termino

See also: término, terminó, and terminò

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [tərˈmi.nu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [tərˈmi.no]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [teɾˈmi.no]

Verb

termino

1. first-person singular present indicative of terminar

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish término, from Latin terminus (“a bound, boundary, limit, end, in Medieval Latin also a time, period, word, covenant, etc.”).

The sense "set time limit" is a semantic loan from English term.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ter‧mi‧no
• IPA^(key): /ˌteɾmiˈno/ [ˌt̪iɾ̪.mɪˈn̪o]

Noun

términó

1. term (word or phrase, especially one from a special used area of knowledge)
2. term (period in office)

Related terms

• terminal
• terminolohiya

Central Bikol

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish término.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈteɾmino/ [ˈteɾ.mi.n̪o]
• Hyphenation: ter‧mi‧no

Noun

término (Basahan spelling ᜆᜒᜍ᜔ᜋᜒᜈᜓ)

1. term
   1. duration of a set length; period in office of fixed length
   2. a word or phrase (especially one from a specialised area of knowledge)
2. tenure
3. limit

   Synonyms: kataposan, kasagkoran

Esperanto

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-?

Proto-Indo-European *ter-?

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥

Proto-Indo-European *térmn̥der.

Proto-Italic *termenos

Latin terminusder.

German Terminbor.

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Latin terminuslbor.

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English termsl.

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French termesl.

Polish terminbor.

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Polish terminbor.

Russian те́рмин (términ)bor.

Esperanto termino

Borrowed from German Termin, Russian те́рмин (términ) and Polish termin, from Latin terminus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /terˈmino/
• Rhymes: -ino
• Syllabification: ter‧mi‧no

Noun

termino (accusative singular terminon, plural terminoj, accusative plural terminojn)

1. term

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto termino, English terminus, French terminus, German Terminus, Termin, Italian termine, Russian термин (termin), Spanish término, all ultimately from Latin terminus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /terˈmino/

Noun

termino (plural termini)

1. boundary; terminus, farthest point
2. (grammar) term
3. (logic, in syllogism) the major premise, minor premise or the middle
4. (mathematics) term
5. (mythology) divinity represented in a human form sculpted in blocks of stone

Derived terms

• terminaro (“terminology”)

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛr.mi.no/
• Rhymes: -ɛrmino
• Hyphenation: tèr‧mi‧no

Verb

termino

1. first-person singular present indicative of terminare

Anagrams

• mentirò, mentori, morenti, rimonte, tremino

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈtɛr.mɪ.noː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈtɛr.mi.no]

Etymology 1

From terminus (“bound, limit; end”) +‎ -ō.

Verb

terminō (present infinitive termināre, perfect active termināvī, supine terminātum); first conjugation

1. to mark off (by boundaries), set bounds to; bound, limit
2. to define, fix, determine, circumscribe
3. to close, finish, end, terminate

Conjugation

   Conjugation of terminō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	terminō		terminās		terminat		termināmus		terminātis		terminant
	imperfect	terminābam		terminābās		terminābat		terminābāmus		terminābātis		terminābant
	future	terminābō		terminābis		terminābit		terminābimus		terminābitis		terminābunt
	perfect	termināvī		termināvistī		termināvit		termināvimus		termināvistis		termināvērunt, termināvēre
	pluperfect	termināveram		termināverās		termināverat		termināverāmus		termināverātis		termināverant
	future perfect	termināverō		termināveris		termināverit		termināverimus		termināveritis		termināverint
passive	present	terminor		termināris, termināre		terminātur		termināmur		termināminī		terminantur
	imperfect	terminābar		terminābāris, terminābāre		terminābātur		terminābāmur		terminābāminī		terminābantur
	future	terminābor		termināberis, terminābere		terminābitur		terminābimur		terminābiminī		terminābuntur
	perfect	terminātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	terminātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	terminātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	terminem		terminēs		terminet		terminēmus		terminētis		terminent
	imperfect	terminārem		terminārēs		termināret		terminārēmus		terminārētis		terminārent
	perfect	termināverim		termināverīs		termināverit		termināverīmus		termināverītis		termināverint
	pluperfect	termināvissem		termināvissēs		termināvisset		termināvissēmus		termināvissētis		termināvissent
passive	present	terminer		terminēris, terminēre		terminētur		terminēmur		terminēminī		terminentur
	imperfect	terminārer		terminārēris, terminārēre		terminārētur		terminārēmur		terminārēminī		terminārentur
	perfect	terminātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	terminātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		terminā		—		—		termināte		—
	future	—		terminātō		terminātō		—		terminātōte		terminantō
passive	present	—		termināre		—		—		termināminī		—
	future	—		terminātor		terminātor		—		—		terminantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		termināre			terminārī			termināns			—
future		terminātūrum esse			terminātum īrī			terminātūrus			terminandus
perfect		termināvisse			terminātum esse			—			terminātus
future perfect		—			terminātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		terminātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		terminandī		terminandō		terminandum		terminandō		terminātum		terminātū

Derived terms

• determinō
• disterminō
• exterminō
• terminātē
• terminātiō
• terminātor
• terminātus

Related terms

• terminālis

Descendants

• → English: terminate
• → French: terminer
• → Galician: terminar
• → Italian: terminare
• → Piedmontese: terminé
• → Portuguese: terminar
• → Romanian: termina
• → Spanish: terminar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

terminō

1. dative/ablative singular of terminus

References

• “termino”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “termino”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “termino”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • this word ends in a long syllable: haec vox longa syllaba terminatur, in longam syllabam cadit, exit
    

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /teʁˈmĩ.nu/ [teɦˈmĩ.nu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /teʁˈmĩ.nu/ [teɦˈmĩ.nu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /teɾˈmĩ.nu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /teʁˈmĩ.nu/
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /teɻˈmĩ.nu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /teʁˈmi.no/ [teɦˈmi.no]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɨɾˈmi.nu/

• Rhymes: -inu, (Brazil) -ĩnu
• Hyphenation: ter‧mi‧no

Verb

termino

1. first-person singular present indicative of terminar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /teɾˈmino/ [t̪eɾˈmi.no]

• Audio (Spain):

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• Rhymes: -ino
• Syllabification: ter‧mi‧no

Verb

termino

1. first-person singular present indicative of terminar

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish término, from Latin terminus (“a bound, boundary, limit, end, in Medieval Latin also a time, period, word, covenant, etc.”).

The sense "period in office" is a semantic loan from English term.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈteɾmino/ [ˌt̪ɛɾ.mɪˈn̪o]
• Rhymes: -eɾmino
• Syllabification: ter‧mi‧no

Noun

términó (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜇ᜔ᜋᜒᜈᜓ)

1. term (word or phrase)

   Synonyms: katawagan, tawag, salita

2. term; condition (limitation, restriction, or regulation in a contract)

   Synonyms: probisyon, tadhana

3. term (period in office)

Related terms

• terminal
• terminolohiya

Further reading

• “termino”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018