seminarium

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sēminārium.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˌseː.miˈnaː.ri.ʏm/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: se‧mi‧na‧ri‧um
  • Rhymes: -aːriʏm

Noun

seminarium n (plural seminaria)

  1. A seminary.
    Synonym: seminarie

Latin

Etymology

From sēmen (“seed”) +‎ -ārium (“place for”), that is, a place for sowing the seeds of knowledge.

Noun

sēminārium n (genitive sēmināriī or sēminārī); second declension

  1. seminary
  2. breeding ground
  3. plant nursery; arboretum
  4. nursery or daycare for children

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative sēminārium sēmināria
Genitive sēmināriī
sēminārī1		 sēmināriōrum
Dative sēmināriō sēmināriīs
Accusative sēminārium sēmināria
Ablative sēmināriō sēmināriīs
Vocative sēminārium sēmināria

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

Descendants

References
  • “seminarium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “seminarium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • seminarium 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)
  • seminarium in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sēminārium.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sɛ.miˈna.rjum/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -arjum
  • Syllabification: se‧mi‧na‧rium

Noun

seminarium n

  1. (Roman Catholicism) seminary (theological school)
  2. seminar (class held for advanced studies)
    Synonym: konwersatorium

Declension
Declension of seminarium
singular plural
nominative seminarium seminaria
genitive seminarium seminariów
dative seminarium seminariom
accusative seminarium seminaria
instrumental seminarium seminariami
locative seminarium seminariach
vocative seminarium seminaria

Derived terms
adjective
nouns

Further reading
  • seminarium in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • seminarium in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin seminarium, used in Swedish since 1638.

Noun

seminarium n

  1. a seminar, a lecture, a presentation; a situation for teaching and discussion
  2. a seminary, a school for priests and/or teachers

Usage notes

Since compounds are made with seminarie-, it is a common mistake (but still an error) to assume this is the basic form (ett seminarie).

Declension
Declension of seminarium 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative seminarium seminariet seminarier seminarierna
Genitive seminariums seminariets seminariers seminariernas
  • folkskoleseminarium
  • prästseminarium
  • seminariebibliotek
  • seminariedeltagare
  • seminarieledare
  • seminarieprogram
  • seminarieserie
  • seminarieuppsats
  • seminarieövning
  • seminarist

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