tandem

tandem

See also: Tandem and tándem

English

Ponies driving in tandem

Tandem bicycle

Etymology

From Latin tandem (“(of time) at length, at last”). In English, applied humorously (by someone who knew Latin) to two horses harnessed "at length" (i.e., in a single line) instead of side-by-side.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtæn.dəm/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ændəm

Noun

tandem (plural tandems)

1. A carriage pulled by two or more draught animals (generally draught horses) harnessed one behind the other, both providing the pulling power but only the animal in front able to steer. [from mid 18th c.]
   • 1850-50, William Makepeace Thackeray, Pendennis, ch 3:

     Mr. Foker was no more like a gentleman now than in his school days: and yet Pen felt a secret pride in strutting down High Street with a young fellow who owned tandems, talked to officers, and ordered turtle and champagne for dinner.

2. (transferred sense) A bicycle or tricycle in which two people sit one behind the other, both able to pedal but only the person in front able to steer. [from late 19th c.]
3. (figurative) A group of two or more people, machines etc. working together; close collaboration.
4. (education) A method of language learning based on mutual exchange, where ideally each learner is a native speaker in the language the other person wants to learn.
   • 2007, Jane Woodin, “Intercultural positioning: tandem conversations about word meaning”, in Regina Weinert, editor, Spoken Language Pragmatics, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN:

     Spanish and English tandem learners discuss the meaning of a given word in a semi-structured conversation.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• in tandem
• tandem axle
• tandem bicycle
• tandem cart
• tandem engine
• tandem harness
• tandem spoke
• tandem system
• tandem trailer
• tandem wheel
• tandemwise
• tridem

Descendants

• → Assamese: টমটম (tomtom)
• → Bengali: টমটম (ṭômôṭômô)
• → Catalan: tàndem
• → Czech: tandem
• → Danish: tandem
• → Dutch: tandem
• → Finnish: tandem
• → French: tandem
• → German: Tandem
• → Greek: τάντεμ (tántem)
• → Hungarian: tandem
• → Italian: tandem
• → Polish: tandem
• → Portuguese: tandem
• → Russian: танде́м (tandɛ́m)
• → Serbo-Croatian: та̀нде̄м / tàndēm
• → Spanish: tándem

Translations

bicycle

Bulgarian: тандем m (tandem) Catalan: tàndem m Chinese: Mandarin: 雙人自行車／双人自行车 (shuāngrén zìxíngchē) Czech: tandem (cs) m Danish: tandem (da) c, tandemcykel c Dutch: tandem (nl) m Faroese: tvísúkkla f Finnish: tandem (fi), tandempyörä French: tandem (fr) m German: Tandem (de) n Greek: τάντεμ n (tántem) Hungarian: tandem (hu) Ido: tandemo (io) Italian: tandem (it) m Japanese: タンデム自転車 (tandemu jitensha) Korean: 이인용 자전거 (iinyong jajeon'geo) Norman: bike à deux f Polish: tandem (pl) m Portuguese: tandem (pt) m Russian: танде́м (ru) m (tandɛ́m) Spanish: tándem m Vietnamese: xe đạp đôi

arrangement

Dutch: tandem (nl) m Finnish: tandem (fi) Hebrew: טַן דּוּ‎ (he) (tan du) Portuguese: fila (pt) f, linha (pt) f Russian: танде́м (ru) m (tandɛ́m), па́ра (ru) f (pára) Serbo-Croatian: tandem (sh) m

Adverb

tandem (not comparable)

1. One behind the other.

   to ride tandem on a bicycle-built-for-two

   The horses were harnessed tandem.

Synonyms

• in tandem

Translations

One behind the other

Bulgarian: един зад друг (edin zad drug) Finnish: peräkanaa (fi) Ido: tandeme (io) Russian: гусько́м (ru) (gusʹkóm), цу́гом (ru) (cúgom), танде́мом (tandɛ́mom) (on a bicycle) Tagalog: angkas (tl)

Adjective

tandem (not comparable)

1. Together; working as one.

   Their skillful tandem work made the project quick and successful.

Derived terms

• randem

Translations

together; working as one

Bulgarian: заедно (bg) (zaedno), съвместно (bg) (sǎvmestno) Dutch: samen- (nl) Finnish: yhteistyössä, yhdessä (fi)

Further reading

• tandem on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Czech

Etymology

From German Tandem, from English tandem,[1] originally from Latin tandem (“at last”).[2]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtandɛm]

Noun

tandem m

1. tandem

Declension

Declension of tandem

	singular	plural
nominative	tandem	tandemy
genitive	tandemu	tandemů
dative	tandemu	tandemům
accusative	tandem	tandemy
vocative	tandeme	tandemy
locative	tandemu	tandemech
instrumental	tandemem	tandemy

References

1. Machek, Václav (1968) Etymologický slovník jazyka českého, 2nd edition, Prague: Academia
2. "tandem" in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, electronic version, Leda, 2007

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English tandem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑn.dɛm/

• Audio

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Noun

tandem m (plural tandems, diminutive tandempje n)

1. tandem (vehicle, bicycle)
2. tandem (arrangement)
3. (biology) A phase in the mating ritual of dragonflies.
4. A pair, a couple, a duo.

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French

Etymology

From Latin tandem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɑ̃.dɛm/

Noun

tandem m (plural tandems)

1. tandem (vehicle, bicycle)

Further reading

• “tandem”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• dament

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Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tandem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtandɛm/

Adverb

tandem

1. (neologism) finally, at last, eventually

   Synonym: fine

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Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English tandem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtan.dem/[1]
• Rhymes: -andem
• Hyphenation: tàn‧dem

Noun

tandem m (invariable)

1. tandem (all senses)

References

1. tandem in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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Latin

Etymology

From tam (“so”) +‎ -dem (“new interpreted particle from īdem”). Compare with its earlier doublet: tamen. Both with original meaning supposedly "so(much)ever".

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈtan.dem/, [ˈt̪än̪d̪ɛ̃ˑ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtan.dem/, [ˈt̪än̪d̪em]

Adverb

tandem (not comparable)

1. at length, at last, finally, eventually

Synonyms

• demum, postremo

Related terms

Latin correlatives ^(edit)

type	interrogative	indefinite	(medial) demonstrative	proximal demonstrative	distal demonstrative	relative	indefinite relative	identity	other
basic	quis, quī	quis, quī, quīdam, aliquis, aliquī, quisque, quisquam, aliquisquam, quispiam, ūllus	is, iste, istic	hic	ille, illic	quī	quisquis, quīcumque	ipse, īdem	alter, alius
dual	uter	alteruter, uterque				uter	utercumque
number	quot	aliquot	tot			quot	quotquot, quotcumque	totidem
order	quotus		totus			quotus	quotuscumque
quantity	quam	aliquam	tam			quam	†quamquam	†tamen, †tandem
size	quantus	aliquantus	tantus			quantus	quantuscumque	tantusdem
quality	quālis	aliquālis	tālis			quālis	quālis, quāliscumque
manner	ut, quī, quō modō, quōmodo, quemadmodum	utique, quī, quōdam modō, aliquō modō	ita, sic, eō/istō modō	hōc modō	illō modō	ut, quī, quō modō, quōmodo, quemadmodum	utut, utcumque, quōmodocumque	item, itidem	aliter, aliōquī, alterō/aliō modō
method, path, place	quā	aliquā, quāque	eā, istāc	hāc	illāc	quā	quāquā, quācumque	eādem	aliā
place	ubi	alicubi, ubique, usquam, uspiam	ibi, istic	hīc	illīc	ubi	ubiubi, ubicumque	ibidem	alibī, aliās
source	unde	alicunde, undeunde	inde, istinc	hinc	illinc	unde	undecumque	indidem	aliunde
destination	quō, quōrsum	aliquō, quōquam, quōpiam, °aliquōvorsum	eō, istūc, °istōrsum	hūc, °hōrsum	illūc, °illōrsum	quō	quōquō, quōcumque	eōdem	aliō, aliorsum
time	quandō	quondam, aliquandō, quandōque, umquam	tum, tunc	num, nunc	ōlim	cum, quandō	cumque, quandōcumque, quandōque	simul	aliās
exact time	quota hōra		ea/ista hōra	hac hōra	illa hōra	quota hōra	quotacumque hōra	eadem hōra	altera/alia hōra
repetition	quotiēns	aliquotiēns	totiēns			quotiēns	quotiēnscumque
multiplication	quotuplex		totuplex			quotuplex
† Turned conjunction with original meaning somewhat dissimulated ° Rare

Descendants

• Sicilian: tannu

References

• “tandem”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “tandem”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• tandem in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN

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Portuguese

Noun

tandem m (plural tandens)

1. tandem (bicycle with two seats and two sets of pedals)

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Romanian

Etymology

From French tandem.

Noun

tandem n (plural tandemuri)

1. tandem

Declension

Declension of tandem

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) tandem	tandemul	(niște) tandemuri	tandemurile
genitive/dative	(unui) tandem	tandemului	(unor) tandemuri	tandemurilor
vocative	tandemule		tandemurilor

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtanden/ [ˈt̪ãn̪.d̪ẽn]
• Rhymes: -anden

Noun

tandem m (plural tandems)

1. tandem
2. language exchange