plenary

WOTD - 25 February 2009    

English

Etymology

From Late Latin plēnārius, from plēnus (“full”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈpliːnəri/
• (US) IPA: /ˈpliːn.ɚ.i/, /ˈplɛn.ɚ.i/

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Adjective

plenary (comparative more plenary, superlative most plenary)

1. Fully attended; for everyone's attendance.
2. (theology or law) Complete; full; entire; absolute.

Translations

fully attended

Armenian: լիակազմ (hy) (liakazm), պլենար (hy) (plenar) Azeri: plenar (az), geniş (az) Belarusian: пленарны (be) (plenarny) Bulgarian: пленарен (bg) (plenáren) Czech: valný (cs), plenární (cs) Dutch: plenair (nl) Finnish: täys- (fi) French: plénier (fr) Georgian: პლენარული (ka) (plenaruli) German: Plenar- (de)

Greek: ολομελής (el) (olomelís) Italian: plenario (it) Polish: plenarny (pl) Portuguese: plenário (pt) Romanian: plenar (ro) Russian: пленарный (ru) (plenárnyj) Spanish: plenario (es) Tajik: пленарӣ (tg) Ukrainian: пленарний (uk) (plenarnij)

Derived terms

• plenary court
• plenary session
• plenary speaker
• plenary talk

Noun

plenary (plural plenaries)

1. plenary session

   After lunch, we will all be in the main auditorium listening to the plenary.