English [ edit ] Alternative forms [ edit ] Etymology [ edit ] From the Latin vāde ( “ go!, walk! ” ) , the second-person singular present active imperative of vādō ( “ I go, I walk ” ) + mēcum ( “ with me ” ) , literally meaning "go with me".
Pronunciation [ edit ] IPA (key ) : /ˌveɪdi ˈmiːkəm/ , /ˌvɑːdi ˈmeɪkəm/ Hyphenation: va‧de me‧cum vade mecum (plural vade mecums
A referential book such as a handbook or manual .
A useful object , constantly carried on one's person. Translations [ edit ] referential book
Arabic: كتاب تعليمي
Finnish: käsikirja (fi) , opaskirja (fi) , opas (fi) , vade mecum (fi)
French: vade-mecum (fr) m ( traditional orthography ) , vadémécum (fr) m ( 1990 revised orthography )
Georgian: სახელმძღვანელო ( saxelmʒɣvanelo ) , ცნობარი ( cnobari )
German: Vademecum (de) n
Greek:
Ancient: ἐγχειρίδιον n ( enkheirídion )
Hungarian: zsebkönyv (hu) , kisokos (hu) , kalauz (hu) , tájékoztató (hu) , vademecum (hu)
Icelandic: handbók f vasakver n uppsláttarkver n
Ido: vade-mecum (io)
Italian: vademecum (it) m
Polish: vademecum (pl) n wademekum (pl) n
Portuguese: vade-mécum m or f manual (pt) m apostila (pt) f
Russian: руково́дство (ru) n ( rukovódstvo ) , спра́вочник (ru) m ( správočnik )
Spanish: vademécum (es) m manual (es) m
Turkish: el kitabı (tr)
Ukrainian: довідни́к (uk) m ( dovidnýk ) , інстру́кція ( instrúkcija )