seminar
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English
Etymology
From German Seminar, from Latin sēminārium, from sēmen (“seed”). Compare seminary.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsɛmɪnɑɹ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsɛmɪnɑː/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Noun
seminar (plural seminars)
- A class held for advanced studies in which students meet regularly to discuss original research, under the guidance of a professor.
- A meeting held for the exchange of useful information by members of a common business community.
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- → Dutch: seminar
- → Indonesian: seminar
- → Japanese: セミナー (seminā)
- → Korean: 세미나 (semina)
- → Swahili: semina
- → Tagalog: seminar
- ⇒ Thai: สัมมนา (sǎm-má-naa) (phono-semantic matching)
- → Turkish: seminer
- → Welsh: seminar
Translations
class held for advanced studies
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meeting held for the exchange of useful information
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Anagrams
- Amrines, Erisman, Mainers, Mariens, Marines, Merinas, Minears, Reimans, Reisman, Riemans, mainers, maresin, marines, remains, sirname
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English seminar, from German Seminar, from Latin sēminārium.
Pronunciation
Noun
seminar n or m (plural seminars)
Related terms
Descendants
- → Indonesian: seminar
Estonian
Etymology
Noun
seminar (genitive seminari, partitive seminari)
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
Pronunciation
Adjective
seminar
Etymology 2
From Dutch seminar, from Latin sēminārium, from sēmen (“seed”). Doublet of seminari.
Pronunciation
Noun
seminar (first-person possessive seminarku, second-person possessive seminarmu, third-person possessive seminarnya)
Related terms
Further reading
- “seminar” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Latin seminarium.
Noun
seminar n (definite singular seminaret, indefinite plural seminar or seminarer, definite plural seminara or seminarene)
- a seminar
References
- “seminar” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Latin seminarium.
Noun
seminar n (definite singular seminaret, indefinite plural seminar, definite plural seminara)
- a seminar
References
- “seminar” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French séminaire, from Latin seminarium.
Noun
seminar n (plural seminarii)
Declension
Declension of seminar
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) seminar | seminarul | (niște) seminarii | seminariile |
| genitive/dative | (unui) seminar | seminarului | (unor) seminarii | seminariilor |
| vocative | seminarule | seminariilor | ||
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
Noun
semìnār m (Cyrillic spelling семѝна̄р)
Declension
Declension of seminar
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | semìnār | seminari |
| genitive | seminára | seminara |
| dative | seminaru | seminarima |
| accusative | seminar | seminare |
| vocative | seminaru / seminare | seminari |
| locative | seminaru | seminarima |
| instrumental | seminarom | seminarima |
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from English seminar.
Pronunciation
Noun
seminár (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜋᜒᜈᜇ᜔)
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)
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