tentamen
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin tentāmen (“attempt”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
tentamen n (plural tentamens, diminutive tentamentje n)
- an examination (especially in higher education)
Synonyms
- examen
Derived terms
- tentamineren
Descendants
- → Indonesian: tentamen
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch tentamen (“examination”), from Latin tentāmen (“attempt”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [tɛnˈtamɛn]
- Hyphenation: tèn‧ta‧mèn
Noun
tèntamèn (plural tentamen-tentamen, first-person possessive tentamenku, second-person possessive tentamenmu, third-person possessive tentamennya)
- (education) examination.
- Synonym: ujian
- Salah satu stresor pada mahasiswa adalah tentamen anatomi. ― One of student stressors is anatomy [practical] examination.
Further reading
- “tentamen” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Latin
Etymology
From tentō (“I try”) + -men (noun-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /tenˈtaː.men/, [t̪ɛn̪ˈt̪äːmɛn]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /tenˈta.men/, [t̪en̪ˈt̪äːmen]
Noun
tentāmen n (genitive tentāminis); third declension
- an attempt
- (New Latin) a literary attempt: an essay
- 1719, Johann Jakob Brucker:
- Tentamen Introductionis in Historiam Doctrinae Logicae de Ideis
- An Essay Introducing the History of the Logical Doctrine of Ideas
- Tentamen Introductionis in Historiam Doctrinae Logicae de Ideis
- 1719, Johann Jakob Brucker:
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | tentāmen | tentāmina |
Genitive | tentāminis | tentāminum |
Dative | tentāminī | tentāminibus |
Accusative | tentāmen | tentāmina |
Ablative | tentāmine | tentāminibus |
Vocative | tentāmen | tentāmina |
Descendants
- → Dutch: tentamen
- → Indonesian: tentamen
- → Swedish: tentamen, tenta
References
- “tentamen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- tentamen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
Swedish
Etymology
From Latin tentāmen (“an attempt”).
Noun
tentamen c
- an examination
Declension
Declension of tentamen | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | tentamen | tentamen | tentamina | tentamina |
Genitive | tentamens | tentamens | tentaminas | tentaminas |
Derived terms
- (contraction): tenta
Related terms
- tentera