tandem

== English == === Etymology === The noun is borrowed from Latin tandem (“of time: at last, at length, finally”), applied humorously in English to two horses harnessed “at length” (that is, in a single line) instead of side-by-side. Tandem is derived from tam (“so, to such an extent”) + -dem (demonstrative suffix). The adjective, adverb, and verb are derived from the noun. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈtændəm/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtændəm/, [ˈtɛəndəm] Rhymes: -ændəm Hyphenation: tan‧dem === Noun === tandem (countable and uncountable, plural tandems) (also attributive) (countable) A carriage pulled by two or more draught animals (generally draught horses) harnessed one behind the other, both providing pulling power but only the animal in front being able to steer. [from mid 18th c.] (by extension, countable) Two draught animals (generally draught horses) harnessed one behind the other. A thing with two components arranged one behind the other. (specifically, cycling) Ellipsis of tandem bicycle (“a bicycle or tricycle in which two people sit one behind the other, both able to pedal but only the person in front being able to steer”). [from late 19th c.] (medicine) A hollow metal tube containing radioactive material, inserted through the vagina into the uterus to treat gynecological cancer. (figurative) (countable) A group of two or more machines, people, etc., working together; hence (uncountable), close collaboration. (uncountable, education) A method of language learning based on mutual exchange, where ideally each learner is a native speaker in the language the other person wants to learn. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== ==== Translations ==== === Adverb === tandem (not comparable) One behind the other; in single file. Synonym: in tandem Coordinate term: abreast (figurative) In close collaboration; collaboratively, cooperatively. ==== Derived terms ==== in tandem ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === tandem (not comparable) With two components arranged one behind the other. (figurative) Working together collaboratively; collaborative, cooperative. ==== Derived terms ==== randem ==== Translations ==== === Verb === tandem (third-person singular simple present tandems, present participle tandeming, simple past and past participle tandemed) (ambitransitive) Synonym of tandemize (“(transitive) to harness or drive (two draught animals, generally draught horses) one behind the other; to set up (two or more things, such as pieces or equipment) to work in tandem or together; (intransitive) to drive a tandem (‘carriage pulled by two or more draught animals (generally draught horses) harnessed one behind the other’)”) ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === tandem on Wikipedia.Wikipedia tandem (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Czech == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Tandem, from English tandem, originally from Latin tandem (“at last”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈtandɛm] === Noun === tandem m inan tandem ==== Declension ==== === References === == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from English tandem. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtɑn.dɛm/ === Noun === tandem m (plural tandems, diminutive tandempje n) tandem (vehicle, bicycle) tandem (arrangement) (biology) a phase in the mating ritual of dragonflies a pair, a couple, a duo == Finnish == === Etymology === < Latin tandem via English tandem === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtɑndem/, [ˈt̪ɑ̝nde̞m] Rhymes: -ɑndem Syllabification(key): tan‧dem Hyphenation(key): tan‧dem === Noun === tandem tandem bicycle Synonym: tandempyörä synonym of jonovaljakko (“tandem”) (team of draft animals harnessed in a row). tandem-valjakko ― tandem team (in compounds) tandem- Synonym: jono- tandem-menetelmä ― tandem method ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “tandem”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 14 May 2026 == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from English tandem. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tɑ̃.dɛm/ === Noun === tandem m (plural tandems) tandem (vehicle, bicycle) === Further reading === “tandem”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === dament == Ido == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin tandem. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtandɛm/ === Adverb === tandem (neologism) finally, at last, eventually Synonym: fine == Indonesian == === Etymology === Borrowed from English tandem, from Latin tandem (“of time: at last, at length, finally”). === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈtandəm/ [ˈt̪an.dəm] Rhymes: -andəm Syllabification: tan‧dem === Noun === tandem (plural tandem-tandem) tandem ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “tandem”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Italian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English tandem. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtan.dem/ Rhymes: -andem Hyphenation: tàn‧dem === Noun === tandem m (invariable) tandem (all senses) === References === == Latin == === Etymology === From tam (“so”) +‎ -dem (“new interpreted particle from īdem”). Compare with its earlier doublet: tamen. Both with original meaning supposedly "so(much)ever". === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈtan.dẽː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈtan.dem] === Adverb === tandem (not comparable) at length, at last, finally, eventually used also as an adverbial intensifier of interrogatives to a somewhat greater degree than -nam ==== Usage notes ==== The particle -nam and adverb tandem (“finally”) may be added to interrogative pronouns and adverbs to add emphasis. The adverb tandem adds stronger emphasis. ==== Synonyms ==== demum, postremo ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === References === “tandem”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “tandem”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “tandem”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Sihler, Andrew L. (1995), New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: tan‧dem === Noun === tandem m (plural tandens) tandem (bicycle with two seats and two sets of pedals) === Further reading === “tandem”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “tandem”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French tandem. === Noun === tandem n (plural tandemuri) tandem ==== Declension ==== == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtanden/ [ˈt̪ãn̪.d̪ẽn] Rhymes: -anden === Noun === tandem m (plural tandems) tandem language exchange == Welsh == === Etymology === Borrowed from English tandem. === Noun === tandem m (plural tandemau) tandem bicycle ==== Hypernyms ==== beic === Mutation ===