B2🎓 School & Academia
Italian word
cattedra
teacher's desk / lectern; a tenured academic chair
Looks like
cathedral
a large, important Christian church
⚠️ The trap
'Cattedra' and 'cathedral' share a Latin root (cathedra = chair/throne) but have diverged. In Italian, 'cattedra' means a teacher's desk or an academic chair, never a cathedral. The Italian for cathedral is 'cattedrale'.
To say "a large, important Christian church" in Italian:
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"cattedra" in English means:
teacher's desk / lectern; a tenured academic chair
Example
"Il professore è seduto dietro la cattedra."
"The teacher is sitting behind the desk."
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