tentamen

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tentāmen (“attempt”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

tentamen n (plural tentamens, diminutive tentamentje n)

1. an examination (especially in higher education)

Etymology

From tentō (“I try”) +‎ -men (noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /tenˈtaː.men/, [tɛnˈtaː.mẽ]

Noun

tentāmen n (genitive tentāminis); third declension

1. an attempt
2. (modern) a literary attempt: an essay
   • 1719, Johann Jakob Brucker:

     Tentamen Introductionis in Historiam Doctrinae Logicae de Ideis

     An Essay Introducing the History of the Logical Doctrine of Ideas

References

• tentamen in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• tentamen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Etymology

From Latin tentāmen (“an attempt”)

Noun

tentamen c

1. an examination