Afrikaans: dosent
  • → Indonesian: dosen
• → English: docent
• Galician: docente
• → German: Dozent
  • → Hungarian: docens
  • → Polish: docent
  • → Russian: доцент (docent)
    • → Armenian: դոցենտ (docʻent)
  • → Turkish: doçent
• Italian: docente
• Piedmontese: docent
• Portuguese: docente
• Romanian: docent
• Spanish: docente
• → Swedish: docent