docent C2+ Topic:Art & Music US /ˈdoʊsənt/ UK /ˈdəʊsənt/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun a guide who leads tours and explains exhibits at a museum or gallery A knowledgeable docent led us through the Renaissance galleries. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a guide who leads tours and... guidelecturerinstructorteachertutor Word family Derived forms docentship Related forms doctordoctrinedociledocument Etymology AI details From German Dozent, from Latin docent-, present participle stem of docere ('to teach'). Dozent German docere Latin *dek- Proto-Indo-European View etymology graph -> Topics Art & Music Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # docent **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈdoʊsənt/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈdəʊsənt/ ## Meanings 1. a guide who leads tours and explains exhibits at a museum or gallery ## Examples - A knowledgeable docent led us through the Renaissance galleries. ## Synonyms - guide - lecturer - instructor - teacher - tutor ## Derived Forms - docentship ## Related Forms - doctor - doctrine - docile - document ## Roots and Affixes - Root: Dozent - Root: docere - Root: *dek- ## Etymology From German Dozent, from Latin docent-, present participle stem of docere ('to teach'). ## AI Etymology Docent is from German Dozent, from Latin docent-, present participle stem of docere ('to teach'). Important recorded forms include Dozent (German), docere (Latin), and *dek- (Proto-Indo-European). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers a guide who leads tours and explains exhibits at a museum or gallery. The wider family includes derived forms such as docentship and related words such as doctor, doctrine, docile, and document. ## Topics - Art & Music - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown