experientia

Latin

Etymology

From experiēns +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ek.spe.riˈen.ti.a/, [ɛks̠pɛriˈɛn̪t̪iä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ek.spe.riˈen.t͡si.a/, [eksperiˈɛnt̪͡s̪iä]

Noun

experientia f (genitive experientiae); first declension

1. a trial, proof, experiment
2. experimental knowledge, experience

   Synonyms: ūsus, perītia

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	experientia	experientiae
Genitive	experientiae	experientiārum
Dative	experientiae	experientiīs
Accusative	experientiam	experientiās
Ablative	experientiā	experientiīs
Vocative	experientia	experientiae

Descendants

• Catalan: experiència
• English: experience
• French: expérience
  • Haitian Creole: eksperyans
  • → Turkish: eksperyans
• Friulian: esperience
• Galician: experiencia
• Italian: esperienza
• Piedmontese: esperiensa
• Portuguese: experiência
• Romanian: experiență
• Spanish: experiencia

References

• “experientia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “experientia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• experientia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.