teach

Signification

Verb

1. To pass on knowledge to.
2. To pass on knowledge generally, especially as one's profession; to act as a teacher.
3. To cause (someone) to learn or understand (something).
4. To cause to know the disagreeable consequences of some action.
5. (obsolete) To show (someone) the way; to guide, conduct; to point, indicate.

Noun

teacher

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/tiːt͡ʃ/

Étymologie

From Middle English techen, from Old English tǣċan (“to show, declare, demonstrate; teach, instruct, train; assign, prescribe, direct; warn; persuade”), from Proto-West Germanic *taikijan, from Proto-Germanic *taikijaną (“to show”), from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- (“to show”).
Cognate with Scots tech, teich (“to teach”), German zeigen (“to show, point out”), zeihen (“accuse, blame”), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌷𐌰𐌽 (gateihan, “to announce, declare, tell, show, display”), Latin dīcō (“speak, say, tell”), Ancient Greek δείκνυμι (deíknumi, “show, point out, explain, teach”), Sanskrit दिशति (diśati, “to point out, show, tell, teach”). More at token.

Phrases

She believes for as it was said that adults have things to teach children .

Elle croit comme il a été dit que les adultes ont des choses pour enseigner aux enfants.