examen

Etymology

Latin , the tongue of a balance, examination; for exagmen, from exigere to weigh accurately, to treat: compare French examen. See exact.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪɡˈzeɪ.mən/

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 […]

Anagrams

• axemen

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin exāmen. Compare the inherited eixam.

Noun

examen m (plural exàmens)

1. exam, test

Alternative forms

• (before 1996) eksamen

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin exāmen.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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

1. examination

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin exāmen. Doublet of essaim.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛɡ.za.mɛ̃/, /eɡ.za.mɛ̃/

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• Homophone: examens

Noun

examen m (plural examens)

1. exam, test

Further reading

• “examen” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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

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)
• examen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, 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

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin, French exāmen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [eɡˈza.men]

Noun

examen n (plural examene)

1. exam, examination, test

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin exāmen.

Noun

examen m (plural examens)

1. exam

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin exāmen. Compare the inherited doublet enjambre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eɡˈsamen/, [eɣˈsamẽn]

Noun

examen m (plural exámenes)

1. exam, examination

Further reading

• “examen” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin exāmen.

Pronunciation

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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.