καθέδρα
Ancient Greek
noun
Definitions
- seat
- sitting posture
- teacher's chair, professorial chair
- imperial throne
Etymology
Affix from Ancient Greek κατά (down, downwards, against, under, into) + Ancient Greek ἕδρα (face of a geometrical solid, seat, session, sitting).
Origin
Ancient Greek
ἕδρα
Gloss
face of a geometrical solid, seat, session, sitting
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -hedra English
- -hedron English
- cathedra English
- cathedral English
- cathedratic English
- ecclesia English
- katelectrotonus English
- *cascunum Latin
- *catafalicum Latin
- *cathēgra Latin
- *eclesia Latin
- cata Latin
- cata- Latin
- catacumbae Latin
- cathedra Latin
- cathedralis Latin
- cathegra Latin
- cathégra Latin
- cathēdra Latin
- cathēdrālem Latin
- ecclesia Latin
- ecclēsia cathedrālis Latin
- fala Latin
- quisque Latin
- synedrus Latin
- tumba Latin
- katedrális Hungarian
- cattedra Italian
- chiesa Italian
- kathedraal Dutch, Flemish
- cathèdre French
- катафот Russian
- cátedra Spanish, Castilian
- κάθοδος Ancient Greek
- κάτοικος Ancient Greek
- καθέδρᾱ Ancient Greek
- καθότι Ancient Greek
- κατά Ancient Greek
- κατα- Ancient Greek
- καταχράομαι Ancient Greek
- κᾰθέδρᾱ Ancient Greek
- τύμβος Ancient Greek
- ἀφεδρών Ancient Greek
- ἐκκλησία Ancient Greek
- ἐκκλησίᾱ Ancient Greek
- ἐφέδρα Ancient Greek
- ἕδρα Ancient Greek
- *sed- Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱm̥-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- -eder Norwegian Bokmål
- cátedra Portuguese
- kata- Swedish
- katedral Swedish
- -eder Norwegian Nynorsk
- polyeder Danish
- tetraeder Danish
- كاتدرائية Arabic
- chaiere Old French
- edro Esperanto
- katedro Esperanto
- càtedra Catalan, Valencian
- catedră Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- έδρα Greek (modern)
- εξέδρα Greek (modern)
- katakomba Indonesian
- cadair Welsh
- edro Ido
- katedro Ido
- cathaír Old Irish
- tree-heedragh Manx
- cheez Norman
- qùaire Norman
- tchaire Norman
- tchaîse Norman
- chaire Middle French
- קתדרלה Hebrew (modern)
- cadeira Old Portuguese
- cjadree Friulian
- cadera Old Occitan
- cresia Sicilian
- carega Venetian
- cexa Venetian
- ciesa Venetian
- céxa Venetian
- kador Cornish
- eliza Basque
- catraida Dalmatian
- tcheyire Walloon
- églize Bourguignon
- caïèle Picard
- cadrega Lombard
- gesia Piedmontese
- cadoer Middle Breton