omnium

English

Etymology

From Latin omnium (literally “of all”), genitive plural of omnis (“all, every”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɒm.ni.əm/, /ˈɒm.njəm/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

Noun

omnium (plural omniums)

1. (cycling) A multiple race event in track cycling. Historically the omnium has had a variety of formats. Currently it consists of the following six events: flying lap, points race, elimination, individual pursuit, scratch race, and time trial.
2. (finance) The aggregate value of the different stocks in which a loan to government is usually funded.
   • 1855, Charles Fenn, Fenn's Compendium of the English and Foreign Funds, Debts and Revenues of All Nations, Banks, Railways, Mines, and the Principal Joint Stock Companies:

     When a loan is contracted , the prices of Omnium may be quoted for delivery of the receipts , and afterwards for money , and the next succeeding payment .

Related terms

• omnibus
• omnium-gatherum

References

“omnium”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• immuno-

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔm.njɔm/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

omnium m (plural omniums)

1. (sports) an open (open sports tournament)
2. (cycling) an omnium (a multi-event track cycling race)

Further reading

• “omnium”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈom.ni.um/, [ˈɔmniʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈom.ni.um/, [ˈɔmnium]

Adjective

omnium

1. genitive masculine/feminine/neuter plural of omnis

Noun

omnium n pl

1. genitive of omnia
   • 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita I.19:

     omnium primum

     first of all