utrum
التعريفات والمعاني
== Czech ==
=== Etymology ===
Probably from utřít (hubu) + -um (“a latin suffix”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [ˈutrum]
=== Noun ===
utrum n (indeclinable)
(colloquial) end, used in fixed expressions:
Synonym: konec
mít utrum ― to be over
být s čím utrum ― to be over
=== Further reading ===
“utrum”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
“utrum”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
“utrum”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026
== Latin ==
=== Pronunciation ===
(Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈʊ.trũː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈuː.trum]
=== Etymology 1 ===
Adverbial accusative of uter, used as a conjunction.
==== Conjunction ====
utrum
whether
===== Usage notes =====
Used with an (“or”) in the construction utrum...an (“whether...or”):
Used with an (“or”) to introduce double direct questions, without translating utrum explicitly:
Used with necne in the construction utrum...necne (“whether...or not'”).
=== Etymology 2 ===
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
==== Adjective ====
utrum
nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of uter
=== References ===
“utrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“utrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
== Swedish ==
=== Noun ===
utrum n (indeclinable)
(grammar) common gender
Synonyms: n-genus, reale
Antonyms: t-genus, neutrum
(grammar) a noun of the common gender
Synonyms: en-ord, n-ord
=== References ===
utrum in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker