ultimatum

See also Ultimatum

English

Etymology

From Latin ultimatus (“late, last final”), from Latin ultimus (“extreme, last, furthest, farthest, final”)

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ˌʌltɪˈmeɪtəm/

Noun

ultimatum (plural ultimatums or ultimata)

1. a final statement of terms or conditions made by one party to another, especially one that expresses a threat of reprisal or war

Related terms

• ulterior
• ultimate
• ultra
• ultra-

Translations

a final statement of terms or conditions made by one party to another

• Czech: ultimátum (cs) n
• Danish: ultimatum (da) n
• Dutch: ultimatum (nl) n
• Esperanto: ultimato (eo), ultimatumo (eo)
• Finnish: uhkavaatimus (fi), ultimaatumi (fi)
• French: ultimatum (fr) m
• German: Ultimatum (de) n
• Greek: τελεσίγραφο (el) (telesígrafo) n

• Icelandic: úrslitakostir (is) m pl
• Italian: ultimatum (it)
• Japanese: 最後 通牒 (saigo tsuuchou)
• Portuguese: ultimato (pt) m
• Russian: ультиматум (ru) (ulʹtimatum)
• Spanish: ultimátum (es) m
• Swedish: ultimatum (sv) n

See also

• Ultimatum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• ultimatum in the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.

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Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ultimaːtɔm/, [ultˢiˈmæːtˢɔm]

Noun

ultimatum n (singular definite ultimatummet, plural indefinite ultimatummer)

1. ultimatum

Inflection

    Inflection of ultimatum

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	ultimatum	ultimatummet	ultimatummer	ultimatummerne
genitive	ultimatums	ultimatummets	ultimatummers	ultimatummernes

Derived terms

• ultimativ

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Dutch

Noun

ultimatum n (plural ultimatums, ^??? please provide the diminutive!)

1. ultimatum

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /yltimatɔm/, X-SAMPA: /yltimatOm/
• Rhymes: -ɔm
• Homophone: ultimatums

Noun

ultimatum m (plural ultimatums)

1. ultimatum

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ultimǎːtum/
• Hyphenation: ul‧ti‧ma‧tum

Noun

ultimátum m (Cyrillic spelling ултима́тум)

1. ultimatum

Declension

    declension of ultimatum

	singular	plural
nominative	ultimatum	ultimatumi
genitive	ultimatuma	ultimatuma
dative	ultimatumu	ultimatumima
accusative	ultimatum	ultimatume
vocative	ultimatume	ultimatumi
locative	ultimatumu	ultimatumima
instrumental	ultimatumom	ultimatumima

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Swedish

Noun

ultimatum n

1. an ultimatum

Declension

Declension of ultimatum

	singular		plural
Neuter	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ultimatum	ultimatumet	ultimatum	ultimatumen
genitive	ultimatums	ultimatumets	ultimatums	ultimatumens

Related terms

• ultimat
• ultimativ

References

• ultimatum in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)