seminar

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See also: Seminar and seminář

English

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Translations

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Anagrams

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Dutch

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsɛ.miˌnɑr/, /ˈsɛ.məˌnɑr/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: se‧mi‧nar

Noun

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seminar n or m (plural seminars)

  1. seminar (class or conference for advanced studies)
    Synonym: (Belgium) seminarie
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Descendants

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Estonian

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Etymology

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From German Seminar.

Noun

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seminar (genitive seminari, partitive seminari)

  1. seminar

Declension

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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

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  • 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

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Etymology 1

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sinar +‎ -em-

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /səˈminar/
  • Hyphenation: sê‧mi‧nar

Adjective

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seminar

  1. (rare) radiant; splendent

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /səˈminar/
  • Hyphenation: sê‧mi‧nar

Noun

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seminar (first-person possessive seminarku, second-person possessive seminarmu, third-person possessive seminarnya)

  1. seminar
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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Latin seminarium.

Noun

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

  1. a seminar

References

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Latin seminarium.

Noun

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

  1. a seminar

References

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French séminaire, from Latin seminarium.

Noun

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seminar n (plural seminarii)

  1. seminar

Declension

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Serbo-Croatian

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Pronunciation

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

Noun

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semìnār m (Cyrillic spelling семѝна̄р)

  1. seminar

Declension

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Tagalog

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English seminar.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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seminár (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜋᜒᜈᜇ᜔)

  1. seminar
    Synonym: (uncommon) seminaryo

Further reading

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  • seminar”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Welsh

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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seminar m (plural seminarau, not mutable)

  1. seminar

Further reading

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  • 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