individuum

See also: Individuum

English

Etymology

From Latin indīviduum, noun use of neuter singular of indīviduus (“indivisible”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌɪndɪˈvɪdjuːəm/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɪndɪˈvɪd͡ʒuəm/

Noun

individuum (plural individuums or individua)

1. An indivisible entity.
2. An individual person or thing.
   • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:

     it seemeth unlikely, that God hath framed this peece of worke alone without a fellow; and that the matter of this forme hath wholly beene spent in this only Individuum […].

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɪndɪvɪduum]

Noun

individuum n

1. individual

   Synonym: jedinec

Declension

Declension of individuum (semisoft neuter foreign)

	singular	plural
nominative	individuum	individua
genitive	individua	individuí
dative	individuu	individuím
accusative	individuum	individua
vocative	individuum	individua
locative	individuu	individuích
instrumental	individuem	individui

Related terms

• See divize

Further reading

• “individuum”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “individuum”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “individuum”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɪn.diːˈwɪ.du.ũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [in.diˈviː.du.um]

Noun

indīviduum n (genitive indīviduī); second declension

1. atom
2. individuum, individual

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	indīviduum	indīvidua
genitive	indīviduī	indīviduōrum
dative	indīviduō	indīviduīs
accusative	indīviduum	indīvidua
ablative	indīviduō	indīviduīs
vocative	indīviduum	indīvidua

Derived terms

• indīviduālis

Descendants

• → French: individu (learned)

Adjective

indīviduum

1. inflection of indīviduus:
   1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
   2. accusative masculine singular

References

• “individuum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /indiʋǐːduum/
• Hyphenation: in‧di‧vi‧du‧um

Noun

indivíduum m anim (Cyrillic spelling индиви́дуум)

1. individual

Declension

Declension of individuum

	singular	plural
nominative	individuum	individuumi
genitive	individuuma	individuuma
dative	individuumu	individuumima
accusative	individuuma	individuume
vocative	individuume	individuumi
locative	individuumu	individuumima
instrumental	individuumom	individuumima