symposium

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin symposium, from Ancient Greek συμπόσιον (sumpósion, “drinking party”) from συμπίνω (sumpínō, “drink together”), from συν- (sun-, “together-”) + πίνω (pínō, “drink”). Morphologically compare compotation. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /sɪmˈpəʊziəm/ (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /sɪmˈpoʊziəm/ (Australian) IPA(key): /sɪmˈpəʉziəm/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /səmˈpɐʉziəm/ === Noun === symposium (plural symposiums or symposia) A conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations. A drinking party in Ancient Greece, especially one with intellectual discussion. Alternative form: symposion A collection of essays, articles or papers on a particular subject by a number of contributors. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== symposiast sympotic ==== Translations ==== === See also === symposium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Symposium in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911) “symposium”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. == Dutch == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek συμπόσιον (sumpósion, “drinking party”) from συμπίνω (sumpínō, “drink together”) συν- (sun-, “together-”) + πίνω (pínō, “drink”). === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: sym‧po‧si‧um === Noun === symposium n (plural symposia or symposiums, diminutive symposiumpje n) symposium == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /sɛ̃.po.zjɔm/, /sɛ̃.pɔ.zjɔm/ === Noun === symposium m (plural symposiums) symposium Synonym: colloque === Further reading === “symposium”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [symˈpɔ.si.ũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [simˈpɔː.s̬i.um] === Noun === symposium n (genitive symposiī or symposī); second declension symposium ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). === References === “symposium”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “symposium”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin == Norwegian Bokmål == === Noun === symposium n (definite singular symposiet, indefinite plural symposier, definite plural symposia or symposiene) symposium == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Noun === symposium n (definite singular symposiet, indefinite plural symposium, definite plural symposia) symposium == Swedish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek συμπόσιον (sumpósion). === Noun === symposium n symposium ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “symposium”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)