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examen

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English

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Etymology

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From Latin exāmen (“the tongue of a balance, examination”), for exagmen, from exigere (“to weigh accurately, to treat”): compare French examen. See exact.

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examen (plural examens)

  1. (obsolete) examination; inquiry
    • July 11, 1780, William Cowper, letter to the Rev. William Unwin
      For this reason I decline answering the question with which you concluded your last, and cannot persuade myself to enter into a critical examen of the two pieces upon Lord Mansfield's loss […]

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Catalan

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Borrowed from Latin exāmen. Compare the inherited eixam.

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examen m (plural exàmens)

  1. exam, test
    Synonym: examinació

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Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch examen, from Latin exāmen.

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  • IPA(key): /ˌɛkˈsaː.mə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: exa‧men
  • Rhymes: -aːmən

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examen n (plural examens or examina, diminutive examentje n)

  1. exam, examination, major test

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Descendants

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  • → Indonesian: eksamen
  • → Kwinti: exame
  • → Papiamentu: èksamen

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  • “examen” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]

French

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin exāmen. Doublet of essaim.

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examen m (plural examens)

  1. examination, inspection, study, analysis
    examen des pièces à conviction ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    examen de conscience ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    mettre en examen ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    mise en examen ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  2. exam, test
    examen oral ― oral exam
    examen écrit ― written test
    examen blanc ― mock exam
    examen médical ― medical test
    examen d’admission, examen d’entrée ― entrance examination
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Latin

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Etymology

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From *exagmen, ex- (“out”) +‎ agō (“I drive”) +‎ -men. Compare the meanings again of weighing in Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́ξῐος (ắxĭos) of same root.

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exāmen n (genitive exāminis); third declension

  1. swarm of bees; crowd
    examen apum
    A swarm of bees
  2. tongue of a balance
  3. a consideration, an examining

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Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

singular plural
nominative exāmen exāmina
genitive exāminis exāminum
dative exāminī exāminibus
accusative exāmen exāmina
ablative exāmine exāminibus
vocative exāmen exāmina

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Further reading

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  • “examen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “examen”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • examen in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • examen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “examen”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “examen”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin exāmen.

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examen n (plural examene)

  1. exam, examination, test

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singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative examen examenul examene examenele
genitive-dative examen examenului examene examenelor
vocative examenule examenelor

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin exāmen.

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examen m (plural examens)

  1. exam

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Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin exāmen. Compare the inherited doublet enjambre.

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  • IPA(key): /eɡˈsamen/ [eɣ̞ˈsa.mẽn]
  • Rhymes: -amen
  • Syllabification: e‧xa‧men

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examen m (plural exámenes)

  1. exam, examination, test
    Synonym: prueba

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Swedish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin exāmen.

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examen c

  1. exam
  2. graduation
  3. degree
    Den sökande bör ha en examen i ekonomi
    The applicant should have a degree in economics.

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Declension of examen
nominative genitive
singular indefinite examen examens
definite examen examens
plural indefinite examina examinas
definite examina examinas

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