termin

See also: Termin and termín

Danish

Etymology

From German Termin (“date, deadline”), from Latin terminus (“boundary, limit, end”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛrmiːn/, [tˢæɐ̯ˈmiːˀn]
• Rhymes: -in

Noun

termin c (singular definite terminen, plural indefinite terminer)

1. settling period
2. due date, settling day
3. date, deadline
4. mortgage payment

Inflection

Declension of termin

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	termin	terminen	terminer	terminerne
genitive	termins	terminens	terminers	terminernes

Finnish

Noun

termin

1. genitive singular of termi

Anagrams

• metrin

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch termijn, ultimately from Latin terminus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tərˈmɪn/
• Rhymes: -mɪn, -ɪn, -n
• Hyphenation: tèr‧min

Noun

tèrmin (plural termin-termin, first-person possessive terminku, second-person possessive terminmu, third-person possessive terminnya)

1. term: A chronological limitation or restriction, a limited timespan.

   Synonyms: babak, periode, tahap

   Synonym: penggal (Standard Malay)

Related terms

• terminal
• terminus

 

Further reading

• “termin” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Kashubian

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish termin. Compare Slovincian termyn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛrmin/
• Syllabification: ter‧min

Noun

termin m inan

1. term (time set aside to do something, defined as a certain period or as a specific day)
   1. (law) date of a court hearing

Further reading

• Bernard Sychta (1967–1973) “terḿin”, in Słownik gwar kaszubskich, volume 5, page 345
• Jan Trepczyk (1994) “termin”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “termin”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[4]

Ladin

Alternative forms

• terminn

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Latin terminus.

Noun

termin m (plural termini)

1. term, expiry, deadline

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin terminus (“boundary, limit, end”). Sense 2 is a semantic loan from English term and French terme. First attested in the 16th century. Compare Silesian termin and Slovincian termyn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛr.min/
• (Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛr.min/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛrmin
• Syllabification: ter‧min

Noun

termin m inan (related adjective terminowy)

1. (countable) term; date (time set aside to do something, defined as a certain period or as a specific day) [+ na (accusative) = for what]
   1. (countable, pregnancy) term, due date
   2. (countable) deadline, due date; time frame (specific date when something is to happen)
3. (countable) term (word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge)
4. (uncountable, archaic, historical) apprenticeship
5. (countable, logic) term (subject or the predicate of a proposition; one of the three component parts of a syllogism, each one of which is used twice)
6. (countable, obsolete) term (bound, boundary)

   Synonym: granica

7. (countable, obsolete, banking, finance) installment (portion of debt)

   Synonym: rata

8. (countable, obsolete) position, situation, state, circumstances
   1. (uncountable, obsolete) difficult times; critical situation
   2. (countable, obsolete) trouble

      Synonym: kłopot

   3. (countable, obsolete) puzzle (problem or enigma to solve, difficult task)

      Synonym: zagadka

9. (countable, obsolete, historical, law) court hearing
10. (countable, obsolete, law) lawsuit

Declension

Declension of termin

	singular	plural
nominative	termin	terminy
genitive	terminu	terminów
dative	terminowi	terminom
accusative	termin	terminy
instrumental	terminem	terminami
locative	terminie	terminach
vocative	terminie	terminy

Derived terms

nouns

• termin instrukcyjny
• termin zawity
• termin zerowy

 

Related terms

adjectives

• bezterminowy
• długoterminowy
• krótkoterminowy
• średnioterminowy

 

adverbs

• bezterminowo

 

nouns

• bezterminowość

 

Descendants

• → Kashubian: termin
• → Russian: те́рмин (términ), те́рминъ (términ)
  • → Armenian: տերմին (termin)
  • → Kazakh: термин (termin)
  • → Yakut: тиэрмин (tiermin)

Trivia

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), termin is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 8 times in scientific texts, 27 times in news, 171 times in essays, 5 times in fiction, and times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 58 times, making it the 1120th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.

Further reading

• termin in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• termin in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• “TERMIN”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 31.01.2023
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “termin”, in Słownik języka polskiego‎^[5]
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “termin”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861‎^[6]
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1919), “termin”, in Słownik języka polskiego‎^[7] (in Polish), volume 7, Warsaw, page 49

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (standard) /ˈter.min/, (alternative) /terˈmin/

Verb

termin

1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of termina

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin terminus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /těrmiːn/
• Hyphenation: ter‧min

Noun

tèrmīn m (Cyrillic spelling тѐрмӣн)

1. term (a word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge)
2. a specific date and time for which something is scheduled (e.g. a due date, a meeting time, or a time slot for an appointment)

Declension

Declension of termin

	singular	plural
nominative	tèrmīn	termini
genitive	termína	termina
dative	terminu	terminima
accusative	termin	termine
vocative	termine	termini
locative	terminu	terminima
instrumental	terminom	terminima

References

• “termin” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Silesian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Termin. Compare Polish termin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛrmin/
• Rhymes: -ɛrmin
• Syllabification: ter‧min

Noun

termin m inan (related adjective terminowy)

1. term (time set aside to do something, defined as a certain period or as a specific day)
2. (law) court hearing

Further reading

• termin in silling.org
• Henryk Jaroszewicz (2022) “termin”, in Zasady pisowni języka śląskiego (in Polish), Siedlce: Wydawnictwo Naukowe IKR[i]BL, page 143

Swedish

Etymology

From German Termin (“date, deadline”), from Latin terminus (“boundary, limit, end”).

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

termin c

1. (education) a semester, half of a school year, a term
2. (business) a term, a due date, a time period (for payments, interest and options)

Declension

Declension of termin
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	termin	terminen	terminer	terminerna
Genitive	termins	terminens	terminers	terminernas

Related terms

education

• hösttermin
• skoltermin
• terminsavgift
• terminsavslutning
• terminsbetyg
• terminskort
• terminsslut
• terminsstart
• terminsvis
• vårtermin

business

• aktietermin
• terminsaffär
• terminshandel
• terminsmarknad

References

• termin in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)