examen

English

Etymology

Latin, the tongue of a balance, examination; for exagmen, from exigere to weigh accurately, to treat: compare French examen. See exact.

Noun

examen

1. (obsolete) examination; inquiry
   • Cowper

     A critical examen of the two pieces.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin exāmen.

Noun

examen m (plural exàmens)

1. exam, test

Synonyms

• examinació

Derived terms

• examinar

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Noun

examen n (plural examens or examina, diminutive examentje)

1. examination

Derived terms

• toelatingsexamen

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin exāmen. Compare essaim.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɛɡzamɛ̃/, /eɡzamɛ̃/, X-SAMPA: /Eg.za.mE~/

• Audio (France)

  (file)

• Homophone: examens

Noun

examen m (plural examens)

1. exam, test

Derived terms

• mettre en examen

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Latin

Noun

exāmen (genitive exāminis); n, third declension

1. swarm, crowd
2. tongue of a balance
3. a consideration, an examining

Inflection

Third declension, neuter variation (3:N).

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	exāmen	exāmina
genitive	exāminis	exāminum
dative	exāminī	exāminibus
accusative	exāmen	exāmina
ablative	exāmine	exāminibus
vocative	exāmen	exāmina

Related terms

• exāminō

Descendants

Albanian: shemë Catalan: examen Dutch: examen French: examen, essaim Italian: esame Romanian: examen

Romansch: examen Russian: экзамен Spanish: examen, enjambre Swedish: examen Portuguese: exame, enxame

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Romanian

Etymology

From Latin exāmen.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [eɡˈza.men]

Noun

examen n (plural examene)

1. exam, examination, test

Declension

declension of examen

	singular		plural
gender n	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	un examen	examenul	niște examene	examenele
genitive/dative	unui examen	examenului	unor examene	examenelor

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Romansch

Etymology

From Latin exāmen.

Noun

examen m (plural examens)

1. exam

Derived terms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader) examen final, (Puter) examen finel (“final exam”)
• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) examen da qualificaziun, (Sutsilvan) examen da qualificaziùn (“aptitude test, test of ability, occupational test”)

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin exāmen.

Noun

examen m (plural exámenes)

1. exam, examination

Related terms

• examinar

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Swedish

Etymology

From Latin exāmen.

Pronunciation

• audio

  (file)

Noun

examen c

1. exam
2. graduation
3. degree

   Den sökande bör ha en examen i ekonomi

   The applicant should have a degree in economics.

Declension

Declension of examen

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	examen	examen	examina	examina
genitive	examens	examens	examinas	examinas

Synonyms

• (exam): examination

See also

• studenten
• tentamen