cattedratico

Italian

Alternative forms

  • catedratico (dated, literary)

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin cathedratĭcus. By surface analysis, cattedra + -atico.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kat.teˈdra.ti.ko/
  • Rhymes: -atiko
  • Hyphenation: cat‧te‧drà‧ti‧co

Adjective

cattedratico (feminine cattedratica, masculine plural cattedratici, feminine plural cattedratiche)

  1. (relational) university
  2. (derogatory) pedantic

Derived terms

Noun

cattedratico m (plural cattedratici, feminine cattedratica)

  1. professor
  2. (historical) tax paid annually to the bishop of a church

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