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)

  (file)

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, 32 e)

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
• Thai: หลักสูตร (th) (làk-sùut)
• 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.ɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (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 noun (neuter).

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