seminar

See also: Seminar and seminář

English

Etymology

From German Seminar, from Latin sēminārium, from sēmen (“seed”). Compare seminary.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛmɪnɑɹ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛmɪnɑː/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

Noun

seminar (plural seminars)

1. A class held for advanced studies in which students meet regularly to discuss original research, under the guidance of a professor.

   Students attended a seminar on climate change.

   She gave a guest lecture during the philosophy seminar.

2. A meeting held for the exchange of useful information by members of a common business community.

   The company hosted a training seminar for new employees.

Synonyms

• ovular (rare, intended to be a feminist coordinate term)

Derived terms

• e-seminar
• feminar
• proseminar
• seminarlike
• teleseminar
• webinar

Related terms

• semen
• seminary

Descendants

• → Dutch: seminar
  • → Indonesian: seminar
• → Japanese: セミナー (seminā)
• → Korean: 세미나 (semina)
• → Swahili: semina
• → Tagalog: seminar
• ⇒ Thai: สัมมนา (sǎm-má-naa) (phono-semantic matching)
• → Turkish: seminer
• → Welsh: seminar

Translations

class held for advanced studies

• Arabic: نَدْوَة f (nadwa)
• Belarusian: семіна́р m (sjeminár), сэміна́р m (seminár)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 講座 / 讲座 (zh) (jiǎngzuò)

• Czech: seminář (cs) m
• Finnish: seminaari (fi)
• French: séminaire (fr) m
• German: Seminar (de) n
• Greek: σεμινάριο (el) n (seminário)
• Hebrew: סֶמִינָר (he) m (seminár)
• Hungarian: szeminárium (hu), gyakorlat (hu)
• Italian: seminario (it) m
• Japanese: ゼミナール (ja) (zemināru), ゼミ (ja) (zemi), セミナー (ja) (seminā)
• Kazakh: семинар (seminar)
• Korean: 세미나 (ko) (semina)
• Māori: wānanga
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: seminar (no) n

  Nynorsk: seminar n

• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: سِمینار (fa) (seminâr)

• Polish: konwersatorium n, seminarium (pl) n
• Portuguese: seminário (pt) m
• Russian: семина́р (ru) m (seminár)
• Slovak: seminár m
• Swahili: warsha (sw), semina (sw)
• Swedish: seminarium (sv) n
• Tagalog: binhisipan
• Thai: สัมมนา (th) (sǎm-má-naa)
• Ukrainian: семіна́р m (seminár)
• Vietnamese: xêmina
• Yiddish: סעמינאַר (seminar)

meeting held for the exchange of useful information

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 研討會 / 研讨会 (zh) (yántǎohuì)

• Finnish: seminaari (fi)
• German: Kolloquium (de) n
• Greek: διάσκεψη (el) f (diáskepsi)
• Hungarian: szeminárium (hu)
• Kazakh: семинар (seminar)
• Latin: sēminārium n
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: seminar (no) n

  Nynorsk: seminar n

• Portuguese: seminário (pt) m
• Russian: семина́р (ru) m (seminár)
• Spanish: seminario (es) m
• Swahili: warsha (sw), semina (sw)
• Swedish: seminarium (sv) n
• Tagalog: binhisipan
• Thai: สัมมนา (th) (sǎm-má-naa)
• Ukrainian: семіна́р m (seminár)

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Translations to be checked

• Esperanto: seminario (eo)
• Norman: distchut'tie f
• Polish: seminarium (pl) n
• Spanish: seminario (es) m

Verb

seminar (third-person singular simple present seminars, present participle seminaring, simple past and past participle seminared)

1. (intransitive) To participate in or lead a seminar.

Anagrams

• remains, Minears, Merinas, Marines, marines, Erisman, Amreins, sirname, Amrines, Mainers, Riemans, Reimans, maresin, mainers, Reisman, Mariens

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English seminar, from German Seminar, from Latin sēminārium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.miˌnɑr/, /ˈsɛ.məˌnɑr/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: se‧mi‧nar

Noun

seminar n or m (plural seminars, no diminutive)

1. seminar (class or conference for advanced studies)

   Synonym: (Belgium) seminarie

Related terms

• seminarie
• webinar

Descendants

• → Indonesian: seminar

Estonian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Seminar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈseminɑr/, [ˈseminɑr]

Noun

seminar (genitive seminari, partitive seminari)

1. seminar

Declension

Declension of seminar (ÕS type 19/seminar, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		seminar	seminarid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	seminari
genitive			seminaride
partitive		seminari	seminare seminarisid
illative		seminari seminarisse	seminaridesse seminaresse
inessive		seminaris	seminarides seminares
elative		seminarist	seminaridest seminarest
allative		seminarile	seminaridele seminarele
adessive		seminaril	seminaridel seminarel
ablative		seminarilt	seminaridelt seminarelt
translative		seminariks	seminarideks seminareks
terminative		seminarini	seminarideni
essive		seminarina	seminaridena
abessive		seminarita	seminarideta
comitative		seminariga	seminaridega

Further reading

• “seminar”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
• seminar in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /səˈminar/ [səˈmi.nar]
• Rhymes: -inar
• Syllabification: se‧mi‧nar

Etymology 1

From Dutch seminar, from Latin sēminārium, from sēmen (“seed”). Doublet of seminari.

Noun

sêminar (plural seminar-seminar)

1. seminar

Related terms

• semen
• seminari
• seminaris

Etymology 2

From sinar +‎ -em-.

Adjective

sêminar (comparative lebih seminar, superlative paling seminar)

1. (rare) radiant; splendent

Further reading

• “seminar”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin seminarium.

Noun

seminar n (definite singular seminaret, indefinite plural seminar or seminarer, definite plural seminara or seminarene)

1. a seminar

References

• “seminar” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin seminarium.

Noun

seminar n (definite singular seminaret, indefinite plural seminar, definite plural seminara)

1. a seminar

References

• “seminar” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French séminaire, from Latin seminarium.

Noun

seminar n (plural seminarii)

1. seminar

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	seminar	seminarul	seminarii	seminariile
genitive-dative	seminar	seminarului	seminarii	seminariilor
vocative	seminarule		seminariilor

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /semǐnaːr/
• Hyphenation: se‧mi‧nar

Noun

semìnār m inan (Cyrillic spelling семѝна̄р)

1. seminar

Declension

Declension of seminar

	singular	plural
nominative	semìnār	seminari
genitive	seminára	seminara
dative	seminaru	seminarima
accusative	seminar	seminare
vocative	seminaru / seminare	seminari
locative	seminaru	seminarima
instrumental	seminarom	seminarima

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English seminar, from German Seminar, from Latin sēminārium. Doublet of seminaryo.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈseminaɾ/ [ˌsɛː.mɪˈn̪aɾ], /semiˈnaɾ/ [sɛ.mɪˈn̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -eminaɾ, -aɾ
• Syllabification: se‧mi‧nar

Noun

séminár or seminár (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜋᜒᜈᜇ᜔)

1. seminar

   Synonym: (uncommon) seminaryo

See also

• kolokyum
• talakayan

Further reading

• “seminar”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “seminar”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018

Welsh

Etymology

From English seminar, from German Seminar, from Latin sēminārium, from sēmen (“seed”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛˈmɪnar/

Noun

seminar m (plural seminarau, not mutable)

1. seminar

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “seminar”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies