processus

English

Etymology

Latin prōcessus

Noun

processus (plural processi)

1. A process, or projecting part.

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French

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin prōcessus (“process, progression”). Doublet of procès, another borrowing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʁɔ.sɛ.sys/ ~ /pʁɔ.se.sys/

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Noun

processus m (plural processus)

1. a process

Further reading

• “processus”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of prōcēdō (“advance, proceed”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /proːˈkes.sus/, [proːˈkɛs̠ːʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /proˈt͡ʃes.sus/, [proˈt͡ʃɛsːus]

Participle

prōcessus (feminine prōcessa, neuter prōcessum); first/second-declension participle

1. advanced, having been advanced

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	prōcessus	prōcessa	prōcessum		prōcessī	prōcessae	prōcessa
Genitive	prōcessī	prōcessae	prōcessī		prōcessōrum	prōcessārum	prōcessōrum
Dative	prōcessō		prōcessō		prōcessīs
Accusative	prōcessum	prōcessam	prōcessum		prōcessōs	prōcessās	prōcessa
Ablative	prōcessō	prōcessā	prōcessō		prōcessīs
Vocative	prōcesse	prōcessa	prōcessum		prōcessī	prōcessae	prōcessa

Noun

prōcessus m (genitive prōcessūs); fourth declension

1. A course, progression, progress, process, advance.
2. (by extension) An elapsing, passing away, lapse.

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	prōcessus	prōcessūs
Genitive	prōcessūs	prōcessuum
Dative	prōcessuī	prōcessibus
Accusative	prōcessum	prōcessūs
Ablative	prōcessū	prōcessibus
Vocative	prōcessus	prōcessūs

Derived terms

• processio

Descendants

Descendants

• Catalan: procés
• English: process
• French: processus, procès
• German: Prozess
• Irish: próis

• Italian: processo
• Portuguese: processo
• Romanian: proces, purces
• Russian: проце́сс (procéss)
• Spanish: proceso

References

• “processus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “processus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• processus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• processus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• processus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016