seminar

See also: Seminar and seminář

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛmɪnɑɹ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛmɪnɑː/

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

Descendants

• → Dutch: seminar
  • → Indonesian: seminar
• → Japanese: セミナー (seminā)
• → Korean: 세미나 (semina)
• → Swahili: semina
• → Tagalog: seminar
• ⇒ Thai: สัมมนา (sǎm-má-naa) (phono-semantic matching)
• → Turkish: seminer
• → Welsh: seminar

Translations

class held for advanced studies

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 講座／讲座 (zh) (jiǎngzuò), 讲座 (zh) (jiǎngzuò)

• Czech: seminář (cs) m
• Finnish: seminaari (fi)
• French: séminaire (fr) m
• German: Seminar (de) n
• Greek: σεμινάριο (el) n (seminário)
• Hungarian: szeminárium (hu), gyakorlat (hu)
• Italian: seminario (it) m
• Japanese: ゼミナール (zemināru), ゼミ (zemi), セミナー (ja) (seminā)
• Korean: 세미나 (ko) (semina)
• Maori: wānanga
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: seminar (no) n

  Nynorsk: seminar n

• Polish: konwersatorium n, seminarium (pl) n
• Portuguese: seminário (pt) m
• Russian: семина́р (ru) m (seminár)
• Swahili: warsha (sw), semina (sw)
• Swedish: seminarium (sv) n
• Tagalog: binhisipan
• Thai: สัมมนา (th) (sǎm-má-naa)

meeting held for the exchange of useful information

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 研討會／研讨会 (zh) (yántǎohuì), 研讨会 (zh) (yántǎohuì)

• Finnish: seminaari (fi)
• German: Kolloquium (de) n
• Greek: διάσκεψη (el) f (diáskepsi)
• Hungarian: szeminárium (hu)
• Latin: sēminārium n
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: seminar (no) n

  Nynorsk: seminar n

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: seminário (pt) m
• Russian: семина́р (ru) m (seminár)
• Spanish: seminario (es) m
• Swahili: warsha (sw), semina (sw)
• Swedish: seminarium (sv) n
• Tagalog: binhisipan
• Thai: สัมมนา (th) (sǎm-má-naa)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Esperanto: seminario (eo)
• Norman: distchut'tie f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Polish: seminarium (pl) n
• Spanish: seminario (es) m

Anagrams

• Amrines, Erisman, Mainers, Mariens, Marines, Merinas, Minears, Reimans, Reisman, Riemans, mainers, maresin, marines, remains, sirname

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English seminar, from German Seminar, from Latin sēminārium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.miˌnɑr/, /ˈsɛ.məˌnɑr/
• Hyphenation: se‧mi‧nar

Noun

seminar n or m (plural seminars)

1. seminar (class or conference for advanced studies)

   Synonym: (Belgium) seminarie

Related terms

• seminarie
• webinar

Descendants

• → Indonesian: seminar

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Estonian

Etymology

From German Seminar.

Noun

seminar (genitive seminari, partitive seminari)

1. seminar

Declension

Declension of seminar (ÕS type 19/seminar, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		seminar	seminarid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	seminari
genitive			seminaride
partitive		seminari	seminare seminarisid
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

Further reading

• “seminar”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
• seminar in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

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Indonesian

Etymology 1

sinar +‎ -em-

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səˈminar/
• Hyphenation: sê‧mi‧nar

Adjective

seminar

1. (rare) radiant; splendent

Etymology 2

From Dutch seminar, from Latin sēminārium, from sēmen (“seed”). Doublet of seminari.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səˈminar/
• Hyphenation: sê‧mi‧nar

Noun

seminar (first-person possessive seminarku, second-person possessive seminarmu, third-person possessive seminarnya)

1. seminar

Related terms

• semen
• seminari
• seminaris

 

Further reading

• “seminar” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin seminarium.

Noun

seminar n (definite singular seminaret, indefinite plural seminar or seminarer, definite plural seminara or seminarene)

1. a seminar

References

• “seminar” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin seminarium.

Noun

seminar n (definite singular seminaret, indefinite plural seminar, definite plural seminara)

1. a seminar

References

• “seminar” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Romanian

Etymology

From French séminaire, from Latin seminarium.

Noun

seminar n (plural seminarii)

1. seminar

Declension

Declension of seminar

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) seminar	seminarul	(niște) seminarii	seminariile
genitive/dative	(unui) seminar	seminarului	(unor) seminarii	seminariilor
vocative	seminarule		seminariilor

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /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

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Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English seminar.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: se‧mi‧nar
• IPA^(key): /semiˈnaɾ/, [sɛ.mɪˈn̪aɾ]

Noun

seminár

1. seminar

   Synonym: (uncommon) seminaryo

Further reading

• “seminar” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎^[1], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021

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Welsh

Etymology

From English seminar, from German Seminar, from Latin sēminārium, from sēmen (“seed”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛˈmɪnar/

Noun

seminar m (plural seminarau, not mutable)

1. seminar

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “seminar”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies