English Online Dictionary. What means seminar? What does seminar mean?
English
Etymology
From German Seminar, from Latin sēminārium, from sēmen (“seed”). Compare seminary.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsɛmɪnɑɹ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsɛmɪnɑː/
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
- e-seminar
- proseminar
- webinar
Related terms
- semen
- seminary
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
Verb
seminar (third-person singular simple present seminars, present participle seminaring, simple past and past participle seminared)
- (intransitive) To participate in or lead a seminar.
Anagrams
- remains, Minears, Merinas, Marines, marines, Erisman, Amreins, sirname, Amrines, Mainers, Riemans, Reimans, maresin, mainers, Reisman, Mariens
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English seminar, from German Seminar, from Latin sēminārium.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɛ.miˌnɑr/, /ˈsɛ.məˌnɑr/
- Hyphenation: se‧mi‧nar
Noun
seminar n or m (plural seminars)
- seminar (class or conference for advanced studies)
- Synonym: (Belgium) seminarie
Related terms
- seminarie
- webinar
Descendants
- → Indonesian: seminar
Estonian
Etymology
From German Seminar.
Noun
seminar (genitive seminari, partitive seminari)
- seminar
Declension
Further reading
- “seminar”, in [EKSS] 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
- (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 (plural seminar-seminar)
- seminar
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 of 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)
- seminar
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /semǐnaːr/
- Hyphenation: se‧mi‧nar
Noun
semìnār m (Cyrillic spelling семѝна̄р)
- seminar
Declension
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from English seminar.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /semiˈnaɾ/ [sɛ.mɪˈn̪aɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: se‧mi‧nar
Noun
seminár (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜋᜒᜈᜇ᜔)
- 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
- IPA(key): /sɛˈmɪnar/
Noun
seminar m (plural seminarau, not mutable)
- 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