term

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• Australian, Received-Pronunciation: /tɜːm/
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• Australian, Received-Pronunciation: [thɜːm] ~ [thɐ̝ːm]
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• Canada, General-American: /tɜɹm/
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• Canada, General-American: [thɝm] ~ [thɚ̞m]
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• California: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)m
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh2-? Proto-Indo-European *ter-? Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *térmn̥ Proto-Italic *termn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *term(e)nos Latin terminus Old French termebor. Middle English terme English term From Middle English terme, borrowed from Old French terme, from Latin terminus (“a bound, boundary, limit, end; in Medieval Latin, also a time, period, word, covenant, etc.”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *térmn̥ (“stump, end, boundary”). Doublet of terminus and termon. Old English had termen, from the same source.

Clipping of terminal.

Short for terminate, termination, terminated employee, etc.

282 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Abkhaz: аԥҟара (apqʼara) — limitation, restriction or regulation
• Arabic: شَرْط (šarṭ) — limitation, restriction or regulation
• Belarusian: умо́ва (umóva) — limitation, restriction or regulation
• Bulgarian: усло́вие (uslóvie) — limitation, restriction or regulation
• Catalan: terme — limitation, restriction or regulation
• Chinese Mandarin: 條件 /条件 (tiáojiàn) — limitation, restriction or regulation
• Czech: podmínka — limitation, restriction or regulation
• Danish: klausul — limitation, restriction or regulation
• Danish: vilkår — limitation, restriction or regulation
• Danish: forholdningsregel — limitation, restriction or regulation
• Estonian: tingimus — limitation, restriction or regulation
• Finnish: ehto — limitation, restriction or regulation
• French: limite — limitation, restriction or regulation
• Galician: termo — limitation, restriction or regulation
• German: Klausel — limitation, restriction or regulation
• Hindi: शर्त (śart) — limitation, restriction or regulation
• Hindi: निबंधन (nibandhan) — limitation, restriction or regulation
• Hungarian: feltétel — limitation, restriction or regulation
• Hungarian: kikötés — limitation, restriction or regulation
• Hungarian: megkötés — limitation, restriction or regulation
• Hungarian: kondíció — limitation, restriction or regulation
• Indonesian: syarat — limitation, restriction or regulation
• Irish: téarma — limitation, restriction or regulation
• Irish: téarmaí — limitation, restriction or regulation
• Italian: termine — limitation, restriction or regulation
• Japanese: 条件 (jōken) — limitation, restriction or regulation
• Korean: 조건 (jogeon) — limitation, restriction or regulation
• Ladin: terminn — limitation, restriction or regulation
• Ladin: termin — limitation, restriction or regulation
• Lithuanian: sąlyga — limitation, restriction or regulation
• Lithuanian: terminas — limitation, restriction or regulation
• Macedonian: услов (uslov) — limitation, restriction or regulation
• Malay: terma — limitation, restriction or regulation
• Malayalam: നിബന്ധന (nibandhana) — limitation, restriction or regulation
• Norwegian: vilkår — limitation, restriction or regulation
• Polish: warunek — limitation, restriction or regulation
• Portuguese: termo — limitation, restriction or regulation
• Romanian: limită — limitation, restriction or regulation
• Romanian: condiție — limitation, restriction or regulation
• Romanian: clauză — limitation, restriction or regulation
• Russian: усло́вие (uslóvije) — limitation, restriction or regulation
• Scots: tairm — limitation, restriction or regulation
• Slovak: podmienka — limitation, restriction or regulation
• Spanish: términos — limitation, restriction or regulation
• Swedish: klausul — limitation, restriction or regulation
• Swedish: villkor — limitation, restriction or regulation
• Swedish: förhållningsregel — limitation, restriction or regulation
• Tagalog: tadhana — limitation, restriction or regulation
• Telugu: షరతు (ṣaratu) — limitation, restriction or regulation
• Telugu: నిబంధన (nibandhana) — limitation, restriction or regulation
• Ukrainian: умо́ва (umóva) — limitation, restriction or regulation
• Venetan: tèrmine — limitation, restriction or regulation
• Vietnamese: điều kiện — limitation, restriction or regulation
• Arabic: اِصْطِلَاح (iṣṭilāḥ) — word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge
• Arabic: مُصْطَلَح (muṣṭalaḥ) — word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge
• Armenian: տերմին (termin) — word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge
• Armenian: եզր (ezr) — word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge
• Armenian: եզրույթ (ezruytʻ) — word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge
• Asturian: términu — word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge
• Azerbaijani: termin — word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge
• Belarusian: тэ́рмін (términ) — word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge
• Catalan: terme — word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge
• Chinese Mandarin: 術語 /术语 (shùyǔ) — word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge
• Chinese Mandarin: 用語 /用语 (yòngyǔ) — word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge
• Ngazidja Comorian: lafdhwi — word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge
• Coptic: ⲫⲱⲛⲏ (phōnē) — word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge
• Czech: termín — word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge
• Danish: term — word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge
• Danish: begreb — word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge
• Danish: betegning — word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge
• Dutch: term — word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge
• Dutch: begrip — word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge
• Esperanto: termino — word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge
• Estonian: mõiste — word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge
• Estonian: termin — word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge
• Finnish: termi — word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge
• French: terme — word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge
• French: mot — word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge
• French: expression — word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge
• Galician: termo — word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge
• German: Begriff — word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge
• German: Bezeichnung — word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge
• German: Terminus — word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge
• Greek: όρος (óros) — word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge
• Hebrew: מונח (munákh) — word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge
• Hindi: इस्तिलाह (istilāh) — word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge
• Hungarian: szakkifejezés — word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge
• Hungarian: szakszó — word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge
• Hungarian: kifejezés — word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge
• Hungarian: terminus — word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge
• Hungarian: terminus technicus — word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge
• Indonesian: istilah — word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge
• Irish: téarma — word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge
• Irish: téarmaí — word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge
• Italian: termine — word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge
• Japanese: 用語 (yōgo) — word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge
• Japanese: 述語 (jutsugo) — word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge
• Japanese: 言葉 (kotoba) — word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge
• Korean: 용어 (yong'eo) — word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge
• Korean: 말 (mal) — word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge
• Northern Kurdish: zarav — word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge
• Lithuanian: ter̃minas — word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge
• Luxembourgish: Begrëff — word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge
• Malay: istilah — word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge
• Māori: karangatanga — word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge
• Norwegian Bokmål: term — word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge
• Norwegian Nynorsk: term — word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge
• Persian: اصطلاح (estelâh) — word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge
• Persian: واژه (vâže) — word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge
• Polish: określenie — word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge
• Polish: termin — word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge
• Portuguese: termo — word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge
• Romanian: termen — word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge
• Romanian: expresie — word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge
• Romanian: cuvânt — word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge
• Russian: те́рмин (términ) — word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge
• Scots: tairm — word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge
• Slovak: termín — word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge
• Slovak: výraz — word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge
• Spanish: término — word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge
• Spanish: vocablo — word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge
• Swedish: term — word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge
• Swedish: begrepp — word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge
• Swedish: beteckning — word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge
• Tagalog: tawag — word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge
• Thai: คํา (kam) — word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge
• Thai: ศัพท์ (sàp) — word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge
• Turkish: terim — word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge
• Udmurt: нимкыл (ńimkyl) — word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge
• Udmurt: удыскыл (udyskyl) — word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge
• Udmurt: термин (ťermin) — word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge
• Ukrainian: те́рмін (términ) — word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge
• Venetan: tèrmine — word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge
• Venetan: paròla — word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge
• Venetan: paroła — word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge
• Yakut: тиэрмин (tiermin) — word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge
• Belarusian: адно́сіны (adnósiny) — relations among people
• Bulgarian: лични отношения (lični otnošenija) — relations among people
• Chinese Mandarin: 關係 /关系 (guānxi, guānxì) — relations among people
• Danish: fod — relations among people
• Dutch: voet — relations among people
• Estonian: suhe — relations among people
• Finnish: suhde — relations among people
• Finnish: välit — relations among people
• German: Beziehung — relations among people
• Hungarian: viszony — relations among people
• Hungarian: kapcsolat — relations among people
• Japanese: 間柄 (aidagara) — relations among people
• Japanese: 関係 (kankei) — relations among people
• Japanese: 人間関係 (ningenkankei) — relations among people
• Korean: 관계 (gwan'gye) — relations among people
• Lithuanian: tárpas — relations among people
• Norwegian Bokmål: fot — relations among people
• Russian: отноше́ние (otnošénije) — relations among people
• Serbo-Croatian: odnos — relations among people
• Swedish: fot — relations among people
• Ukrainian: відно́сини (vidnósyny) — relations among people
• Belarusian: чвэрць (čvercʹ) — part of a year
• Bulgarian: семестър (semestǎr) — part of a year
• Chinese Mandarin: 學期 /学期 (xuéqī) — part of a year
• Estonian: poolaasta — part of a year
• Finnish: lukukausi — part of a year
• Greek: τρίμηνο (trímino) — part of a year
• Hungarian: szemeszter — part of a year
• Hungarian: félév — part of a year
• Hungarian: negyedév — part of a year
• Hungarian: harmadév — part of a year
• Hungarian: trimeszter — part of a year
• Irish: téarma — part of a year
• Japanese: 学期 (gakki) — part of a year
• Korean: 학기 (hakgi) — part of a year
• Lithuanian: santykiai — part of a year
• Russian: че́тверть (čétvertʹ) — part of a year
• Serbo-Croatian: tromjesečje — part of a year
• Serbo-Croatian: kvartal — part of a year
• Swedish: termin — part of a year
• Tagalog: taning — part of a year
• Ukrainian: чве́рть (čvértʹ) — part of a year
• Welsh: tymor — part of a year
• Yiddish: זמן (zman) — part of a year
• Armenian: ժամկետ (žamket) — period of time, time limit
• Belarusian: тэ́рмін (términ) — period of time, time limit
• Bulgarian: срок (srok) — period of time, time limit
• Bulgarian: период (period) — period of time, time limit
• Chinese Mandarin: 期間 /期间 (qījiān, qíjiān) — period of time, time limit
• Danish: tidsfrist — period of time, time limit
• Danish: frist — period of time, time limit
• Danish: periode — period of time, time limit
• Finnish: kausi — period of time, time limit
• French: durée — period of time, time limit
• Galician: prazo — period of time, time limit
• Galician: termo — period of time, time limit
• German: Frist — period of time, time limit
• Greek: θητεία (thiteía) — period of time, time limit
• Hungarian: határidő — period of time, time limit
• Hungarian: határnap — period of time, time limit
• Hungarian: lejárati idő — period of time, time limit
• Hungarian: tartam — period of time, time limit
• Hungarian: időtartam — period of time, time limit
• Hungarian: idő — period of time, time limit
• Hungarian: időszak — period of time, time limit
• Hungarian: terminus — period of time, time limit
• Hungarian: ülésszak — period of time, time limit
• Irish: téarma — period of time, time limit
• Italian: scadenza — period of time, time limit
• Japanese: 期間 (kikan) — period of time, time limit
• Japanese: 時期 (jiki) — period of time, time limit
• Japanese: 期限 (kigen) — period of time, time limit
• Japanese: 有効期間 (yūkō kikan) — period of time, time limit
• Korean: 기간 (gigan) — period of time, time limit
• Lithuanian: ter̃minas — period of time, time limit
• Mongolian: хугацаа (xugacaa) — period of time, time limit
• Portuguese: prazo — period of time, time limit
• Russian: срок (srok) — period of time, time limit
• Slovak: doba — period of time, time limit
• Slovak: termín — period of time, time limit
• Spanish: plazo — period of time, time limit
• Swedish: tidsfrist — period of time, time limit
• Swedish: frist — period of time, time limit
• Swedish: period — period of time, time limit
• Tagalog: taning — period of time, time limit
• Ukrainian: те́рмін (términ) — period of time, time limit
• Ukrainian: строк (strok) — period of time, time limit
• Welsh: tymor — period of time, time limit
• Welsh: term — period of time, time limit
• Yiddish: זמן (zman) — period of time, time limit
• Bulgarian: срок (srok) — period in office or prison
• Catalan: mandat — period in office or prison
• Danish: mandatperiode — period in office or prison
• Finnish: toimikausi — period in office or prison
• French: mandat — period in office or prison
• German: Amtszeit — period in office or prison
• German: Haftstrafe — period in office or prison
• German: Gefängnisstrafe — period in office or prison
• Greek: θητεία (thiteía) — period in office or prison
• Hungarian: hivatali idő (szak) — period in office or prison
• Hungarian: ciklus — period in office or prison
• Hungarian: terminus — period in office or prison
• Hungarian: börtönbüntetés — period in office or prison
• Hungarian: szabadságvesztés — period in office or prison
• Japanese: 任期 (ninki) — period in office or prison
• Japanese: 刑期 (keiki) — period in office or prison
• Lithuanian: kadencija — period in office or prison
• Norman: gestion — period in office or prison
• Polish: kadencja — period in office or prison
• Russian: срок (srok) — period in office or prison
• Russian: срок полномо́чий (srok polnomóčij) — period in office or prison
• Slovak: doba — period in office or prison
• Swedish: mandatperiod — period in office or prison
• Ukrainian: строк (strok) — period in office or prison
• Asturian: términu — one of the addends in a sum or in another mathematical operation
• Bulgarian: член (člen) — one of the addends in a sum or in another mathematical operation
• Catalan: terme — one of the addends in a sum or in another mathematical operation
• Chinese Mandarin: 被加數 /被加数 (bèijiāshù) — one of the addends in a sum or in another mathematical operation
• Czech: člen — one of the addends in a sum or in another mathematical operation
• Czech: výraz — one of the addends in a sum or in another mathematical operation
• Danish: led — one of the addends in a sum or in another mathematical operation
• Dutch: term — one of the addends in a sum or in another mathematical operation
• Estonian: liidetav — one of the addends in a sum or in another mathematical operation
• Finnish: termi — one of the addends in a sum or in another mathematical operation
• French: terme — one of the addends in a sum or in another mathematical operation
• Galician: termo — one of the addends in a sum or in another mathematical operation
• German: Term — one of the addends in a sum or in another mathematical operation
• Hindi: जुमला (jumlā) — one of the addends in a sum or in another mathematical operation
• Hungarian: tag — one of the addends in a sum or in another mathematical operation
• Hungarian: kifejezés — one of the addends in a sum or in another mathematical operation
• Hungarian: összeadandó — one of the addends in a sum or in another mathematical operation
• Icelandic: liður — one of the addends in a sum or in another mathematical operation
• Italian: termine — one of the addends in a sum or in another mathematical operation
• Japanese: 項 (kō) — one of the addends in a sum or in another mathematical operation
• Persian: جمله — one of the addends in a sum or in another mathematical operation
• Polish: wyraz — one of the addends in a sum or in another mathematical operation
• Portuguese: termo — one of the addends in a sum or in another mathematical operation
• Russian: член (člen) — one of the addends in a sum or in another mathematical operation
• Russian: слага́емое (slagájemoje) — one of the addends in a sum or in another mathematical operation
• Spanish: término — one of the addends in a sum or in another mathematical operation
• Swedish: term — one of the addends in a sum or in another mathematical operation
• Tagalog: takay — one of the addends in a sum or in another mathematical operation
• Turkish: terim — one of the addends in a sum or in another mathematical operation
• Hungarian: terminus — one of three component parts of a syllogism
• Japanese: 名辞 (meiji) — one of three component parts of a syllogism
• Lithuanian: ter̃minas — one of three component parts of a syllogism