census

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Latin census, from cēnseō. See censor.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /sɛnsəs/ X-SAMPA: /sEns@s/

• Audio (US)

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Noun

census (plural censuses)

1. An official count of members of a population (not necessarily human), usually residents or citizens in a particular region, often done at regular intervals.

Translations

official count of members of a population

• Arabic: تعداد السكان (ar) (ta`dād al-sukkān) m, إحصاء السكان (ar) ('iHSā' al-sukkān) m
• Bulgarian: преброяване на населението (bg) (prebrojavane na naselenieto)
• Catalan: cens (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 人口普查 (cmn) (rénkǒu pǔchá), 戶口檢查 (cmn), 户口检查 (cmn) (hùkǒu jiǎnchá), 戶籍 (cmn), 户籍 (cmn) (hùjí), 人口調查 (cmn), 人口调查 (cmn) (rénkǒu diàochá)

• Czech: sčítání lidu (cs) n
• Dutch: volkstelling (nl) f
• Esperanto: censo (eo)
• Finnish: väestönlaskenta (fi)
• French: recensement (fr) m
• Georgian: აღწერა (ka) (aḡcera)
• German: Zensus m, Volkszählung f, Befragung f, Bevölkerungszählung f, Zählung f
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἀπογραφή

• Hindi: जनगणना (hi)

• Hungarian: népszámlálás (hu)
• Icelandic: manntal n
• Ido: censo (io)
• Irish: móráireamh (ga) m
• Italian: censo (it) m, censimento (it) m
• Japanese: 人口調査 (ja) (じんこうちょうさ, jinkō chōsa), 戸籍 (ja) (こせき, koseki)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: سه‌رژمێر (ku) (ser jmér)

• Malay: banci (ms)
• Portuguese: censo (pt) m, recenseamento (pt) m
• Russian: перепись населения (ru) (pérepis' naselénija) f, перепись (ru) (pérepis') f
• Serbo-Croatian: cenzus (sh) m
• Spanish: censo (es) m
• Swedish: folkräkning (sv) c
• Thai: การสำรวจสำมะโนประชากร (th)
• Turkish: nüfus sayımı (tr)
• Vietnamese: điều tra dân số (vi)
• Welsh: cyfrifiad (cy) m

Verb

census (third-person singular simple present censuses, present participle censusing, simple past and past participle censused)

1. To collect a census.

Translations

collect a census

• Dutch: (het volk (nl)) tellen (nl)
• Finnish: suorittaa väestönlaskenta
• German: Zensus (de) m

• Italian: censire (it)
• Turkish: (het nüfus sayımı (tr))

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Latin

Etymology

From cēnseō.

Noun

cēnsus (genitive cēnsūs); m, fourth declension

1. Census, a registering of the populace and their property
2. A register resulting from a census.
3. (poetic) Rich gifts, presents,

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	cēnsus	cēnsūs
genitive	cēnsūs	cēnsuum
dative	cēnsuī	cēnsibus
accusative	cēnsum	cēnsūs
ablative	cēnsū	cēnsibus
vocative	cēnsus	cēnsūs

Descendants

• English: census
• French: cens
• Italian: censo

• Portuguese: censo
• Romanian: cens
• Russian: ценз (cenz)
• Spanish: censo

Adjective

cēnsus m (feminine cēnsa, neuter cēnsum); first/second declension

1. registered
2. assessed

Inflection

Number	Singular				Plural
Case \ Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
nominative	cēnsus	cēnsa	cēnsum		cēnsī	cēnsae	cēnsa
genitive	cēnsī	cēnsae	cēnsī		cēnsōrum	cēnsārum	cēnsōrum
dative	cēnsō	cēnsae	cēnsō		cēnsīs	cēnsīs	cēnsīs
accusative	cēnsum	cēnsam	cēnsum		cēnsōs	cēnsās	cēnsa
ablative	cēnsō	cēnsā	cēnsō		cēnsīs	cēnsīs	cēnsīs
vocative	cēnse	cēnsa	cēnsum		cēnsī	cēnsae	cēnsa