agenda

See also Agenda

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Latin agenda, substantive use of the neuter plural of agendus (“which ought to be done”), future passive participle (gerundive) of agō (“I do, act, make”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /əˈdʒɛn.də/, SAMPA: /@"dZEn.d@/
• Rhymes: -ɛndə
• (US) IPA: /ʌˈdʒɛn.də/, SAMPA: /V"dZEn.d@/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɛndə

Noun

agenda (plural agendas)

1. (now rare) Plural form of agendum.
2. A temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to.
3. A list of matters to be taken up (as at a meeting).

Usage notes

The word agenda is the Latin plural of agendum, but in English the word agenda is taken as a singular, and item on the agenda used for individual things in the list.

Synonyms

• (temporally organized plan): docket, schedule

Derived terms

• hidden agenda

Translations

temporally organized plan

Armenian: օրակարգ (hy) (ōrakarg) Bulgarian: програма (bg), дневен ред (bg) Catalan: agenda (ca) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 議程 (zh), 议程 (zh) (yìchéng) Dutch: schema (nl) n., programma (nl) n., plan (nl) n. Finnish: asialista (fi) French: planning (fr) m.

German: Agenda (de) f. Japanese: 議事 (ja) (ぎじ, giji) Norwegian: agenda (no) m. Russian: повестка (ru) (povéstka) f., программа (ru) (prográmma) f., план (ru) (plan) m. Spanish: agenda (es) f., programa (es) m. Swedish: agenda (sv) Turkish: ajanda (tr)

list of matters to be taken up

Armenian: օրակարգ (hy) (ōrakarg) Catalan: agenda (ca) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 議程 (zh), 议程 (zh) (yìchéng) Czech: program (cs) m. Dutch: agenda (nl) m., programma (nl) n. Finnish: esityslista (fi) (in a meeting); asialista (fi) French: (in meetings) ordre du jour (fr) m.

German: Tagesordnung (de) f. Japanese: 議事 (ja) (ぎじ, giji) Norwegian: agenda (no) m. Portuguese: pauta (pt) f. Russian: повестка (ru) (povéstka) f., повестка дня (ru) (povéstka dnja) f. Spanish: agenda (es) f., orden del dia (es) m. Swedish: agenda (sv), dagordning (sv), föredragningslista (sv) c. Turkish: ajanda (tr)

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin agenda, substantive use of the neuter plural of agendus (“which ought to be done”), future passive participle (gerundive) of agō (“I do, act, make”).

Pronunciation

• (Eastern Catalan) IPA: [əˈʒendə]
• (Western Catalan) IPA: [aˈtʃenda]

Noun

agenda f. (plural agendes)

1. agenda; calendar (a list of planned events, organized by time)
2. planner (a notebook in which one keeps notations of appointments and contacts)
3. agenda (a list of planned items for discussion at a meeting)
4. (economics) A list of planned projects that are to be done as funds become available.

Hyponyms

• (a list of planned events, organized by time): calendari (“a list of planned events for a given year”)

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch agendaboec, itself from Latin agenda (“things which ought to be done”) (from the verb agō (“act, do”)) + boec (“book”) (modern Dutch boek).

Pronunciation

• (Belgium) IPA: /ɑˈɣɛn.dɑ/
• (Netherlands) IPA: /ɑˈɣɛn.daː/, /aːˈɣɛn.daː/
• Hyphenation: agen‧da

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Noun

agenda m. (plural agenda's, diminutive agendaatje)

1. A calendar, an organizer, a booklet or other device where one notes down one’s schedule, appointments etc.
2. An agenda (list of matters at a meeting)

Derived terms

• schoolagenda m.

See also

• kalender

Anagrams

• gaande, gedaan

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Finnish

Noun

agenda

1. An agenda

Declension

Declension of agenda (type kala) singular plural nominative agenda agendat genitive agendan agendojen agendain1 partitive agendaa agendoja accusative agenda agendan agendat inessive agendassa agendoissa elative agendasta agendoista illative agendaan agendoihin adessive agendalla agendoilla ablative agendalta agendoilta allative agendalle agendoille essive agendana agendoina translative agendaksi agendoiksi instructive – agendoin abessive agendatta agendoitta comitative – agendoineen 1) Rare.

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French

Etymology

From Latin agenda, substantive use of the neuter plural of agendus (“which ought to be done”), future passive participle (gerundive) of agō (“I do, act, make”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /a.ʒɛ̃.da/

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Noun

agenda m. (plural agendas)

1. organiser, appointment book, engagement book.

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Italian

Noun

agenda f. (plural agende)

1. diary
2. planner (notebook)

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Latin

Participle

agenda

1. nominative feminine singular of agendus
2. nominative neuter plural of agendus
3. accusative neuter plural of agendus
4. vocative feminine singular of agendus
5. vocative neuter plural of agendus

agendā

1. ablative feminine singular of agendus

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Norwegian

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Etymology

From Latin agenda (“what ought to be done”).

Noun

agenda m.

1. agenda

Inflection

    Inflection of agenda

	indefinite singular	definite singular	indefinite plural	definite plural
Bokmål m	agenda	agendaen	agendaer	agendaene
Nynorsk m	agenda	agendaen	agendaer	agendaene

References

• “agenda” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary – Dokumentasjonsprosjektet.

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin agenda.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA: [ɐˈʒẽdɐ]
• (Brazil) IPA: [aˈʒẽda]

Noun

agenda f. (plural agendas)

1. schedule (time-based plan of events)
2. booklet where an schedule is kept.
3. planner; a personal phone book; an organizer

Related terms

• agendar, agendamento

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin agenda, substantive use of the neuter plural of agendus (“which ought to be done”), future passive participle (gerundive) of agō (“I do, act, make”).

Noun

agenda f. (plural agendas)

1. An agenda

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Swedish

Etymology

From Latin agenda (“what ought to be done”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

agenda c.

1. an agenda

Declension

Declension of agenda

	singular		plural
c	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	agenda	agendan	agendor	agendorna
genitive	agendas	agendans	agendors	agendornas

Usage notes

• The agenda for a meeting is normally called dagordning. The word agenda is more often used in the abstract sense of somebody's "political agenda".