different between arcana vs arcanum

English

Etymology

From Latin arc?nus (“hidden, secret”), from arc?re (“to withhold”), arca (“a chest”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e?n?
• Rhymes: -??n?
• IPA^(key): /???ke?n?/, /???k??n?/

Noun

arcana (uncountable)

1. Specialized knowledge that is mysterious to the uninitiated.

Related terms

Translations

See also

• tarot

Noun

arcana

1. plural of arcanum

Anagrams

• Aracan, Canara, carana

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /???ka.n?/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /?r?ka.n?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /a??ka.na/

Adjective

arcana

1. feminine singular of arcà

Italian

Adjective

arcana

1. feminine singular of arcano

Latin

Pronunciation

• arc?na: (Classical) IPA^(key): /ar?ka?.na/, [är?kä?nä]
• arc?na: (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ar?ka.na/, [?r?k??n?]
• arc?n?: (Classical) IPA^(key): /ar?ka?.na?/, [är?kä?nä?]
• arc?n?: (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ar?ka.na/, [?r?k??n?]

Adjective 1

arc?na

1. inflection of arc?nus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective 2

arc?n?

1. ablative feminine singular of arc?nus

Portuguese

Adjective

arcana

1. feminine singular of arcano

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a??kana/, [a??ka.na]

Adjective

arcana

1. feminine singular of arcano

English

Etymology

Latin arc?num

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???ke?n?m/, /???k??n?m/

Noun

arcanum (plural arcana or arcanums)

1. A mystery or deep secret.
2. An elixir or secret remedy.

Related terms

• arcane

Translations

See also

• occult
• tarot

Latin

Noun

arc?num n (genitive arc?n?); second declension

1. secret or mystery

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Related terms

• arc?nus

Descendants

• English: arcane
• French: arcane
• Italian: arcano
• Portuguese: arcano
• Spanish: arcano

References

• arcanum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• arcanum in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly