mysterium

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin mystērium. Doublet of mystery. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /mɪˈstɪəɹɪəm/ (General American) IPA(key): /mɪˈstɪɹiəm/ Hyphenation: mys‧te‧ri‧um === Noun === mysterium (plural mysteria) (chemistry, alchemy, now historical) Any of various unknown elements thought to make up existing forms of matter, or a substance seen as an elemental or pure form of something else. (astronomy, now historical) The hypothetical source of a galactic radio emission at 1665 megahertz (later identified as due to hydroxyl radicals in interstellar space). == Danish == === Alternative forms === mysterie === Etymology === From Latin mystērium, from Ancient Greek μυστήριον (mustḗrion). === Noun === mysterium n (singular definite mysteriet, plural indefinite mysterier) a mystery (something unexplainable) Synonym: gåde (religion, historical) a mystery (secret rite or worship) (theater) a medieval play (that reproduces biblical stories or saints' stories) ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== === References === “mysterium” in Den Danske Ordbog == Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek μῠστήρῐον (mŭstḗrĭon). === Noun === mystērium n (genitive mystēriī or mystērī); second declension mystery (secret rite or worship) secret 6th century, Venantius Fortunatus, Vexilla regis, first stanza: ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). ==== Related terms ==== mysterius ==== Descendants ==== Old French: mistere, mystere→ Middle English: mysterie, mysterye, mistery, misterie, mysteryEnglish: mysteryScots: meesteryMiddle French: mystereFrench: mystère → Finnish: mysteeri, mysteerio → German: Mysterium → Spanish: misterio === References === “mysterium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “mysterium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "mysterium", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin mystērium, from Ancient Greek μυστήριον (mustḗrion). === Noun === mysterium n (definite singular mysteriet, indefinite plural mysterier, definite plural mysteria or mysteriene) a mystery === References === “mysterium” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin mystērium, from Ancient Greek μυστήριον (mustḗrion). === Noun === mysterium n (definite singular mysteriet, indefinite plural mysterium, definite plural mysteria) mystery (something unexplainable) ==== References ==== “mysterium” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Swedish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin mystērium, from Ancient Greek μυστήριον (mustḗrion). Cognate with English mystery and German Mysterium. === Noun === mysterium n a mystery ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== mystär ==== Related terms ==== === References === “mysterium”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “mysterium”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “mysterium”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)