seminar

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See also: Seminar and seminář

English

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Etymology

From German Seminar, from Latin sēminārium, from sēmen (seed). Compare seminary.

Pronunciation

Noun

seminar (plural seminars)

  1. A class held for advanced studies in which students meet regularly to discuss original research, under the guidance of a professor.
  2. A meeting held for the exchange of useful information by members of a common business community.

Derived terms

Descendants

Translations

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Verb

seminar (third-person singular simple present seminars, present participle seminaring, simple past and past participle seminared)

  1. (intransitive) To participate in or lead a seminar.

Anagrams

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English seminar, from German Seminar, from Latin sēminārium.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɛ.miˌnɑr/, /ˈsɛ.məˌnɑr/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: se‧mi‧nar

Noun

seminar n or m (plural seminars)

  1. seminar (class or conference for advanced studies)
    Synonym: (Belgium) seminarie

Descendants

Estonian

Etymology

From German Seminar.

Noun

seminar (genitive seminari, partitive seminari)

  1. seminar

Declension

Declension of seminar (ÕS type 19/seminar, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative seminar seminarid
accusative nom.
gen. seminari
genitive seminaride
partitive seminari seminare
seminarisid
illative seminari
seminarisse
seminaridesse
seminaresse
inessive seminaris seminarides
seminares
elative seminarist seminaridest
seminarest
allative seminarile seminaridele
seminarele
adessive seminaril seminaridel
seminarel
ablative seminarilt seminaridelt
seminarelt
translative seminariks seminarideks
seminareks
terminative seminarini seminarideni
essive seminarina seminaridena
abessive seminarita seminarideta
comitative seminariga seminaridega

Further reading

  • seminar”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
  • seminar in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

Indonesian

Etymology 1

sinar +‎ -em-

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /səˈminar/
  • Hyphenation: sê‧mi‧nar

Adjective

seminar

  1. (rare) radiant; splendent

Etymology 2

From Dutch seminar, from Latin sēminārium, from sēmen (seed). Doublet of seminari.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /səˈminar/
  • Hyphenation: sê‧mi‧nar

Noun

seminar

  1. seminar

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin seminarium.

Noun

seminar n (definite singular seminaret, indefinite plural seminar or seminarer, definite plural seminara or seminarene)

  1. a seminar

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin seminarium.

Noun

seminar n (definite singular seminaret, indefinite plural seminar, definite plural seminara)

  1. a seminar

References

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French séminaire, from Latin seminarium.

Noun

seminar n (plural seminarii)

  1. seminar

Declension

singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative seminar seminarul seminarii seminariile
genitive-dative seminar seminarului seminarii seminariilor
vocative seminarule seminariilor

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /semǐnaːr/
  • Hyphenation: se‧mi‧nar

Noun

semìnār m (Cyrillic spelling семѝна̄р)

  1. seminar

Declension

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English seminar.

Pronunciation

Noun

seminár (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜋᜒᜈᜇ᜔)

  1. seminar
    Synonym: (uncommon) seminaryo

Further reading

  • seminar”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Welsh

Etymology

From English seminar, from German Seminar, from Latin sēminārium, from sēmen (seed).

Pronunciation

Noun

seminar m (plural seminarau, not mutable)

  1. seminar

Further reading

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “seminar”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies