seminarium

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sēminārium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌseː.miˈnaː.ri.ʏm/

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• Hyphenation: se‧mi‧na‧ri‧um
• Rhymes: -aːriʏm

Noun

seminarium n (plural seminaria)

1. a seminary

   Synonym: seminarie

Latin

Etymology

From sēmen (“seed”) +‎ -ārium (“place for”), that is, a place for sowing the seeds of knowledge.

Noun

sēminārium n (genitive sēmināriī or sēminārī); second declension

1. seminary
2. breeding ground
3. plant nursery; arboretum
4. nursery or daycare for children

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sēminārium	sēmināria
Genitive	sēmināriī sēminārī1	sēmināriōrum
Dative	sēmināriō	sēmināriīs
Accusative	sēminārium	sēmināria
Ablative	sēmināriō	sēmināriīs
Vocative	sēminārium	sēmināria

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

• → Catalan: seminari
• → Danish: seminarium
• → Dutch: seminarie
  • Afrikaans: seminarie
  • → Indonesian: seminari
• → Dutch: seminarium
• → English: seminary
• → French: séminaire
  • → Romanian: seminar
  • → Turkish: seminer
• → German: Seminar (see there for further descendants)
• → Greek: σεμινάριο (seminário)
• → Hungarian: szeminárium
• → Italian: seminario
• → Macedonian: семинар (seminar)
• → Norwegian: seminar
• → Polish: seminarium
• → Portuguese: seminario
• → Russian: семинария (seminarija)
  • → Kazakh: семинария (seminariä)
• → Serbo-Croatian: seminar / семинар
• → Spanish: seminario
  • → Tagalog: seminaryo
• → Swedish: seminarium
• → Ukrainian: семінар (seminar)

References

• “seminarium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “seminarium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• seminarium 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)
• seminarium in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin sēminārium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛ.miˈna.rjum/

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• Rhymes: -arjum
• Syllabification: se‧mi‧na‧rium

Noun

seminarium n

1. (Roman Catholicism) seminary (theological school)
2. seminar (class held for advanced studies)

   Synonym: konwersatorium

Declension

Declension of seminarium

	singular	plural
nominative	seminarium	seminaria
genitive	seminarium	seminariów
dative	seminarium	seminariom
accusative	seminarium	seminaria
instrumental	seminarium	seminariami
locative	seminarium	seminariach
vocative	seminarium	seminaria

Derived terms

adjective

• seminaryjny

 

nouns

• seminarzysta
• seminarzystka

 

Further reading

• seminarium in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• seminarium in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

Alternative forms

• seminarie (nonstandard)

Etymology

From Latin seminarium, used in Swedish since 1638.

Noun

seminarium n

1. a seminar, a lecture, a presentation; a situation for teaching and discussion
2. a seminary, a school for priests and/or teachers

Usage notes

Since compounds are made with seminarie-, it is a common mistake (but still an error) to assume this is the basic form (ett seminarie).

Declension

Declension of seminarium

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	seminarium	seminariums
	definite	seminariet	seminariets
plural	indefinite	seminarier	seminariers
	definite	seminarierna	seminariernas

Related terms

• folkskoleseminarium
• prästseminarium
• seminariebibliotek
• seminariedeltagare
• seminarieledare
• seminarieprogram
• seminarieserie
• seminarieuppsats
• seminarieövning
• seminarist

References

• seminarium in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• seminarium in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• immunisera