different between criterium vs criterion

English

Etymology

From French critérium (“competition”), from Late Latin criterium, from Ancient Greek ????????? (krit?rion).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?a??t???i?m/
• Rhymes: -???i?m

Noun

criterium (plural criteriums)

1. (cycling) A mass-start road-cycle race consisting of several laps around a closed circuit, the length of each lap or circuit ranging from about 1 km to 2 km (1/2 mile to just over 1 mile).
2. Alternative form of criterion
   • 1867 George H. Lewes, A Biographical History of Philosophy 1.181:

     There is no criterium of truth.

Synonyms

• (bicycle racing): crit

Coordinate terms

• circuit race

See also

• criterium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Road cycle racing on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “criterium”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN

Anagrams

• tricerium

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin crit?rium, from Ancient Greek ????????? (krit?rion).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kri?te?.ri.?m/
• Hyphenation: cri?te?ri?um
• Rhymes: -e?ri?m

Noun

criterium n (plural criteria or criteriums, diminutive criteriumpje n)

1. criterion, standard for comparison and appreciation

Derived terms

• evaluatiecriterium
• falsifieerbaarheidscriterium

Descendants

• ? Indonesian: kriteria

Noun

criterium n (plural criteriums, diminutive criteriumpje n)

1. notably in cycling, race of low athletic merit

Derived terms

• wielercriterium

English

Alternative forms

• criteria (nonstandard)
• criterium

Etymology

From New Latin criterion, from Ancient Greek ????????? (krit?rion, “a test, a means of judging”), from ?????? (krit?s, “judge”), from ????? (krín?, “to judge”); see critic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?a??t???i.?n/, /k???t???i.?n/
• Rhymes: -??i?n

Noun

criterion (plural criteria)

1. A standard or test by which individual things or people may be compared and judged.

Usage notes

• The plural form criterions also exists, but is much less common.
• The form criteria is sometimes used as a nonstandard singular form (as in a criteria, this criteria, and so on), with corresponding plural form criterias. In this use, it sometimes means “a single criterion”, sometimes “a set of criteria”.

Related terms

• criterial
• crisis
• critic
• criticize
• critical

Translations

Further reading

• criterion in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• criterion in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• tricerion

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????????? (krit?rion).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kri?te.ri.on/, [k???t???i?n]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kri?te.ri.on/, [k?i?t????i?n]

Noun

criterion n (genitive criteri?); second declension

1. criterion

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type).

Descendants

• ? Catalan: criteri
• ? Dutch: criterium
• ? English: criterion
• ? German: Kriterium
• ? Italian: criterio
• ? Spanish: criterio