tandem
English[edit]


Etymology[edit]
From Latin tandem (“(of time) at length, at last”). In English, applied humorously (by someone who knew Latin) to two horses harnessed "at length" (i.e., in a single line) instead of side-by-side.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK, General Australian)IPA(key): /ˈtæn.dəm/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈtæn.dəm/, [ˈtɛən.dəm]
Audio (US) (file)
- Rhymes: -ændəm
Noun[edit]
tandem (plural tandems)
- A carriage pulled by two or more draught animals (generally draught horses) harnessed one behind the other, both providing the pulling power but only the animal in front able to steer. [from mid 18th c.]
- 1850-50, William Makepeace Thackeray, Pendennis, ch 3:
- Mr. Foker was no more like a gentleman now than in his school days: and yet Pen felt a secret pride in strutting down High Street with a young fellow who owned tandems, talked to officers, and ordered turtle and champagne for dinner.
- 1850-50, William Makepeace Thackeray, Pendennis, ch 3:
- (transferred sense) A bicycle or tricycle in which two people sit one behind the other, both able to pedal but only the person in front able to steer. [from late 19th c.]
- (figurative) A group of two or more people, machines etc. working together; close collaboration.
- (education) A method of language learning based on mutual exchange, where ideally each learner is a native speaker in the language the other person wants to learn.
- 2007, Jane Woodin, “Intercultural positioning: tandem conversations about word meaning”, in Regina Weinert, editor, Spoken Language Pragmatics, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN:
- Spanish and English tandem learners discuss the meaning of a given word in a semi-structured conversation.
- (medicine) a hollow metal tube containing radioactive material, inserted through the vagina into the uterus for treatment of gynecological cancer.
- 2007, Phillip M. Devlin, editor, Brachytherapy: Applications and Techniques, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, page 236:
- This sagittal ultrasound shows the bright signal of the tandem in a good position in the uterus.
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → Assamese: টমটম (tomtom)
- → Bengali: টমটম (ṭomoṭom)
- → Catalan: tàndem
- → Czech: tandem
- → Danish: tandem
- → Dutch: tandem
- → Finnish: tandem
- → French: tandem
- → German: Tandem
- → Greek: τάντεμ (tántem)
- → Hungarian: tandem
- → Italian: tandem
- → Polish: tandem
- → Portuguese: tandem
- → Russian: танде́м (tandɛ́m)
- → Serbo-Croatian: та̀нде̄м / tàndēm
- → Spanish: tándem
Translations[edit]
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Adverb[edit]
tandem (not comparable)
- One behind the other.
- to ride tandem on a bicycle-built-for-two
- The horses were harnessed tandem.
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Adjective[edit]
tandem (not comparable)
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Further reading[edit]
Czech[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from German Tandem, from English tandem,[1] originally from Latin tandem (“at last”).[2]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tandem m inan
Declension[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Machek, Václav (1968) Etymologický slovník jazyka českého, 2nd edition, Prague: Academia
- ^ "tandem" in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, electronic version, Leda, 2007
Dutch[edit]
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Noun[edit]
tandem m (plural tandems, diminutive tandempje n)
- tandem (vehicle, bicycle)
- tandem (arrangement)
- (biology) A phase in the mating ritual of dragonflies.
- A pair, a couple, a duo.
French[edit]
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Noun[edit]
tandem m (plural tandems)
- tandem (vehicle, bicycle)
Further reading[edit]
- “tandem”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams[edit]
Ido[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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Adverb[edit]
tandem
- (neologism) finally, at last, eventually
- Synonym: fine
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unadapted borrowing from English tandem.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tandem m (invariable)
- tandem (all senses)
References[edit]
- ^ tandem in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From tam (“so”) + -dem (“new interpreted particle from īdem”). Compare with its earlier doublet: tamen. Both with original meaning supposedly "so(much)ever".
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈtan.dem/, [ˈt̪än̪d̪ɛ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈtan.dem/, [ˈt̪än̪d̪em]
Adverb[edit]
tandem (not comparable)
- at length, at last, finally, eventually
- used also as an adverbial intensifier of interrogatives to a somewhat greater degree than -nam
Usage notes[edit]
- The particle -nam and adverb tandem (“finally”) may be added to interrogative pronouns and adverbs to add emphasis. The adverb tandem adds stronger emphasis.
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Descendants[edit]
- Sicilian: tannu
References[edit]
- “tandem”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “tandem”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- tandem in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
Portuguese[edit]
Noun[edit]
tandem m (plural tandens)
- tandem (bicycle with two seats and two sets of pedals)
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
tandem n (plural tandemuri)
Declension[edit]
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) tandem | tandemul | (niște) tandemuri | tandemurile |
genitive/dative | (unui) tandem | tandemului | (unor) tandemuri | tandemurilor |
vocative | tandemule | tandemurilor |
Spanish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tandem m (plural tandems)
- English terms borrowed from Latin
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- Rhymes:English/ændəm
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- nl:Biology
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- Rhymes:Italian/andem
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- Rhymes:Spanish/anden
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