# seminar
## English
### Etymology

From German Seminar, from Latin sēminārium, from sēmen (“seed”). Compare seminary.

### Pronunciation

* (General American) IPA: /ˈsɛmɪnɑɹ/
* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈsɛmɪnɑː/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)

### Noun

seminar (plural seminars)
* A class held for advanced studies in which students meet regularly to discuss original research, under the guidance of a professor.
* A meeting held for the exchange of useful information by members of a common business community.

#### Derived terms

* e-seminar
* proseminar
* webinar

#### Related terms

* semen
* seminary

#### Descendants

* → Dutch: seminar
** → Indonesian: seminar
* → Japanese: セミナー (seminā)
* → Korean: 세미나 (semina)
* → Swahili: semina
* → Tagalog: seminar
* ⇒ Thai: สัมมนา (sǎm-má-naa) (phono-semantic matching)
* → Turkish: seminer
* → Welsh: seminar

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### Verb

seminar (third-person singular simple present seminars, present participle seminaring, simple past and past participle seminared)
* (intransitive) To participate in or lead a seminar.

### Anagrams

* remains, Minears, Merinas, Marines, marines, Erisman, Amreins, sirname, Amrines, Mainers, Riemans, Reimans, maresin, mainers, Reisman, Mariens

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from English seminar, from German Seminar, from Latin sēminārium.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsɛ.miˌnɑr/, /ˈsɛ.məˌnɑr/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: se‧mi‧nar

### Noun

seminar n or m (plural seminars)
* seminar (class or conference for advanced studies)
    Synonym: (Belgium) seminarie

#### Related terms

* seminarie
* webinar

#### Descendants

* → Indonesian: seminar

## Estonian
### Etymology

From German Seminar.

### Noun

seminar (genitive seminari, partitive seminari)
* seminar

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “seminar”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
* seminar in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

## Indonesian
### Etymology 1

sinar +‎ -em-

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /səˈminar/
* Hyphenation: sê‧mi‧nar

#### Adjective

seminar
* (rare) radiant; splendent

### Etymology 2

From Dutch seminar, from Latin sēminārium, from sēmen (“seed”). Doublet of seminari.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /səˈminar/
* Hyphenation: sê‧mi‧nar

#### Noun

seminar (plural seminar-seminar)
* seminar

##### Related terms

* semen
* seminari
* seminaris

### Further reading

* “seminar” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Latin seminarium.

### Noun

seminar n (definite singular seminaret, indefinite plural seminar or seminarer, definite plural seminara or seminarene)
* a seminar

### References

* “seminar” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Latin seminarium.

### Noun

seminar n (definite singular seminaret, indefinite plural seminar, definite plural seminara)
* a seminar

### References

* “seminar” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French séminaire, from Latin seminarium.

### Noun

seminar n (plural seminarii)
* seminar

#### Declension
## Serbo-Croatian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /semǐnaːr/
* Hyphenation: se‧mi‧nar

### Noun

semìnār m (Cyrillic spelling семѝна̄р)
* seminar

#### Declension
## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from English seminar.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /semiˈnaɾ/ [sɛ.mɪˈn̪aɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: se‧mi‧nar

### Noun

seminár (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜋᜒᜈᜇ᜔)
* seminar
    Synonym: (uncommon) seminaryo

### Further reading

* “seminar”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

## Welsh
### Etymology

From English seminar, from German Seminar, from Latin sēminārium, from sēmen (“seed”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sɛˈmɪnar/

### Noun

seminar m (plural seminarau, not mutable)
* seminar

### Further reading

* R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “seminar”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies