katedra

• IPA^(key): [ˈkatɛdra]
• Hyphenation: ka‧te‧d‧ra

katedra f (relational adjective katedrový)

1. department (organizational unit at a university)
2. teacher's desk in a classroom
   • 1924, Karel Čapek, chapter XLVIII, in Krakatit‎^[1]:

     Vešli do veliké nízké jizby, jež byla jako školní světnice: dvě řady lavic, pódium a katedra a tabule.

     They entered a great low room, which was like a classroom: two rows of desks, a podium and a teacher's desk and a writing board.

• “katedra”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “katedra”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

• IPA^(key): [ˈkatɛdrɐ]

kãtedra f (plural kãtedros) stress pattern 1

1. cathedral

Learned borrowing from Latin cathedra, from Ancient Greek καθέδρα (kathédra).

• IPA^(key): /kaˈtɛ.dra/

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• Rhymes: -ɛdra
• Syllabification: ka‧te‧dra

katedra f

1. (architecture, Roman Catholicism) cathedral
2. (education) chair (professorial position at a university)
3. (education) department, laboratory (organizational unit at a university dealing with a specific research subject)

• katedra in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• katedra in Polish dictionaries at PWN

From Latin cathedra.

• IPA^(key): /kǎteːdra/
• Hyphenation: ka‧ted‧ra

kàtēdra f (Cyrillic spelling ка̀те̄дра)

1. chair, department, cathedra (university unit)
2. cathedra (chair or throne of a bishop)

• “katedra”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025