different between auspice vs imprimatur

English

Etymology

From Middle French auspice, from Latin auspicium, in turn from auspex.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ôs?p?s, IPA^(key): /???sp?s/
• (US) enPR: ôs?p?s, IPA^(key): /??sp?s/
• (cot–caught merger, Inland Northern American) enPR: äs?p?s, IPA^(key): /??sp?s/

Noun

auspice (plural auspices)

1. (chiefly in the plural) Patronage or protection.

   This building was built under the auspices of the Friends of the Poor.

2. An omen or a sign.

   The circle of vultures was not a good auspice.

3. (obsolete) Divination from the actions of birds.

Hypernyms

• (patronage or protection): support
• (divination from the actions of birds): augury, fortunetelling, divination

Related terms

• auspiced
• auspicing
• auspicious

Translations

Verb

auspice (third-person singular simple present auspices, present participle auspicing, simple past and past participle auspiced)

1. to be patron of; to sponsor

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin auspicium.

Noun

auspice m (plural auspices)

1. (chiefly in the plural) omen; auspices

Derived terms

• auspicieux

References

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

Italian

Etymology

From Latin auspex.

Noun

auspice m (plural auspici)

1. auspex
2. patron, sponsor, promoter

Related terms

• auspicio
• auspicare

Further reading

• auspice in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Noun

auspice

1. ablative singular of auspex

English

Etymology

From Latin imprim?tur (“let it be printed”), third person singular present subjunctive passive form of imprimere (“to imprint”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??m.p???me?.t?/, /??m.p???m??.t?/, /??m.p???m??.t??/, /??m.p???me?.t??/, /?m?p??m?t?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??m.p???m?.t?/, /??m.p???me?.t?/, /?mpr??m?t??/, /?m?pr?m?t?/, /?m?pr?m?t??/
• ,

Noun

imprimatur (plural imprimaturs or imprimantur)

1. (printing) An official license to publish or print something, especially when censorship applies.
   • 1664, John Wilson, The Cheats, publication info page:

     The Cheats · A Comedy · Written in the Year, M.DC.LXII. Imprimatur, Roger L'estrange. Nov. 5. 1663. By John Wilson
2. (by extension) Any mark of official approval.

   Synonyms: approval, authorization, endorsement

   • 1988, New York Times, Gay fiction comes home, [1]:

     Children, the final imprimatur to family life, are being borrowed, adopted, created by artificial insemination.

Translations

References

Czech

Noun

imprimatur n

1. imprimatur

French

Etymology

From Latin imprim?tur (“let it be printed”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.p?i.ma.ty?/

Noun

imprimatur m (plural imprimaturs)

1. imprimatur

   Donner son imprimatur.

Further reading

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

Indonesian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin imprim?tur (“let it be printed”), third person singular present subjunctive passive form of imprimere (“to imprint”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /imprimatur/
• Hyphenation: im?pri?ma?tur

Noun

imprimatur

1. (Catholicism) imprimatur, an official license to publish or print something.

Further reading

• “imprimatur” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /im.pri?ma?.tur/, [?mp???mä?t??r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /im.pri?ma.tur/, [imp?i?m??t?ur]

Verb

imprim?tur

1. third-person singular present passive subjunctive of imprim?