omnium
English
Etymology
From Latin omnium (literally “of all”), genitive plural of omnis (“all, every”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɒm.ni.əm/, /ˈɒm.njəm/
Audio (UK) (file)
Noun
omnium (plural omniums)
- (cycling) A multiple race event in track cycling. Historically the omnium has had a variety of formats. Currently it consists of the following six events: flying lap, points race, elimination, individual pursuit, scratch race, and time trial.
- (finance) The aggregate value of the different stocks in which a loan to government is usually funded.
- 1855, Charles Fenn, Fenn's Compendium of the English and Foreign Funds, Debts and Revenues of All Nations, Banks, Railways, Mines, and the Principal Joint Stock Companies:
- When a loan is contracted , the prices of Omnium may be quoted for delivery of the receipts , and afterwards for money , and the next succeeding payment .
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Related terms
- omnibus
References
omnium in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
Anagrams
- immuno-
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔm.njɔm/
Audio (file)
Noun
omnium m (plural omniums)
- (sports) an open (open sports tournament)
- (cycling) an omnium (a multi-event track cycling race)
Further reading
- “omnium”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Adjective
omnium
- genitive masculine/feminine/neuter plural of omnis
Noun
omnium n pl
- genitive of omnia
- Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita I, 19:
- omnium primum
- first of all
- omnium primum