tandem

From Latin tandem (“at length, at last (of time)”), from tam (“so”) + -dem. In English, applied humorously (by someone who knew Latin) to two horses harnessed "at length" instead of side-by-side. Sense of bicycles with two seats from 1884.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtændəm/

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tandem (plural tandems)

1. A bicycle or tricycle in which two people sit one behind the other, both able to pedal but only the person in front able to steer

   We used to ride this tandem.

2. An arrangement of two or more objects arranged one behind the other.

   The ponies are driven in tandem.

• tandem bicycle

tandem (not comparable)

1. One behind the other.

   to ride tandem on a bicycle-built-for-two

   The horses were harnessed tandem.

• in tandem

tandem (not comparable)

1. Together; working as one.

   Their skillful tandem work made the project quick and successful.

Via German Tandem, from English tandem,[1] originally from Latin tandem (“at last”).[2]

• IPA^(key): /ˈtandɛm/

tandem m

1. tandem

From Latin tandem.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑn.dɛm/

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tandem m (plural tandems, diminutive tandempje n)

1. tandem (vehicle, bicycle)
2. tandem (arrangement)
3. (biology) A phase in the mating ritual of dragonflies.
4. A pair, a couple, a duo.

From Latin tandem.

• IPA^(key): /tɑ̃.dɛm/

tandem m (plural tandems)

1. tandem (vehicle, bicycle)

• “tandem” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• dament

• IPA^(key): /ˈtan.dem/

tandem m (invariable)

1. tandem (all senses)

From tam (“so”) +‎ -dem (“new interpreted particle from īdem”). Compare with its earlier doublet: tamen.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈtan.dem/, [ˈtan.dẽː]

tandem (not comparable)

1. at length, at last, finally, eventually

• tandem in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• tandem in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• tandem in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN

tandem m (plural tandens)

1. tandem (bicycle with two seats and two sets of pedals)

tandem m (plural tandems)

1. tandem
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