different between ultimatum vs summons

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?.m?nz/

Etymology 1

From Middle English somouns (“order or command to do something”), borrowed from Old French sumunce (modern French semonce), from Vulgar Latin *summonsa, a noun use of the feminine past participle of summone?, summon?re (“to summon”).

Noun

summons (plural summonses)

1. A call to do something, especially to come.
   • 1818, Henry Hallam, View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages

     special summonses by the king

   • 1661, John Fell, The Life of the Most Learned, Reverend and Pious Dr. H. Hammond

     this summons […] unfit either to dispute or disobey

   • 1630, John Hayward, The Life and Raigne of King Edward VI

     He sent to summon the seditious, and to offer pardon […] ; but neither summons nor pardon was any thing regarded.

2. (law) A notice summoning someone to appear in court, as a defendant, juror or witness.
3. (military) A demand for surrender.

Descendants

• ? Bengali: ??? (?ômôn)
• ? Cebuano: sumon
• ? Malay: saman
  • ? English: saman

Translations

Verb

summons (third-person singular simple present summonses, present participle summonsing, simple past and past participle summonsed)

1. (transitive) To serve someone with a summons. [17th C.]

See also

• summons on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Summons in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

summons

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of summon

Anagrams

• musmons