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English
Etymology
From Latin prōcessus.
Noun
processus (plural processus)
- A process, or projecting part.
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French
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Latin prōcessus (“process, progression”). Doublet of procès, another borrowing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pʁɔ.sɛ.sys/ ~ /pʁɔ.se.sys/
Noun
processus m (plural processus)
- a process
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Further reading
Latin
Etymology
Perfect passive participle of prōcēdō (“advance, proceed”).
Pronunciation
Participle
prōcessus (feminine prōcessa, neuter prōcessum); first/second-declension participle
- advanced, having been advanced
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Noun
prōcessus m (genitive prōcessūs); fourth declension
- A course, progression, progress, process, advance.
- Synonyms: prōgressus, prōgressiō, prōcessiō
- Antonyms: dēcessiō, cessiō, recessiō, sēcessiō
- (by extension) An elapsing, passing away, lapse.
Declension
Fourth-declension noun.
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References
- “processus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “processus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- processus 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)
- processus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- processus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016