curriculum

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin curriculum (“course”), derived from currō (“run, move quickly”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /kəˈɹɪkjələm/, /kɚˈɪkjələm/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /kəˈɹɪk.jə.ləm/, /kɜː(ɹ)ˈɪk.juː.ləm/

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Noun

curriculum (plural curricula or curriculums)

1. The set of courses, coursework, and their content, offered at a school or university.
2. (obsolete) A racecourse; a place for running.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin curriculum.

Noun

curriculum m

1. curriculum
2. curriculum vitae, CV; resume: summary of education and employment experience

Etymology

From currō (“run, move quickly”) +‎ -culum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kurˈri.ku.lum/, [kʊrˈrɪ.kʊ.ɫũ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kurˈri.ku.lum/, [kurˈriː.ku.lum]

Noun

curriculum n (genitive curriculī); second declension

1. a race
2. a race course
3. a racing chariot

References

• curriculum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• curriculum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• curriculum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to finish one's career: vitae cursum or curriculum conficere
    
• curriculum in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016