different between ultimatum vs behest

English

Etymology

From Latin ultimatus (“late, last final”), from Latin ultimus (“extreme, last, furthest, farthest, final”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??l.t??me?.t?m/

Noun

ultimatum (plural ultimatums or ultimata)

1. A final statement of terms or conditions made by one party to another, especially one that expresses a threat of reprisal or war.

Related terms

• ulterior
• ultimate
• ultra
• ultra-

Translations

See also

• ultimatum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Ultimatum in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Cebuano

Etymology

From English ultimatum, from Latin ultimatus (“late, last final”), from Latin ultimus (“extreme, last, furthest, farthest, final”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ul?ti?ma?tum

Noun

ultimatum

1. an ultimatum

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ultima?t?m/, [ult?i?mæ?t??m]

Noun

ultimatum n (singular definite ultimatummet, plural indefinite ultimatummer)

1. ultimatum

Inflection

Derived terms

• ultimativ

Dutch

Etymology

From Latin ultimatum, from ultimatus (“late, last final”), from ultim?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??l.ti?ma?.t?m/
• Hyphenation: ul?ti?ma?tum
• Rhymes: -a?t?m

Noun

ultimatum n (plural ultimatums or ultimata, diminutive ultimatumpje n)

1. ultimatum

Derived terms

• ultimatief

Descendants

• Afrikaans: ultimatum
• ? Indonesian: ultimatum

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /yl.ti.ma.t?m/
• Rhymes: -?m
• Homophone: ultimatums

Noun

ultimatum m (plural ultimatums)

1. ultimatum

Further reading

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

Latin

Verb

ultim?tum

1. accusative supine of ultim?

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

ultimatum n (definite singular ultimatumet, indefinite plural ultimata or ultimatumer, definite plural ultimataene or ultimatumene)

1. an ultimatum

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

ultimatum n (definite singular ultimatumet, indefinite plural ultimatum, definite plural ultimatuma)

1. an ultimatum

Polish

Etymology

From Latin ultim?tum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ul.ti?ma.tum/

Noun

ultimatum n

1. ultimatum

Declension

Derived terms

• (adjective) ultymatywny

Further reading

• ultimatum in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

From French ultimatum.

Noun

ultimatum n (plural ultimatumuri)

1. ultimatum

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ultim??tum/
• Hyphenation: ul?ti?ma?tum

Noun

ultimátum m (Cyrillic spelling ??????????)

1. ultimatum

Declension

Swedish

Noun

ultimatum n

1. an ultimatum

Declension

Related terms

• ultimat
• ultimativ

References

• ultimatum in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

English

Etymology

From Middle English biheste, from Old English beh?s (“vow, promise”), from Proto-Germanic *bi (“be-”), *haisiz (“command”), from *haitan? (“to command”). Final -t by analogy with other similar words in -t. Related to Old English beh?tan (“to command, promise”), Middle Low German beheit, beh?t (“a promise”). Compare also hest (“command”), hight.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /bi?h?st/

Noun

behest (plural behests)

1. A command, bidding; sometimes also, an authoritative request; now usually in the phrase at the behest of. [from 12th c.]
   • 2009, “What a waste”, The Economist, 15 Oct 2009:

     the House of Representatives will try to water down even this feeble effort at the behest of the unions whose members enjoy some of the most lavish policies.

   • 2011, Owen Gibson, The Guardian, 24 Mar 2011:

     The Manchester United manager, Sir Alex Ferguson, is to meet with the BBC director general, Mark Thompson, at the behest of the Premier League in a bid to resolve their long-running feud.

2. (obsolete) A vow; a promise.
   • c. 1440, Markaryte Paston, letter to John Paston

     The time is come that I should send it her, if I keep the behest that I have made.

Translations

Verb

behest (third-person singular simple present behests, present participle behesting, simple past and past participle behested)

1. (obsolete) To promise; vow.

Anagrams

• Bethes, Thebes, Thêbes, bethes, thebes