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examination
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French examinacion, from Latin ex?min?ti?.Morphologically examine +? -ation
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???zæm??ne???n/
- Rhymes: -e???n
- Hyphenation: ex?am?i?na?tion
Noun
examination (countable and uncountable, plural examinations)
- The act of examining.
- Particularly, an inspection by a medical professional to establish the extent and nature of any sickness or injury.
- A formal test involving answering written or oral questions under a time constraint and usually without access to textbooks.
- Interrogation.
Derived terms
Related terms
- examine
Translations
Anagrams
- exanimation
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examen
English
Etymology
From Latin ex?men (“the tongue of a balance, examination”), for exagmen, from exigere (“to weigh accurately, to treat”): compare French examen. See exact.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???ze?.m?n/
Noun
examen (plural examens)
- (obsolete) examination; inquiry
- July 11, 1780, William Cowper, letter to the Rev. William Unwin
- For this reason I decline answering the question with which you concluded your last, and cannot persuade myself to enter into a critical examen of the two pieces upon Lord Mansfield's loss […]
- July 11, 1780, William Cowper, letter to the Rev. William Unwin
Anagrams
- axemen
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ex?men. Compare the inherited eixam.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /???za.m?n/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /e??za.men/
Noun
examen m (plural exàmens)
- exam, test
Synonyms
- examinació
Derived terms
- examinar
Dutch
Alternative forms
- (before 1996) eksamen
Etymology
From Middle Dutch examen, from Latin ex?men.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??k?sa?.m?(n)/
- Hyphenation: exa?men
- Rhymes: -a?m?n
Noun
examen n (plural examens or examina, diminutive examentje n)
- exam, examination, major test
Synonyms
- tentamen
Derived terms
- eindexamen
- examenuitslag
- examineren
- kerstexamen
- paasexamen
- praktijkexamen
- rijexamen
- schoolexamen
- theorie-examen
- toelatingsexamen
Related terms
- examinator
Descendants
- ? Indonesian: eksamen
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ex?men. Doublet of essaim.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??.za.m??/, /e?.za.m??/
- Homophone: examens
Noun
examen m (plural examens)
- exam, test
Derived terms
- examen blanc
- examen médical
- examen d'admission
- examen d'entrée
- examen de conscience
- examen de la vue
- mettre en examen
- mise en examen
Further reading
- “examen” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin
Etymology
From ex- (“out”) +? ag? (“I drive”) +? -men. Compare the meanings again of weighing in Ancient Greek ??????? (áxios) of same root.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ek?sa?.men/, [?k?s?ä?m?n]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ek?sa.men/, [???z??m?n]
Noun
ex?men n (genitive ex?minis); third declension
- swarm of bees; crowd
- tongue of a balance
- a consideration, an examining
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
Derived terms
- ex?min?
Descendants
References
- examen in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- examen in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- examen in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- examen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- examen in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- examen in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin, French ex?men.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [e??za.men]
Noun
examen n (plural examene)
- exam, examination, test
Declension
Romansch
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ex?men.
Noun
examen m (plural examens)
- exam
Derived terms
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader) examen final, (Puter) examen finel (“final exam”)
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) examen da qualificaziun, (Sutsilvan) examen da qualificaziùn (“aptitude test, test of ability, occupational test”)
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ex?men. Compare the inherited doublet enjambre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e??samen/, [e???sa.m?n]
Noun
examen m (plural exámenes)
- exam, examination, test
Related terms
- examinar
Further reading
- “examen” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ex?men.
Pronunciation
Noun
examen c
- exam
- graduation
- degree
- Den sökande bör ha en examen i ekonomi
- The applicant should have a degree in economics.
- Den sökande bör ha en examen i ekonomi
Declension
Synonyms
- (exam): examination
See also
- studenten
- tentamen
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