German

Noun

Examen n ‎(genitive Examens, plural Examen or Examina)

1. exam (particularly at the end of university studies eg.. Final Exam)

Synonyms

• Prüfung

Luxembourgish

Noun

Examen f ‎(plural Examen)

1. examination, exam

   Du däerfs net an d'Party goen, well du muer Examen hues.‎

   You're not allowed to go the party, because you have an exam tomorrow.

English

Noun

examen ‎(plural examens)

1. (obsolete) examination; inquiry
   • William Cowper

     For this reason I decline answering the question with which you concluded your last, and cannot persuade myself to enter into a critical examen of the two pieces upon Lord Mansfield's loss […]

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin exāmen. Compare the inherited eixam.

Noun

examen m ‎(plural exàmens)

1. exam, test

Synonyms

• examinació

Derived terms

• examinar

Dutch

Alternative forms

• (before 1996) eksamen

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin exāmen.

Pronunciation

Noun

examen n ‎(plural examens or examina, diminutive examentje n)

1. examination

Synonyms

• tentamen

Derived terms

• examineren
• toelatingsexamen

French

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin exāmen. Doublet of essaim.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛɡ.za.mɛ̃/, /eɡ.za.mɛ̃/
• Homophone: examens

Noun

examen m ‎(plural examens)

1. exam, test

Derived terms

• mettre en examen

Latin

Etymology

From ex- ‎(“out”) +‎ agō ‎(“I drive”) +‎ -men ‎(instrumental suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ekˈsaː.men/, [ɛkˈsaː.mẽ]

Noun

exāmen n ‎(genitive exāminis); third declension

1. swarm of bees; crowd
2. tongue of a balance
3. a consideration, an examining

Inflection

Third declension neuter.

Related terms

• exāminō

Descendants

References

• examen in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• examen in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• EXAMEN in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “examen”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• examen in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• examen in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin, French exāmen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [eɡˈza.men]

Noun

examen n ‎(plural examene)

1. exam, examination, test

Declension

Romansch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin exāmen.

Noun

examen m (plural examens)

1. exam

Derived terms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader) examen final, (Puter) examen finel ‎(“final exam”)
• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) examen da qualificaziun, (Sutsilvan) examen da qualificaziùn ‎(“aptitude test, test of ability, occupational test”)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin exāmen. Compare the doublet enjambre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ekˈsa.men/

Noun

examen m ‎(plural exámenes)

1. exam, examination

Related terms

• examinar

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin exāmen.

Pronunciation

Noun

examen c

1. exam
2. graduation
3. degree

   Den sökande bör ha en examen i ekonomi

   The applicant should have a degree in economics.

Declension

Synonyms

• (exam): examination

See also

• studenten
• tentamen