curriculum

See also: currículum

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin curriculum (“course”), derived from currō (“run, move quickly”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /kəˈɹɪkjələm/, /kɚˈɪkjələm/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /kəˈɹɪk.jə.ləm/, /kɜː(ɹ)ˈɪk.juː.ləm/

• Audio (US)

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Noun

curriculum (plural curricula or curriculums)

1. The set of courses, coursework, and their content, offered at a school or university.
2. (obsolete) A racecourse; a place for running.

Derived terms

Terms derived from curriculum

• core curriculum

• curriculum vitae

• extracurricular

Related terms

▼ English terms derived from the PIE root *ḱers-‎ (0 c, 31 e)

  cocurrent

  courier

  course

  current

  curriculum

  cursive

  cursor

  cursory

  cursus

  curule

  discourse

  discursive

  incur

  incursion

  incursive

  occur

  occurrence

  occurrent

  of course

  parkour

  recourse

  recur

  recurrence

  recurrent

  recurse

  recursion

  recursive

  recursively

  recursivity

  reoccur

  reoccurrence

Translations

set of courses and coursework

• Arabic: منهج، نظام‎
• Bulgarian: учебен план m (učeben plan), програма (bg) f (programa)
• Chinese: 學校的全部課程
• Czech: studijní program m
• Danish: pensum n
• Dutch: curriculum (nl) n
• Finnish: opetussuunnitelma (fi), opetusohjelma
• French: cursus (fr) m
• German: Lehrplan (de) m, Studienplan m, Bildungsplan m, Curriculum (de) n, Lehrzielvorgabe f
• Greek: πρόγραμμα σπουδών (prógramma spoudón), διδακτέα ύλη f (didaktéa ýli)
• Hungarian: tanterv (hu)

• Maori: marau mātauranga, marautanga
• Norman: tchuthitchulum m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: studieordning m or f

  Nynorsk: studieordning f

• Polish: program nauczania m
• Portuguese: currículo (pt) m
• Russian: курс обучения m (kurs obučenija), уче́бный план m (učébnyj plan)
• Serbo-Croatian: kurikulum (sh) m, nastavni program m
• Spanish: currículo (es) m
• Swedish: läroplan (sv) c
• Tagalog: talaaralan
• Turkish: müfredat (tr)

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin curriculum.

Noun

curriculum m

1. curriculum
2. curriculum vitae, CV; resume: summary of education and employment experience

Synonyms

• curricolo

Related terms

• curricolare

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Latin

Etymology

From currō (“run, move quickly”) +‎ -culum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kurˈri.ku.lum/, [kʊrˈrɪ.kʊ.ɫũː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kurˈri.ku.lum/, [kurˈriː.ku.lum]

Noun

curriculum n (genitive curriculī); second declension

1. a race
2. a racecourse
3. a racing chariot

Declension

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	curriculum	curricula
Genitive	curriculī	curriculōrum
Dative	curriculō	curriculīs
Accusative	curriculum	curricula
Ablative	curriculō	curriculīs
Vocative	curriculum	curricula

Related terms

• currō

Descendants

• Catalan: currículum
• English: curriculum
• French: curriculum
• Italian: curricolo

• Norman: tchuthitchulum
• Portuguese: currículo
• Spanish: currículo, carrejo

References

• curriculum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• curriculum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• curriculum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to finish one's career: vitae cursum or curriculum conficere
    
• curriculum in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016