different between imprimatur vs colophon

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?

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ??????? (koloph?n, “peak or finishing touch”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k?l?f?n/

Noun

colophon (plural colophons)

1. In manuscripts (typically before the invention of printing), the note, usually at the end, left by the scribe who copied it, giving information on his exemplar, where and when the copy was made, and sometimes, his own name.
2. (printing) A printer's or publisher's identifying inscription or logo appearing at the front or end of a book, or the same appearing on the spine or dust-jacket. It generally contains factual information about the book, especially about its production, and includes details about typographic style, the fonts used, the paper used, and perhaps the binding method of the book. Also used in a similar fashion for newspapers, magazines, and academic journals.
3. (Internet) A page on a website identifying the details of its creation, such as the author's name and the technologies used.
4. (obsolete) A finishing stroke or crowning touch.
   • 1635, John Swan, Speculum Mundi, page 427

     He comes to the creation of man, and makes him the Colophon, or conclusion of all things else.

Translations

See also

• coronis
• vignette

References

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ??????? (koloph?n, “peak or finishing touch”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?.l?.f??/

Noun

colophon m (plural colophons)

1. colophon, final notice on manuscript.
2. colophon, final notice about printer, editor, paper, etc., with bibliophilic information.

Further reading

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

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ??????? (koloph?n)

Noun

c?l?ph?n m (genitive c?l?ph?nis); third declension

1. summit, peak

Declension

Third-declension noun.

See also

• Colophon

References

• colophon in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• colophon in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• colophon in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette