katedra

See also: katedrą

Czech

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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:

     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.

Declension

Declension of katedra (hard feminine reducible)

	singular	plural
nominative	katedra	katedry
genitive	katedry	kateder
dative	katedře	katedrám
accusative	katedru	katedry
vocative	katedro	katedry
locative	katedře	katedrách
instrumental	katedrou	katedrami

Derived terms

• katedrově

Further reading

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

Lithuanian

Lithuanian Wikipedia has an article on:

katedra

Wikipedia ^lt

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkatɛdrɐ]

Noun

kãtedra f (plural kãtedros) stress pattern 1

1. cathedral

Declension

Declension of kãtedra

	singular (vienaskaita)	plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas)	kãtedra	kãtedros
genitive (kilmininkas)	kãtedros	kãtedrų
dative (naudininkas)	kãtedrai	kãtedroms
accusative (galininkas)	kãtedrą	kãtedras
instrumental (įnagininkas)	kãtedra	kãtedromis
locative (vietininkas)	kãtedroje	kãtedrose
vocative (šauksmininkas)	kãtedra	kãtedros

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

katedra

Wikipedia ^pl

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈtɛ.dra/

• Audio:

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

Noun

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)

Declension

Declension of katedra

	singular	plural
nominative	katedra	katedry
genitive	katedry	katedr
dative	katedrze	katedrom
accusative	katedrę	katedry
instrumental	katedrą	katedrami
locative	katedrze	katedrach
vocative	katedro	katedry

Derived terms

adjective

• katedralny

Further reading

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

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Latin cathedra.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

kàtēdra f (Cyrillic spelling ка̀те̄дра)

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

Declension

Declension of katedra

	singular	plural
nominative	kàtēdra	katedre
genitive	katedre	kàtedārā/kàtēdrī
dative	katedri	katedrama
accusative	katedru	katedre
vocative	katedro	katedre
locative	katedri	katedrama
instrumental	katedrom	katedrama

References

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