different between seminary vs seminar

English

Etymology

From Latin s?min?rium, from s?men (“seed”). Compare seminar.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?s?m?n??i/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?s?m?n??i/, /?s?m?n?i/

Noun

seminary (plural seminaries)

1. A theological school for the training of rabbis, priests, or ministers.
2. A private residential school for girls.
   • 1885, W. S. Gilbert, A. Sullivan, The Mikado

     Three little maids who, all unwary,
     Come from a ladies' seminary

3. (Mormonism) A class of religious education for youths ages 14–18 that accompanies normal secular education.
4. A piece of ground where seed is sown for producing plants for transplantation.
5. (by extension) The place or original stock from which anything is brought or produced.
   • 1695, John Woodward, An Essay toward a Natural History of the Earth and Terrestrial Bodies, especially Minerals, &c

     the Seminary or Promptuary that furnisheth forth Matter for the Formation and Increment of Animal and Vegetable Bodies

6. (obsolete) Seminal state or polity.
7. A Roman Catholic priest educated in a foreign seminary; a seminarist.
   • 1638, Jeremy Taylor, Sermon on Gunpowder Treason

     I shall not need to instance in the effects which this bull produced; the treason of Watson and Cleark, two English seminaries, are sufficiently known

8. (archaic) An academic seminar.

Derived terms

• seminarian
• seminarist

Related terms

• seminar

Translations

Adjective

seminary (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to seed; seminal.

English

Etymology

From German Seminar, from Latin s?min?rium, from s?men (“seed”). Compare seminary.

Noun

seminar (plural seminars)

1. A class held for advanced studies in which students meet regularly to discuss original research, under the guidance of a professor.
2. A meeting held for the exchange of useful information by members of a common business community.

Derived terms

• proseminar
• webinar

Related terms

• semen
• seminary

Translations

Anagrams

• Amrines, Erisman, Mainers, Marines, Merinas, Minears, Reimans, Reisman, Riemans, mainers, maresin, marines, remains, sirname

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English seminar, from German Seminar, from Latin s?min?rium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?.mi?n?r/, /?s?.m??n?r/
• Hyphenation: se?mi?nar

Noun

seminar n or m (plural seminars)

1. seminar (class or conference for advanced studies)

   Synonym: (Belgium) seminarie

Related terms

• seminarie
• webinar

Estonian

Noun

seminar (genitive seminari, partitive seminari)

1. seminar

Declension

Further reading

• seminar in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat
• seminar” in Sõnaveeb

Indonesian

Etymology 1

sinar +? -em-

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??minar/
• Hyphenation: sê?mi?nar

Adjective

seminar (plural seminar-seminar)

1. (rare) radiant; splendent

Etymology 2

From Dutch seminar, from Latin s?min?rium, from s?men (“seed”). Doublet of seminari.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??minar/
• Hyphenation: sê?mi?nar

Noun

seminar (first-person possessive seminarku, second-person possessive seminarmu, third-person possessive seminarnya)

1. seminar

Related terms

Further reading

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin seminarium

Noun

seminar n (definite singular seminaret, indefinite plural seminar or seminarer, definite plural seminara or seminarene)

1. a seminar

References

• “seminar” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin seminarium

Noun

seminar n (definite singular seminaret, indefinite plural seminar, definite plural seminara)

1. a seminar

References

• “seminar” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romanian

Etymology

From French séminaire, from Latin seminarium.

Noun

seminar n (plural seminarii)

1. seminar

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sem?na?r/
• Hyphenation: se?mi?nar

Noun

semìn?r m (Cyrillic spelling ????????)

1. seminar

Declension