individuum

Etymology

From Latin indīviduum, noun use of neuter singular of indīviduus (“indivisible”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪndɪˈvɪdjuːəm/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɪndɪˈvɪduəm/

Noun

individuum (plural individuums or individua)

1. An indivisible entity.
2. A single individual person or thing.
   • 1603, John Florio, transl.; Michel de Montaigne, The Essayes, […], printed at London: […] Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821:
     , II.12:

     it seemeth unlikely, that God hath framed this peece of worke alone without a fellow; and that the matter of this forme hath wholly beene spent in this only Individuum […].

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /in.diːˈwi.du.um/, [ɪn.diːˈwɪ.dʊ.ũ]

Noun

indīviduum n (genitive indīvidui); second declension

1. atom
2. individuum, individual

Adjective

indīviduum

1. nominative neuter singular of indīviduus
2. accusative masculine singular of indīviduus
3. accusative neuter singular of indīviduus
4. vocative neuter singular of indīviduus

References

• individuum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /indiʋǐːduum/
• Hyphenation: in‧di‧vi‧du‧um

Noun

indivíduum m (Cyrillic spelling индиви́дуум)

1. individual