seminarium

From sēmen (“seed”) +‎ -ārium (“place for”), that is, a place for sowing the seeds of knowledge.

sēminārium n (genitive sēmināriī); second declension

1. seminary
2. breeding ground
3. plant nursery; arboretum
4. nursery or daycare for children

Second declension.

• seminarium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• seminarium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• seminarium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• seminarium in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

• IPA^(key): /sɛ.mʲiˈnarʲ.jum/

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seminarium n

1. seminary

• seminarzysta m
• seminarzystka f
• seminaryjny

• seminarium in Polish dictionaries at PWN

From Latin seminarium, used in Swedish since 1638.

seminarium n

1. a seminar, a lecture, a presentation; a situation for teaching and discussion
2. a seminary, a school for priests and/or teachers

Since compounds are made with seminarie-, it is a common mistake (but still an error) to assume this is the basic form (ett seminarie).

• folkskoleseminarium
• prästseminarium
• seminariebibliotek
• seminariedeltagare
• seminarieledare
• seminarieprogram
• seminarieserie
• seminarieuppsats
• seminarieövning
• seminarist

• seminarium in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)
• seminarium in Svenska Akademiens ordbok online.