individuum
See also: Individuum
English
Etymology
From Latin indīviduum, noun use of neuter singular of indīviduus (“indivisible”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪndɪˈvɪdjuːəm/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɪndɪˈvɪduəm/
Noun
individuum (plural individuums or individua)
- An indivisible entity.
- A single individual person or thing.
- 1603, John Florio, transl.; Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in The Essayes, […], book II, printed at London: By Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821:
- it seemeth unlikely, that God hath framed this peece of worke alone without a fellow; and that the matter of this forme hath wholly beene spent in this only Individuum […].
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Czech
Synonyms
Related terms
- See divize
Further reading
- individuum in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- individuum in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /in.diːˈwi.du.um/, [ɪn.diːˈwɪ.dʊ.ũ]
Adjective
indīviduum
- nominative neuter singular of indīviduus
- accusative masculine singular of indīviduus
- accusative neuter singular of indīviduus
- vocative neuter singular of indīviduus
References
- individuum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /indiʋǐːduum/
- Hyphenation: in‧di‧vi‧du‧um
Declension
Declension of individuum
singular | plural | |
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nominative | individuum | individuumi |
genitive | individuuma | individuuma |
dative | individuumu | individuumima |
accusative | individuuma | individuume |
vocative | individuume | individuumi |
locative | individuumu | individuumima |
instrumental | individuumom | individuumima |
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