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schoolteacher

/ˈskuːltɪtʃɚ/
noun

学校がっこう先生せんせい

解説 Definition

公立の学校で教育を行う専門的職業人。生徒たちに様々な教科や知識を教える責任を持つ。学校組織内で教育の第一線に立つ人。

A schoolteacher is a person who teaches students in a school. The word usually refers to someone who works in primary or secondary education. It is a general, everyday word for a teacher at school.

覚え方のコツ Memory Tip

schoolteacher は school + teacher の直球な複合語で、まず teacher「教える人」が中心にあり、school が付くことで「学校という場で働く先生」にぐっと限定されます。teacher だけなら家庭教師や英会話講師も含められますが、schoolteacher は学校勤務の職業名として聞こえるのがポイント。become a schoolteacher, a dedicated schoolteacher のまとまりで覚えると使いやすいです。college teacher や professor とは場面が違う、という対比も記憶の助けになります。

This is a very direct compound: `school` + `teacher`. Start with `teacher`, then let `school` narrow it to a teacher who works in a school. It sounds more like a job title than the general word `teacher`, which can include tutors or private instructors.

例文

The schoolteacher prepared lesson plans for the entire semester.

学校の先生は学期全体の授業計画を準備した。

Many schoolteachers work long hours to help their students succeed.

多くの学校の先生は生徒たちの成功を助けるために長時間働く。

This schoolteacher has been teaching mathematics for over twenty years.

この学校の先生は20年以上数学を教えている。

schoolteacher の類義語・関連語

schoolteacher の語源・成り立ち Etymology

schoolteacherはschool + teacherの複合語です。schoolはギリシャ語skhole「学ぶための時間・場」、teacherは古英語由来で「示す人」が原感覚なので、文字どおり「学びの場で道を示す人」とわかります。関連語はscholar、teachです。

Schoolteacher is a compound of school and teacher. School goes back through Latin to Greek skhole, which originally meant "leisure" and then came to mean time or a place for learning, while teacher comes from Old English and the verb teach. The word therefore developed as a plain label for a person who guides learning in a school. Related words include scholar and teach.

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