plenary

English

WOTD – 25 February 2009

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin plēnārius, from Latin plēnus (“full”).

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpliːnəɹi/^[1]
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈpliːnəɹi/, /ˈplɛnəɹi/^[2]
Rhymes: -iːnəɹi, -ɛnəɹi
Audio (US) (file)

Adjective

plenary (comparative more plenary, superlative most plenary)

Fully attended; for everyone's attendance.
(theology or law) Complete; full; entire; absolute.
- I. Watts
  A treatise on a subject should be plenary or full.

Derived terms

Derived terms

Translations

fully attended

Armenian: լիակազմ (hy) (liakazm), պլենար (hy) (plenar)
Azerbaijani: plenar, geniş (az)
Belarusian: пленарны (plenarny)
Bulgarian: пленарен (plenáren)
Catalan: plenari
Czech: valný (cs), plenární
Dutch: plenair (nl)
Finnish: täys- (fi)
French: plénier (fr)
Georgian: პლენარული (ṗlenaruli)
German: Plenar-

Greek: ολομελής (el) (olomelís)
Italian: plenario (it)
Persian: عمومی‎‎ (fa) ('omumi)
Polish: plenarny, walny (pl)
Portuguese: plenário
Romanian: plenar (ro)
Russian: плена́рный (ru) (plenárnyj)
Spanish: plenario
Tajik: пленарӣ (plenarī)
Ukrainian: пленарний (plenarnij)

Noun

plenary (plural plenaries)

plenary session
After lunch, we will all be in the main auditorium listening to the plenary.

References

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