seminarium
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin sēminārium.
Pronunciation
Noun
seminarium n (plural seminaria)
Latin
Etymology
From sēmen (“seed”) + -ārium (“place for”), that is, a place for sowing the seeds of knowledge.
Noun
sēminārium n (genitive sēmināriī or sēminārī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | sēminārium | sēmināria |
Genitive | sēmināriī sēminārī1 |
sēmināriōrum |
Dative | sēmināriō | sēmināriīs |
Accusative | sēminārium | sēmināria |
Ablative | sēmināriō | sēmināriīs |
Vocative | sēminārium | sēmināria |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants
All are borrowed.
- Catalan: seminari
- Dutch: seminarie
- Dutch: seminarium
- English: seminary
- French: séminaire
- German: Seminar (see there for further descendants)
- Greek: σεμινάριο (seminário)
- Hungarian: szeminárium
- Italian: seminario
- Macedonian: семинар (seminar)
- Norwegian: seminar
- Polish: seminarium
- Portuguese: seminario
- Russian: семинария (seminarija)
- → Kazakh: семинария (seminariä)
- Serbo-Croatian: seminar / семинар
- Spanish: seminario
- → Tagalog: seminaryo
- Swedish: seminarium
- Ukrainian: семінар (seminar)
References
- “seminarium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “seminarium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- seminarium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- seminarium in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin sēminārium.
Pronunciation
Noun
seminarium n
- (Roman Catholicism) seminary (theological school)
- seminar (class held for advanced studies)
- Synonym: konwersatorium
Declension
Declension of seminarium
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | seminarium | seminaria |
genitive | seminarium | seminariów |
dative | seminarium | seminariom |
accusative | seminarium | seminaria |
instrumental | seminarium | seminariami |
locative | seminarium | seminariach |
vocative | seminarium | seminaria |
Derived terms
adjective
nouns
Further reading
- seminarium in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- seminarium in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Swedish
Etymology
From Latin seminarium, used in Swedish since 1638.
Noun
seminarium n
- a seminar, a lecture, a presentation; a situation for teaching and discussion
- a seminary, a school for priests and/or teachers
Usage notes
Since compounds are made with seminarie-, it is a common mistake (but still an error) to assume this is the basic form (ett seminarie).
Declension
Declension of seminarium | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | seminarium | seminariet | seminarier | seminarierna |
Genitive | seminariums | seminariets | seminariers | seminariernas |
Related terms
- folkskoleseminarium
- prästseminarium
- seminariebibliotek
- seminariedeltagare
- seminarieledare
- seminarieprogram
- seminarieserie
- seminarieuppsats
- seminarieövning
- seminarist
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