How do you pronounce pedant?

pedant is pronounced as /ˈpɛdənt/.

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pedant

👨‍🏫pedant (pédant)

noun

/ˈpɛdənt/

personne pédante (personne pédante)

pedal pedantic

Signification

A person who is excessively concerned with minor details or rules, often in a showy way.

Traduction de la signification

une personne excessivement préoccupée par les détails ou les règles mineures

une personne excessivement preocupee par les details ou les regles mineures

Phrases d'exemple

The professor was criticized as a pedant who focused too much on trivial details.

Le professeur a été critiqué comme un pédant qui se concentrait trop sur des détails triviaux.

Le professeur a ete critique comme un pedant qui se concentrait trop sur des details triviaux.

Synonymes

scholar, bookworm, nitpicker, purist, doctrinaire

Antonymes

layman, ignoramus, amateur

Collocations

grammar pedant, academic pedant, pedant style, pedant attitude

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