symposium

See also Symposium

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek syn (“together”) + pino (“drink”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /sɪm.ˈpoʊ.zi.əm/

Noun

symposium (plural symposiums or symposia)

1. A conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations.
2. (in ancient Greece) A drinking party, especially one with intellectual discussion.

Related terms

• symposiast

Translations

conference

• Dutch: symposium (nl) n
• Estonian: sümpoosion (et)
• Finnish: symposium (fi), symposiumi (fi), konferenssi (fi)
• French: symposium (fr) m
• German: Symposium (de) n
• Khmer: សន្និសិទ្ធនៃអ្នកជំនាញខាងអ្វីមួយ (km) (sɑnni’sət ney neak cumnieñ kʰaang ’vǝy muə yɔɔ)

• Persian: please add this translation if you can
• Portuguese: simpósio (pt) m
• Russian: симпозиум (ru) (simpózium) m
• Spanish: simposio (es)
• Turkish: bilgi şöleni (tr), sempozyum (tr), sunultay (tr)

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Translations to be checked

• Vietnamese: Hoi nghi, Hoi thao

See also

• Symposium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Symposium in the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.

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Dutch

Noun

symposium n (plural symposia or symposiums, ^??? please provide the diminutive!)

1. symposium

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /sɛ̃.pɔ.zjɔm/, X-SAMPA: /sE~.pO.zjOm/

Noun

symposium m (plural symposiums)

1. symposium

Synonyms

• colloque

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Latin

Noun

symposium (genitive symposiī); n, second declension

1. symposium

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	symposium	symposia
genitive	symposiī	symposiōrum
dative	symposiō	symposiīs
accusative	symposium	symposia
ablative	symposiō	symposiīs
vocative	symposium	symposia