specimen
See also: spécimen
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin specimen (“mark, sign, example”), from speciō (“observe, watch”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editspecimen (plural specimens or (extremely rare) specimina)
- An individual instance that represents a class; an example.
- early specimens of the art of Picasso
- 2006, Bill Neal, Getting Away with Murder on the Texas Frontier:
- To assure a defendant's acquittal, a lawyer usually needed only to convince the jury that the victim was a pretty sorry specimen of a human being.
- (numismatics) A banknote printed for distribution to central banks to aid in the recognition of banknotes from a country other than their own
- (philately) A postage stamp sent to postmasters and postal administrations so that they are able to identify valid stamps and to avoid forgeries
- A sample, especially one used for diagnostic analysis.
- (humorous, often preceded with “fine”) An eligible man.
Synonyms
editDerived terms
editRelated terms
editTranslations
editexample
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sample
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jocular: an eligible man
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Interlingua
editNoun
editspecimen (plural specimens)
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom speciō (“observe, watch”) + -men (noun-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈspe.ki.men/, [ˈs̠pɛkɪmɛn]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈspe.t͡ʃi.men/, [ˈspɛːt͡ʃimen]
Noun
editspecimen n (genitive speciminis); third declension
Declension
editThird-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
singular | plural | |
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nominative | specimen | specimina |
genitive | speciminis | speciminum |
dative | speciminī | speciminibus |
accusative | specimen | specimina |
ablative | specimine | speciminibus |
vocative | specimen | specimina |
Descendants
edit- → Catalan: espècimen
- → English: specimen
- → French: spécimen
- → Portuguese: espécime
- → Spanish: espécimen
References
edit- “specimen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “specimen”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- specimen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- an ideal: species optima or eximia, specimen, also simply species, forma
- an ideal: species optima or eximia, specimen, also simply species, forma
- specimen in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
Romanian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French spécimen.
Noun
editspecimen n (plural specimene)
Declension
editsingular | plural | ||||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
nominative-accusative | specimen | specimenul | specimene | specimenele | |
genitive-dative | specimen | specimenului | specimene | specimenelor | |
vocative | specimenule | specimenelor |
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