curriculum

See also: currículum

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin curriculum (course), derived from currō (run, move quickly).

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /kəˈɹɪkjələm/, /kɚˈɪkjələm/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /kəˈɹɪk.jə.ləm/, /kɜː(ɹ)ˈɪk.juː.ləm/
  • (file)

Noun

curriculum (plural curricula or curriculums)

  1. The set of courses, coursework, and their content, offered at a school or university.
  2. (obsolete) A racecourse; a place for running.

Derived terms

<a href='/wiki/Category:English_terms_derived_from_the_PIE_root_*%E1%B8%B1ers-' title='Category:English terms derived from the PIE root *ḱers-'>English terms derived from the PIE root *ḱers-</a>‎ (0 c, 31 e)
  <a href='/wiki/cocurrent' title='cocurrent'>cocurrent</a>
  <a href='/wiki/courier' title='courier'>courier</a>
  <a href='/wiki/course' title='course'>course</a>
  <a href='/wiki/current' title='current'>current</a>
  <a href='/wiki/curriculum' title='curriculum'>curriculum</a>
  <a href='/wiki/cursive' title='cursive'>cursive</a>
  <a href='/wiki/cursor' title='cursor'>cursor</a>
  <a href='/wiki/cursory' title='cursory'>cursory</a>
  <a href='/wiki/cursus' title='cursus'>cursus</a>
  <a href='/wiki/curule' title='curule'>curule</a>
  <a href='/wiki/discourse' title='discourse'>discourse</a>
  <a href='/wiki/discursive' title='discursive'>discursive</a>
  <a href='/wiki/incur' title='incur'>incur</a>
  <a href='/wiki/incursion' title='incursion'>incursion</a>
  <a href='/wiki/incursive' title='incursive'>incursive</a>
  <a href='/wiki/occur' title='occur'>occur</a>
  <a href='/wiki/occurrence' title='occurrence'>occurrence</a>
  <a href='/wiki/occurrent' title='occurrent'>occurrent</a>
  <a href='/wiki/of_course' title='of course'>of course</a>
  <a href='/wiki/parkour' title='parkour'>parkour</a>
  <a href='/wiki/recourse' title='recourse'>recourse</a>
  <a href='/wiki/recur' title='recur'>recur</a>
  <a href='/wiki/recurrence' title='recurrence'>recurrence</a>
  <a href='/wiki/recurrent' title='recurrent'>recurrent</a>
  <a href='/wiki/recurse' title='recurse'>recurse</a>
  <a href='/wiki/recursion' title='recursion'>recursion</a>
  <a href='/wiki/recursive' title='recursive'>recursive</a>
  <a href='/wiki/recursively' title='recursively'>recursively</a>
  <a href='/wiki/recursivity' title='recursivity'>recursivity</a>
  <a href='/wiki/reoccur' title='reoccur'>reoccur</a>
  <a href='/wiki/reoccurrence' title='reoccurrence'>reoccurrence</a>

Translations


Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin curriculum.

Noun

curriculum m

  1. curriculum
  2. curriculum vitae, CV; resume: summary of education and employment experience

Synonyms


Latin

Etymology

From currō (run, move quickly) + -culum.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /kurˈri.ku.lum/, [kʊrˈrɪ.kʊ.ɫʊ̃]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kurˈri.ku.lum/, [kurˈriː.ku.lum]

Noun

curriculum n (genitive curriculī); second declension

  1. a race
  2. a racecourse
  3. a racing chariot

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative curriculum curricula
Genitive curriculī curriculōrum
Dative curriculō curriculīs
Accusative curriculum curricula
Ablative curriculō curriculīs
Vocative curriculum curricula

Descendants

References

  • curriculum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • curriculum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • curriculum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to finish one's career: vitae cursum or curriculum conficere
  • curriculum in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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