terminus

== English == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin terminus (“boundary, limit”). Doublet of term, Terminus, and termon. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtɜːmɪnəs/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtər.mə.nəs/, /ˈtər.mɪ.nəs/ Hyphenation: ter‧mi‧nus === Noun === terminus (plural termini or terminuses) The end or final point of something. The end point of a transportation system, or the town or city in which it is located. (obsolete) A boundary or border, or a post or stone marking such a boundary. ==== Antonyms ==== origin ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → French: terminus→ Romanian: terminus ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === minuters, muntries, muster in, numerist, run times, run-times, runtimes, unmiters, unmitres == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from English terminus, from Latin terminus. Doublet of terme. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tɛʁ.mi.nys/ === Noun === terminus m (invariable) (transport) terminus ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Romanian: terminus === Further reading === “terminus”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Indonesian == === Etymology === Borrowed from English terminus, from Latin terminus (“boundary, limit”). === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /tərˈminus/ [t̪ərˈmi.nʊs] Rhymes: -inus Syllabification: ter‧mi‧nus === Noun === terminus (plural terminus-terminus) (rail transport) terminus: the end point of a transportation system, or the town or city in which it is located ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “terminus”, 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 == Latin == === Alternative forms === termen (uncommon) termō (collateral form) === Etymology === From Proto-Italic *termenos, from Proto-Indo-European *térmn̥ (“boundary”). Cognate with Ancient Greek τέρμα (térma, “a goal”), τέρμων (térmōn, “a border”). Synchronically a thematicized variant of the rare synonym termen, which was directly inherited from the PIE word, and so equivalent to termen +‎ -us. The synonym termō is, like Ancient Greek τέρμων (térmōn), from the collective form *térmō. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈtɛr.mɪ.nʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈtɛr.mi.nus] === Noun === terminus m (genitive terminī); second declension a boundary, limit, end Synonyms: fīnis, līmes, mēta, dēfīnītiō, granicia (Medieval Latin) word, term, definition Synonyms: verbum, dēfīnītiō (Medieval Latin) due date, a time to convene Synonyms: diēs, conventus (Medieval Latin) mode, wise, fashion, manner Synonyms: ratiō, modus, fōrma term or period of time (as for example of probation) ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === Further reading === “terminus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “terminus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "terminus", 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) “terminus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[2], London: Macmillan and Co. “terminus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “terminus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French terminus, from English terminus, from Latin terminus. Doublet of țărm (“shore, bank by the water”). === Noun === terminus n (uncountable) terminus (the end point of a transportation system) ==== Declension ====