Terminus

== English == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin terminus (“a boundary or border, a limit or point”). Doublet of terminus and term. === Proper noun === Terminus (Roman mythology) The god of boundaries and landmarks, focus of the important Roman festival of Terminalia. Synonym: terminal figure ==== Related terms ==== terminal terminate termination === Anagrams === minuters, muntries, muster in, numerist, run times, run-times, runtimes, unmiters, unmitres == German == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin terminus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtɛʁmiːnʊs/ Hyphenation: Ter‧mi‧nus === Noun === Terminus m (strong, genitive Terminus, plural Termini) term (word or phrase, especially one from a specialized area of knowledge, i.e., a technical term) Synonyms: Fachausdruck, Fachbegriff, Fachbezeichnung, Fachwort, Kunstwort, Terminus technicus ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== Fachterminus (colloquially: Fachterm) ==== Derived terms ==== Fachterminus Terminus technicus === See also === Termin Terminus ad quem Terminus ante quem Terminus a quo Terminus post quem === Further reading === “Terminus” in Duden online “Terminus” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache == Latin == === Etymology === Proprialisation of terminus (“a boundary, a limit”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈtɛr.mɪ.nʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈtɛr.mi.nus] === Proper noun === Terminus m sg (genitive Terminī); second declension (Roman mythology) the deity presiding over boundaries; a personification of the term terminus (“a boundary, a limit”)