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Bikol Central
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish término.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈteɾmino/
- Hyphenation: ter‧mi‧no
Noun
término (Basahan spelling ᜆᜒᜍ᜔ᜋᜒᜈᜓ)
- term
- duration of a set length; period in office of fixed length
- a word or phrase (especially one from a specialised area of knowledge)
- tenure
- limit
- Synonyms: probisiyon, kasagkoran
Catalan
Pronunciation
Verb
termino
- first-person singular present indicative of terminar
Cebuano
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish término, from Latin terminus (“a bound, boundary, limit, end, in Medieval Latin also a time, period, word, covenant, etc.”).
The sense "set time limit" is a semantic loan from English term.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ter‧mi‧no
- IPA(key): /ˌteɾmiˈno/
Noun
términó
- term (word or phrase, especially one from a special used area of knowledge)
- term (period in office)
Esperanto
Etymology
Borrowed from German Termin, Russian те́рмин (términ) and Polish termin, from Latin terminus.
Pronunciation
Noun
termino (accusative singular terminon, plural terminoj, accusative plural terminojn)
- term
Ido
Etymology
Borrowed from Esperanto termino, English terminus, French terminus, German Terminus, Termin, Italian termine, Russian термин (termin), Spanish término, all ultimately from Latin terminus.
Pronunciation
Noun
termino (plural termini)
- boundary; terminus, farthest point
- (grammar) term
- (logic, in syllogism) the major premise, minor premise or the middle
- (mathematics) term
- (mythology) divinity represented in a human form sculpted in blocks of stone
Derived terms
Italian
Pronunciation
Verb
termino
- first-person singular present indicative of terminare
Anagrams
Latin
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From terminus (“bound, limit; end”) + -ō.
Verb
terminō (present infinitive termināre, perfect active termināvī, supine terminātum); first conjugation
- to mark off (by boundaries), set bounds to; bound, limit
- to define, fix, determine, circumscribe
- to close, finish, end, terminate
Conjugation
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
terminō
- dative/ablative singular of terminus
References
- “termino”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “termino”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- termino in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- this word ends in a long syllable: haec vox longa syllaba terminatur, in longam syllabam cadit, exit
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -inu, (Brazil) -ĩnu
- Hyphenation: ter‧mi‧no
Verb
termino
- first-person singular present indicative of terminar
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /teɾˈmino/
- Rhymes: -ino
- Syllabification: ter‧mi‧no
Verb
termino
- first-person singular present indicative of terminar
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish término, from Latin terminus (“a bound, boundary, limit, end, in Medieval Latin also a time, period, word, covenant, etc.”).
The sense "period in office" is a semantic loan from English term.
Pronunciation
Noun
términó (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜇ᜔ᜋᜒᜈᜓ)
- term (word or phrase)
- Synonyms: katawagan, tawag, salita
- term; condition (limitation, restriction, or regulation in a contract)
- Synonyms: probisyon, tadhana
- term (period in office)
Further reading
- “termino”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018