experiment

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English experiment, from Old French esperiment (French expérience), from Latin experimentum (“experience, attempt, experiment”), from experior (“to experience, to attempt”), itself from ex + *perior, in turn from Proto-Indo-European *per-. === Pronunciation === Noun (UK) IPA(key): /ɪkˈspɛɹ.ɪ.mənt/, /ɛkˈspɛɹ.ɪ.mənt/ (US) IPA(key): /ɪkˈspɛɹ.ə.mənt/, /ɪkˈspɪɹ.ə.mənt/, /ɪkˈspiɹ.ə.mənt/ Hyphenation: ex‧per‧i‧ment Verb (UK) IPA(key): /ɪkˈspɛɹ.ɪ.mɛnt/ (US) IPA(key): /ɪkˈspɛɹ.ə.mɛnt/ both (Indic) IPA(key): /ˈɛksp(ə)rɪmɛɳʈ/, /ɪksp(ə)rɪˈmɛɳʈ/ === Noun === experiment (plural experiments) A test under controlled conditions made to either demonstrate a known truth, examine the validity of a hypothesis, or determine the efficacy or likelihood of something previously untried. conduct an experiment carry out some experiments perform a scientific experiment 2019, VOA Learning English (public domain) South Korean officials announced last month that an experiment to create artificial rain did not provide the desired results. (obsolete) Experience, practical familiarity with something. ==== Hyponyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === experiment (third-person singular simple present experiments, present participle experimenting, simple past and past participle experimented) (intransitive) To conduct an experiment. (transitive, obsolete) To experience; to feel; to perceive; to detect. 1662 Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems (Dialogue 2): The Earth, the which may have carried us about perpetually ... without our being ever able to experiment its rest. (transitive, obsolete) To test or ascertain by experiment; to try out; to make an experiment on. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== References ==== John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “experiment”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN. == Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin experīmentum. First attested in 1460. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central) [əks.pə.ɾiˈmen] IPA(key): (Balearic) [əks.pə.ɾiˈment] IPA(key): (Valencia) [eks.pe.ɾiˈment] === Noun === experiment m (plural experiments) experiment ==== Derived terms ==== experimental experimentar === References === === Further reading === “experiment”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “experiment” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. “experiment” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962. == Czech == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin experīmentum. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈɛkspɛrɪmɛnt] === Noun === experiment m inan experiment Synonym: pokus provést experiment ― to perform an experiment ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “experiment”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957 “experiment”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989 “experiment”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026 == Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch experiment, from Old French experiment, from Latin experimentum. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌɛks.peː.riˈmɛnt/ Hyphenation: ex‧pe‧ri‧ment Rhymes: -ɛnt === Noun === experiment n (plural experimenten, diminutive experimentje n) experiment Synonyms: proef, test ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Indonesian: eksperimen == Occitan == === Etymology === From Latin experīmentum. === Noun === experiment m (plural experiments) experiment ==== Related terms ==== experimentar == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin experimentum. === Noun === experiment n (plural experimente) experiment ==== Declension ==== == Swedish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin experīmentum, attested from 1682. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛksp(ɛ)rɪˈmɛnt/ === Noun === experiment n experiment ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== experimentell === References === experiment in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL) experiment in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)