definiens

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English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin, substantive use of dēfīniēns (“[a] defining”), present active participle of dēfīniō (“I set bounds to”, “I define”).

Pronunciation

  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "RP" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. enPR: dĭfĭʹnĭĕnz, dëfēʹniëns, dēfīʹnĭënz, IPA(key): /dɪˈfɪnɪɛnz/,[1] /deːˈfiːnieːns/, /diːˈfaɪnɪɛːnz/

Noun

definiens (plural definientia)

  1. (semantics) The word or phrase that defines the definiendum in a definition.
    In the defining statement “A lake is a large, landlocked, naturally occurring stretch of water”, “large, landlocked, naturally occurring stretch of water” is the definiens.

See also

References

  • “definiens”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
  • Notes:
  1. ^ “definiens” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]

Latin

Etymology

Present participle of dēfīniō.

Participle

dēfīniēns (genitive dēfīnientis); third-declension one-termination participle

  1. limiting, terminating

Declension

Third-declension participle.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative dēfīniēns dēfīnientēs dēfīnientia
Genitive dēfīnientis dēfīnientium
Dative dēfīnientī dēfīnientibus
Accusative dēfīnientem dēfīniēns dēfīnientēs
dēfīnientīs 		dēfīnientia
Ablative dēfīniente
dēfīnientī1 		dēfīnientibus
Vocative dēfīniēns dēfīnientēs dēfīnientia

1When used purely as an adjective.

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