examen

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English

Etymology

From Latin exāmen (the tongue of a balance, examination), for exagmen, from exigere (to weigh accurately, to treat): compare French examen. See exact.

Pronunciation

Noun

examen (plural examens)

  1. (obsolete) examination; inquiry
    • July 11, 1780, William Cowper, letter to the Rev. William Unwin
      For this reason I decline answering the question with which you concluded your last, and cannot persuade myself to enter into a critical examen of the two pieces upon Lord Mansfield's loss

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Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin exāmen. Compare the inherited eixam.

Pronunciation

Noun

examen m (plural exàmens)

  1. exam, test
    Synonym: examinació

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Dutch

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Dutch examen, from Latin exāmen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌɛkˈsaː.mə(n)/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: exa‧men
  • Rhymes: -aːmən

Noun

examen n (plural examens or examina, diminutive examentje n)

  1. exam, examination, major test

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Descendants

  • Indonesian: eksamen
  • Kwinti: exame
  • Papiamentu: èksamen

Further reading

  • examen” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin exāmen. Doublet of essaim.

Pronunciation

Noun

examen m (plural examens)

  1. exam, test

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Latin

Etymology

From *exagmen, ex- (out) +‎ agō (I drive) +‎ -men. Compare the meanings again of weighing in Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́ξῐος (áxios) of same root.

Pronunciation

Noun

exāmen n (genitive exāminis); third declension

  1. swarm of bees; crowd
    examen apum
    A swarm of bees
  2. tongue of a balance
  3. a consideration, an examining

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative exāmen exāmina
Genitive exāminis exāminum
Dative exāminī exāminibus
Accusative exāmen exāmina
Ablative exāmine exāminibus
Vocative exāmen exāmina

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Descendants

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References

Further reading

  • examen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • examen”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • examen 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)
  • examen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • examen”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • examen”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin exāmen.

Pronunciation

Noun

examen n (plural examene)

  1. exam, examination, test

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Romansch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin exāmen.

Noun

examen m (plural examens)

  1. exam

Derived terms

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin exāmen. Compare the inherited doublet enjambre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eɡˈsamen/
  • Rhymes: -amen
  • Syllabification: e‧xa‧men

Noun

examen m (plural exámenes)

  1. exam, examination, test

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Further reading

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin exāmen.

Pronunciation

Noun

examen c

  1. exam
  2. graduation
  3. degree
    Den sökande bör ha en examen i ekonomi
    The applicant should have a degree in economics.

Declension

Declension of examen 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative examen examen examina examina
Genitive examens examens examinas examinas

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