termin

From German Termin (“date, deadline”), from Latin terminus (“boundary, limit, end”).

• IPA^(key): /tɛrmiːn/,
• Rhymes: -in

termin c (singular definite terminen, plural indefinite terminer)

1. settling period
2. due date, settling day
3. date, deadline
4. mortgage payment

termin

1. genitive singular of termi

• metrin

Borrowed from Dutch termijn, ultimately from Latin terminus.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛrmin/
• Rhymes: -ɛrmin
• Syllabification: ter‧min

termin (plural termin-termin)

1. term (a chronological limitation or restriction, a limited timespan)

   Near-synonyms: babak, periode, tahap

• “termin” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Borrowed from Polish termin. Compare Slovincian termyn.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛr.min/
• Rhymes: -ɛrmin
• Syllabification: ter‧min

termin m inan

1. term (time set aside to do something, defined as a certain period or as a specific day)
   1. (law) date of a court hearing

• Sychta, Bernard (1972) “terḿin”, in Słownik gwar kaszubskich (in Polish), volumes 5 (S – T), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 345
• Jan Trepczyk (1994) “termin”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “termin”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎

• terminn

Probably borrowed from Latin terminus.

termin m (plural termini)

1. term, expiry, deadline

Learned borrowing from Latin terminus (“boundary, limit, end”). Sense 2 is a semantic loan from English term and French terme. First attested in the 16th century. Compare Silesian termin and Slovincian termyn.

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• Rhymes: -ɛrmin
• Syllabification: ter‧min

termin m inan (related adjective terminowy)

1. (countable) term; date (time set aside to do something, defined as a certain period or as a specific day)
   1. (countable, pregnancy) term, due date
   2. (countable) deadline, due date; time frame (specific date when something is to happen)
3. (countable) term (word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge)
4. (uncountable, archaic, historical) apprenticeship
5. (countable, logic) term (subject or the predicate of a proposition; one of the three component parts of a syllogism, each one of which is used twice)
6. (countable, obsolete) term (bound, boundary)

   Synonym: granica

7. (countable, obsolete, banking, finance) installment (portion of debt)

   Synonym: rata

8. (countable, obsolete) position, situation, state, circumstances
   1. (uncountable, obsolete) difficult times; critical situation
   2. (countable, obsolete) trouble

      Synonym: kłopot

   3. (countable, obsolete) puzzle (problem or enigma to solve, difficult task)

      Synonym: zagadka

9. (countable, obsolete, historical, law) court hearing
10. (countable, obsolete, law) lawsuit

• → Kashubian: termin
• → Russian: те́рмин (términ), те́рминъ (términ) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
  • → Armenian: տերմին (termin)
  • → Kazakh: термин (termin)
  • → Yakut: тиэрмин (tiermin)

• termin in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• termin in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• “TERMIN”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku , 31.01.2023
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “termin”, in Słownik języka polskiego
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “termin”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1919), “termin”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 7, Warsaw, page 49

• IPA^(key): (standard) /ˈter.min/, (alternative) /terˈmin/

termin

1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of termina

Borrowed from Latin terminus.

• IPA^(key): /těrmiːn/
• Hyphenation: ter‧min

tèrmīn m (Cyrillic spelling тѐрмӣн)

1. term (a word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge)
2. a specific date and time for which something is scheduled (e.g. a due date, a meeting time, or a time slot for an appointment)

• “termin”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Borrowed from German Termin. Compare Polish termin.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛr.min/

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• Rhymes: -ɛrmin
• Syllabification: ter‧min

termin m inan (related adjective terminowy)

1. term (time set aside to do something, defined as a certain period or as a specific day)
2. (law) court hearing

• termin in silling.org
• Henryk Jaroszewicz (2022) “termin”, in Zasady pisowni języka śląskiego (in Polish), Siedlce: Wydawnictwo Naukowe IKRBL, page 143

From German Termin (“date, deadline”), from Latin terminus (“boundary, limit, end”).

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termin c

1. (education) a semester, half of a school year, a term
2. (business) a term, a due date, a time period (for payments, interest and options)

education

• hösttermin
• skoltermin
• terminsavgift
• terminsavslutning
• terminsbetyg
• terminskort
• terminsslut
• terminsstart
• terminsvis
• vårtermin

business

• aktietermin
• terminsaffär
• terminshandel
• terminsmarknad

• termin in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)