symposium

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• Received-Pronunciation: /sɪmˈpəʊziəm/
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Borrowed from Latin symposium, from Ancient Greek συμπόσιον (sumpósion, “drinking party”) from συμπίνω (sumpínō, “drink together”), from συν- (sun-, “together-”) + πίνω (pínō, “drink”). Morphologically compare compotation.

81 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: simpozium — a conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations
• Arabic: سِمْبُوزِيُوم (simbūziyūm) — a conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations
• Arabic: نَدْوَة (nadwa) — a conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations
• Armenian: սիմպոզիում (simpozium) — a conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations
• Azerbaijani: simpozium — a conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations
• Belarusian: сімпо́зіум (simpózium) — a conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations
• Bulgarian: симпо́зиум (simpózium) — a conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations
• Burmese: နှီးနှောဖလှယ်ပွဲ (hni:hnau:hpa.hlai-pwai:) — a conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations
• Catalan: simpòsium — a conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations
• Catalan: simposi — a conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations
• Chinese Mandarin: 討論會 /讨论会 (tǎolùnhuì) — a conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations
• Chinese Mandarin: 座談會 /座谈会 (zuòtánhuì) — a conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations
• Chinese Mandarin: 研討會 /研讨会 (yántǎohuì) — a conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations
• Czech: sympozium — a conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations
• Danish: symposium — a conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations
• Dutch: symposium — a conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations
• Esperanto: simpozio — a conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations
• Estonian: sümpoosion — a conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations
• Finnish: symposiumi — a conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations
• Finnish: symposium — a conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations
• Finnish: esitelmäkokous — a conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations
• French: symposium — a conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations
• Georgian: სიმპოზიუმი (simṗoziumi) — a conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations
• German: Fachtagung — a conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations
• German: Symposium — a conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations
• German: Symposion — a conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations
• Greek: συμπόσιο (sympósio) — a conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations
• Ancient Greek: σῠμπόσῐον (sŭmpósĭon) — a conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations
• Hindi: संगोष्ठी (saṅgoṣṭhī) — a conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations
• Hindi: गोष्ठी (goṣṭhī) — a conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations
• Hungarian: szimpózium — a conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations
• Indonesian: sarasehan — a conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations
• Italian: simposio — a conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations
• Italian: convegno — a conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations
• Japanese: シンポジウム (shinpojiumu) — a conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations
• Kazakh: симпозиум (simpozium) — a conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations
• Khmer: សន្និសិទ្ធនៃអ្នកជំនាញខាងអ្វីមួយ (sa nni setth nei anak chomneanh khang aveimuoy) — a conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations
• Korean: 심포지엄 (simpojieom) — a conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations
• Kyrgyz: симпозиум (simpozium) — a conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations
• Latvian: simpozijs — a conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations
• Lithuanian: simpoziumas — a conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations
• Macedonian: симпозиум (simpozium) — a conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations
• Norwegian Bokmål: symposium — a conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations
• Persian: سمپوزیوم (sampozyum) — a conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations
• Polish: sympozjum — a conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations
• Portuguese: simpósio — a conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations
• Romanian: simpozion — a conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations
• Russian: симпо́зиум (simpózium) — a conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations
• Serbo-Croatian: симпозијум — a conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations
• Serbo-Croatian: сѝмпо̄зӣј — a conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations
• Serbo-Croatian: simpozijum — a conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations
• Serbo-Croatian: sìmpōzīj — a conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations
• Slovak: sympózium — a conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations
• Slovene: simpozij — a conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations
• Spanish: simposio — a conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations
• Swahili: kongamano — a conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations
• Swedish: symposium — a conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations
• Tagalog: sampaksaan — a conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations
• Tajik: симпозиум (simpozium) — a conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations
• Turkish: bilgi şöleni — a conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations
• Turkish: sempozyum — a conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations
• Ukrainian: симпо́зіум (sympózium) — a conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations
• Uzbek: simpozium — a conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations
• Vietnamese: hội nghị chuyên đề — a conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations
• Volapük: spikädem — a conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations
• Welsh: trafodaeth — a conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations
• Bulgarian: пиршество (piršestvo) — a drinking party in Ancient Greece, especially one with intellectual discussion
• German: Symposion — a drinking party in Ancient Greece, especially one with intellectual discussion
• Greek: συμπόσιο (sympósio) — a drinking party in Ancient Greece, especially one with intellectual discussion
• Ancient Greek: σῠμπόσῐον (sŭmpósĭon) — a drinking party in Ancient Greece, especially one with intellectual discussion
• Indonesian: simposium — a drinking party in Ancient Greece, especially one with intellectual discussion
• Khmer: សីុំពូស៊ីអូម (sumpousiom) — a drinking party in Ancient Greece, especially one with intellectual discussion
• Russian: симпо́сий (simpósij) — a drinking party in Ancient Greece, especially one with intellectual discussion
• Ukrainian: симпо́сій (sympósij) — a drinking party in Ancient Greece, especially one with intellectual discussion
• Bulgarian: симпозиум (simpozium) — a collection of essays, articles or papers on a particular subject by a number of contributors
• German: Symposium — a collection of essays, articles or papers on a particular subject by a number of contributors
• Greek: συμπόσιο (sympósio) — a collection of essays, articles or papers on a particular subject by a number of contributors
• Ancient Greek: συμπόσιον (sumpósion) — a collection of essays, articles or papers on a particular subject by a number of contributors
• Khmer: សន្និសីទ (sannisit) — a collection of essays, articles or papers on a particular subject by a number of contributors
• Russian: симпозиум (simpozium) — a collection of essays, articles or papers on a particular subject by a number of contributors
• Ukrainian: симпозіум (sympozium) — a collection of essays, articles or papers on a particular subject by a number of contributors