seminar

English

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Etymology

From German Seminar, from Latin sēminārium, from sēmen (“seed”). Compare seminary.

Noun

seminar (plural seminars)

1. A class held for advanced studies in which students meet regularly to discuss original research, under the guidance of a professor.
2. A meeting held for the exchange of useful information by members of a common business community.

Derived terms

• proseminar
• webinar

Related terms

• semen
• seminary

Translations

class held for advanced studies

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 講座 (cmn), 讲座 (cmn) (jiǎngzuò)

• Finnish: seminaari (fi)
• French: séminaire (fr) m
• German: Seminar (de) n
• Hungarian: szeminárium (hu)

• Japanese: ゼミナール (ja) (zemināru), ゼミ (ja) (zemi), セミナー (ja) (seminā)
• Korean: 세미나 (ko) (semina)
• Norwegian: seminar (no) n
• Russian: семинар (ru) (seminár) m 
• Swahili: warsha (sw)
• Swedish: seminarium (sv)

meeting held for the exchange of useful information

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 研討會 (cmn), 研讨会 (cmn) (yántǎohuì)

• Finnish: seminaari (fi)
• German: Kolloquium (de) n
• Hungarian: szeminárium (hu)
• Latin: sēminārium (la) n

• Norwegian: seminar (no) n
• Portuguese: seminário (pt) m
• Russian: семинар (ru) (seminár) m 
• Spanish: seminario (es) m
• Swahili: warsha (sw)
• Swedish: seminarium (sv)

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Translations to be checked

• Czech: seminář m
• Esperanto: seminario
• Jèrriais: distchut'tie f

• Polish: seminarium n
• Spanish: seminario m

Anagrams

• Mainers
• marines, Marines
• remains

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Estonian

Noun

seminar (genitive seminari, partitive seminari)

1. seminar

Declension

Declension of seminar (type seminar)

	singular	plural
nominative	seminar	seminarid
genitive	seminari	seminaride
partitive	seminari	seminare
illative	seminari seminarisse	seminaridesse seminaresse
inessive	seminaris	seminarides seminares
elative	seminarist	seminaridest seminarest
allative	seminarile	seminaridele seminarele
adessive	seminaril	seminaridel seminarel
ablative	seminarilt	seminaridelt seminarelt
translative	seminariks	seminarideks seminareks
terminative	seminarini	seminarideni
essive	seminarina	seminaridena
abessive	seminarita	seminarideta
comitative	seminariga	seminaridega

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /semǐnaːr/
• Hyphenation: se‧mi‧nar

Noun

semìnār m (Cyrillic spelling семѝна̄р)

1. seminar

Declension

    declension of seminar

	singular	plural
nominative	semìnār	seminari
genitive	seminára	seminara
dative	seminaru	seminarima
accusative	seminar	seminare
vocative	seminaru / seminare	seminari
locative	seminaru	seminarima
instrumental	seminarom	seminarima