termen

See also: Termen

English

Etymology

From Latin termen.

Noun

termen (plural termens)

1. (entomology) The outer edge of the wing of a butterfly or moth, joining the apex to the tornus.

Anagrams

• Menter, Merten

Crimean Tatar

Noun

termen (Northern dialect)

1. mill

Usage notes

• Literary form: degirmen

Declension

Declension of termen

nominative	termen
genitive	termenniñ
dative	termenge
accusative	termenni
locative	termende
ablative	termenden

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛr.mə(n)/

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• Rhymes: -ɛrmən

Noun

termen

1. plural of term

French

Noun

termen f (plural termens)

1. termen

Galician

Verb

termen

1. inflection of termar:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative

Hungarian

Etymology

From the term- stem of terem +‎ -en.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɛrmɛn]
• Hyphenation: ter‧men

Noun

termen

1. superessive singular of terem

Usage notes

The superessive of the possessive-suffixed form terem (tér +‎ -em) is teremen.

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *termn̥, from Proto-Indo-European *térmn̥ (“boundary”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈtɛr.mɛn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈtɛr.men]

Noun

termen n (genitive terminis); third declension

1. alternative form of terminus

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

	singular	plural
nominative	termen	termina
genitive	terminis	terminum
dative	terminī	terminibus
accusative	termen	termina
ablative	termine	terminibus
vocative	termen	termina

References

• “termen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "termen", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

termen m

1. definite singular of term

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

termen m

1. definite singular of term

Old English

Alternative forms

• termin

Etymology

From or cognate with Old Norse termin (“term, terminus”), from Latin termen, terminus (“boundary, end”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈter.men/, [ˈterˠ.men]

Noun

termen m (nominative plural termenas)

1. a term, fixed date, end

   Gif ðú wille witan ðæt gemǽre terminum septuagesimalis, ðonne tele ðú . . . ðonne on ðam teóðan stent se termen, ðæt gemǽre,

   On non Aprilis byð se forma termen on ðam circule ðe ys decennovenalis, oððe pascalis geháten

   Ðæt gemǽre ðæs termenes pasche

   On ðam termine' ðære eásterlícan tíde

   Ymbe ðæne termen

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	termen	termenas
accusative	termen	termenas
genitive	termenes	termena
dative	termene	termenum

Descendants

• >? Middle English: terme (partly?; perhaps merged with the French borrowing)
  • English: term

References

• John R. Clark Hall (1916), “termen”, in A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, New York: Macmillan
• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “termen”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[2], second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Romanian

Alternative forms

• termin — Moldavia (region)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin termen, with senses from French terme. Doublet of țărm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtermen]

Noun

termen n (plural termene)

1. term (period or length of time)
2. terms, conditions

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	termen	termenul		termene	termenele
genitive-dative	termen	termenului		termene	termenelor
vocative	termenule			termenelor

Noun

termen m (plural termeni)

1. term(s) (relation(s) among people)
2. a term (word or phrase)

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	termen	termenul		termeni	termenii
genitive-dative	termen	termenului		termeni	termenilor
vocative	termenule			termenilor

Related terms

• termina

Swedish

Pronunciation

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Noun

termen

1. definite singular of term

Anagrams

• metern