territorium

See also: Territorium

Danish

Alternative forms

• territorie

Etymology

From Latin territōrium.

Noun

territorium n (singular definite territoriet, plural indefinite territorier)

1. territory

Declension

Declension of territorium

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	territorium	territoriet	territorier	territorierne
genitive	territoriums	territoriets	territoriers	territoriernes

Further reading

• “territorium” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “territorium” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

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Dutch

Etymology

From Latin territōrium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛrɪˈtoːriʏm/

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Noun

territorium n (plural territoria or territoriums)

1. territory

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Latin

Etymology

From terra (“land”) + -tor ("-er": forming agent nouns) + -ium ("-y, -ity": forming abstract nouns, particularly in reference to "domain" or "office").

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ter.riˈtoː.ri.um/, [t̪ɛrːɪˈt̪oːriʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ter.riˈto.ri.um/, [t̪erːiˈt̪ɔːrium]

Noun

territōrium n (genitive territōriī or territōrī); second declension

1. The land around or within the boundaries of a town; territory.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	territōrium	territōria
Genitive	territōriī territōrī1	territōriōrum
Dative	territōriō	territōriīs
Accusative	territōrium	territōria
Ablative	territōriō	territōriīs
Vocative	territōrium	territōria

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

Derived terms

• territōriālis

Related terms

• terra

Descendants

• Albanian: territor
• Belarusian: тэрыторыя (terytóryja)
• Bulgarian: територия (teritorija)
• Catalan: territori
• Czech: teritorium
• Dutch: territorium
• English: territory
• Esperanto: teritorio
• Estonian: territoorium
• Finnish: territorio
• French: territoire, terroir
• Galician: territorio

• Georgian: ტერიტორიაზე (ṭeriṭoriaze)
• German: Territorium
• Ido: teritorio
• Indonesian: teritori
• Interlingua: territorio
• Italian: territorio
• Kurdish: terrîtorî
• Latvian: teritorija
• Lithuanian: teritorija
• Norman: territouaithe (Jersey)
• Norwegian: territorium
• Occitan: territòri, terrador

• Papiamentu: teritorio
• Polish: terytorium
• Portuguese: território
• Romanian: teritoriu
• Russian: территория (territorija)
• Serbo-Croatian: територија (teritorija)
• Slovak: teritórium
• Slovene: teritorij
• Spanish: territorio
• Swedish: territorium
• Tagalog: teritoryo
• Tatar: territory

References

• “territorium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “territorium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• territorium 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)
• territorium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin territōrium

Noun

territorium n (definite singular territoriet, indefinite plural territorier, definite plural territoria or territoriene)

1. territory

Derived terms

• Nordvestterritoriene

References

• “territorium” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin territōrium

Noun

territorium n (definite singular territoriet, indefinite plural territorium, definite plural territoria)

1. territory

Derived terms

• Nordvestterritoria

References

• “territorium” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Swedish

Etymology

From Latin territōrium.

Noun

territorium n

1. territory

Declension

Declension of territorium
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	territorium	territoriet	territorier	territorierna
Genitive	territoriums	territoriets	territoriers	territoriernas

Further reading

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