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Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin tentāmen (“attempt”).
Pronunciation
Noun
tentamen n (plural tentamens, diminutive tentamentje n)
- an examination (especially in higher education)
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Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch tentamen (“examination”), from Latin tentāmen (“attempt”).
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: tèn‧ta‧mèn
Noun
tèntamèn (plural tentamen-tentamen)
- (education) examination.
- Synonym: ujian
- Salah satu stresor pada mahasiswa adalah tentamen anatomi. ― One of student stressors is anatomy examination.
Further reading
Latin
Etymology
From tentō (“I try”) + -men (noun-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
Noun
tentāmen n (genitive tentāminis); third declension
- an attempt
- (New Latin) a literary attempt: an essay
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
Descendants
References
- “tentamen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- tentamen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Swedish
Etymology
From Latin tentāmen (“an attempt”).
Pronunciation
Noun
tentamen c
- an examination
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