extremum

== English == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin extrēmum, neuter form of extrēmus (“extreme in degree”). Doublet of extreme. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɪkˈstɹiːməm/ === Noun === extremum (plural extrema or extremums) (mathematics) A point, or value that is a maximum or a minimum. Hyponyms: maximum, minimum ==== Translations ==== == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛk.stʁɛ.mɔm/ ~ /ɛk.stʁe.mɔm/ === Noun === extremum m (plural extremums) extremum == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɛkˈstreː.mũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ekˈstrɛː.mum] === Adjective === extrēmum inflection of extrēmus: nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular accusative masculine singular === Noun === extrēmum m accusative singular of extrēmus === References === “extremum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “extremum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.