different between symposium vs quorum

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin symposium, from Ancient Greek ????????? (sumpósion, “drinking party”) from ??????? (sumpín?, “drink together”) ???- (sun-, “together-”) + ???? (pín?, “drink”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /s?m.?po?.zi.?m/

Noun

symposium (plural symposiums or symposia)

1. A conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations.
2. A drinking party in Ancient Greece, especially one with intellectual discussion.

Related terms

• symposiast
• sympotic

Translations

See also

• symposium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Symposium in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Dutch

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????????? (sumpósion, “drinking party”) from ??????? (sumpín?, “drink together”) ???- (sun-, “together-”) + ???? (pín?, “drink”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: sym?po?si?um

Noun

symposium n (plural symposia or symposiums, diminutive symposiumpje n)

1. symposium

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??.po.zj?m/, /s??.p?.zj?m/

Noun

symposium m (plural symposiums)

1. symposium

Synonyms

• colloque

Further reading

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

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /sym?po.si.um/, [s??m?p?s?i???]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /sim?po.si.um/, [sim?p??s?ium]

Noun

symposium n (genitive symposi? or sympos?); second declension

1. symposium

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References

• symposium in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• symposium in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

symposium n (definite singular symposiet, indefinite plural symposier, definite plural symposia or symposiene)

1. symposium

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

symposium n (definite singular symposiet, indefinite plural symposium, definite plural symposia)

1. symposium

English

Etymology

From Latin qu?rum, genitive plural form of qu? (“who, which”), used as standard wording in written commissions.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?kw??.??m/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?kw???.?m/
• Rhymes: -????m
• Hyphenation: quo?rum

Noun

quorum (plural quorums or quora)

1. The minimum number of members required for a group to officially conduct business and to cast votes, often but not necessarily a majority or supermajority.

   We can discuss the issue tonight, but cannot vote until we have a quorum.

2. A selected body of persons.

Usage notes

The plural quora is sometimes objected to on the grounds that it is not grammatically correct: in Latin quorum is a plural pronoun, not a singular noun.

Derived terms

Translations

French

Etymology

From Latin qu?rum

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?.??m/

Noun

quorum m (plural quorums)

1. quorum

Italian

Etymology

From Latin qu?rum, genitive plural form of qu? (“who, which”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kw?.rum/
• Rhymes: -?rum
• Hyphenation: quò?rum

Noun

quorum m (invariable)

1. quorum (minimum number of members required)

See also

• referendum

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?k?o?.rum/, [?k?o?????]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?kwo.rum/, [?kw???um]

Pronoun

qu?rum

1. genitive masculine plural of qu?
2. genitive neuter plural of qu?

Adjective

qu?rum

1. genitive masculine plural of qu?
2. genitive neuter plural of qu?

Pronoun

qu?rum

1. genitive masculine plural of quis
2. genitive neuter plural of quis

Descendants

• English: quorum
• French: quorum m
• Irish: córam
• Italian: quorum
• Polish: kworum
• Portuguese: quórum m
• Russian: ?????? m (kvorum)
• Spanish: cuórum m

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kf?.rum/

Noun

quorum n (indeclinable)

1. Alternative spelling of kworum.

Further reading

• quorum in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• quorum in Polish dictionaries at PWN