comparandum

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English

Etymology

From Latin comparandum, gerundive (neuter singular) of comparō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌkɒmpəˈɹændəm/, /ˌkɒmpəˈɹɑːndəm/

Noun

comparandum (plural comparanda)

  1. Something that is compared; the subject of a comparison.
    Synonym: comparand
    • 1985, Jens Elmegård Rasmussen, “Miscellaneous Problems in Indo-European Languages I-II”, in Lingua Posnaniensis, volume 28, page 125:
      This finding, together with the semantic content, allows us to identify a suitable comparandum, viz. the pronoun *etero-s 'other; one or the other of two' []
    • 2014 October 18, Ante Aikio, “The Uralic-Yukaghir lexical correspondences: genetic inheritance, language contact or chance resemblance?”, in Finnisch-Ugrische Forschungen, volume 14, →DOI, page 12:
      For the sake of evaluating the Uralic-Yukaghir comparisons in HDY, however, it is more illuminating to examine the frequency of various types of problems in the comparanda.
    • 2017 April 1, Colin Renfrew, Michael Boyd, “26. Selected Sculptural Fragments from the Special Deposits south at Kavos on Keros”, in Marissa Marthari, Colin Renfrew, Michael Boyd, editors, Early Cycladic Sculpture in Context, Oxbow Books, →ISBN, page 380:
      The third task is to choose a suitable illustrated comparandum of the appropriate variety from a published Early Cycladic excavation which is both well preserved and substantially complete.

Latin

Participle

comparandum

  1. inflection of comparandus:
    1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
    2. accusative masculine singular