examen

See also: Examen

English

Etymology

Latin , the tongue of a balance, examination; for exagmen, from exigere to weigh accurately, to treat: compare French examen. See exact.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɪɡˈzeɪ.mən/

Noun

examen (plural examens)

  1. (obsolete) examination; inquiry
    • William Cowper
      For this reason I decline answering the question with which you concluded your last, and cannot persuade myself to enter into a critical examen of the two pieces upon Lord Mansfield's loss []

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for examen in
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams


Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin exāmen. Compare the inherited eixam.

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /əɡˈza.mən/
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): /eɡˈza.men/

Noun

examen m (plural exàmens)

  1. exam, test

Synonyms

Derived terms


Dutch

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin exāmen.

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

examen n (plural examens or examina, diminutive examentje n)

  1. examination

Synonyms

Derived terms


French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin exāmen. Doublet of essaim.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛɡ.za.mɛ̃/, /eɡ.za.mɛ̃/
  • (file)
  • Homophone: examens

Noun

examen m (plural examens)

  1. exam, test

Derived terms

Further reading


Latin

Etymology

From ex- (out) + agō (I drive) + -men (instrumental suffix).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ekˈsaː.men/, [ɛkˈsaː.mɛn]

Noun

exāmen n (genitive exāminis); third declension

  1. swarm of bees; crowd
  2. tongue of a balance
  3. a consideration, an examining

Inflection

Third declension neuter.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative exāmen exāmina
Genitive exāminis exāminum
Dative exāminī exāminibus
Accusative exāmen exāmina
Ablative exāmine exāminibus
Vocative exāmen exāmina

Descendants

References

  • examen in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • examen in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • examen in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • examen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • examen in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • examen in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin, French exāmen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [eɡˈza.men]

Noun

examen n (plural examene)

  1. exam, examination, test

Declension


Romansch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin exāmen.

Noun

examen m (plural examens)

  1. exam

Derived terms


Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin exāmen. Compare the inherited doublet enjambre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eɡˈsamen/, [eɣˈsamẽn]

Noun

examen m (plural exámenes)

  1. exam, examination

Further reading


Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin exāmen.

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

examen c

  1. exam
  2. graduation
  3. degree
    Den sökande bör ha en examen i ekonomi
    The applicant should have a degree in economics.

Declension

Declension of examen 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative examen examen examina examina
Genitive examens examens examinas examinas

Synonyms

See also

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