# termin
## Danish
### Etymology

From German Termin (“date, deadline”), from Latin terminus (“boundary, limit, end”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tɛrmiːn/, [tˢæɐ̯ˈmiːˀn]
* Rhymes: -in

### Noun

termin c (singular definite terminen, plural indefinite terminer)
* settling period
* due date, settling day
* date, deadline
* mortgage payment

#### Inflection
## Finnish
### Noun

termin
* genitive singular of termi

### Anagrams

* metrin

## Indonesian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch termijn, ultimately from Latin terminus.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /ˈtɛrmin/ [ˈt̪ɛr.mɪn]
* Rhymes: -ɛrmin
* Syllabification: ter‧min

### Noun

termin (plural termin-termin)
* term (a chronological limitation or restriction, a limited timespan)
    Near-synonyms: babak, periode, tahap

#### Related terms

* terminal
* terminator
* terminus

### References

* ↑ Nicoline van der Sijs (2010) Nederlandse woorden wereldwijd‎, Den Haag: Sdu Uitgevers, →ISBN, →OCLC

### Further reading

* “termin” 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.

## Kashubian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Polish termin. Compare Slovincian termyn.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtɛr.min/
* Rhymes: -ɛrmin
* Syllabification: ter‧min

### Noun

termin m inan
* term (time set aside to do something, defined as a certain period or as a specific day)
** (law) date of a court hearing

### Further reading

* Sychta, Bernard (1972) “terḿin”, in Słownik gwar kaszubskich [Dictionary of Kashubian dialects] (in Polish), volumes 5 (S – T), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 345
* Jan Trepczyk (1994) “termin”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
* Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “termin”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎

## Ladin
### Alternative forms

* terminn

### Etymology

Probably borrowed from Latin terminus.

### Noun

termin m (plural termini)
* term, expiry, deadline

## Polish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin terminus (“boundary, limit, end”). Sense 2 is a semantic loan from English term and French terme. First attested in the 16th century. Compare Silesian termin and Slovincian termyn.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtɛr.min/
* (Middle Polish) IPA: /ˈtɛr.min/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛrmin
* Syllabification: ter‧min

### Noun

termin m inan (related adjective terminowy)
* (countable) term; date (time set aside to do something, defined as a certain period or as a specific day) [with na (+ accusative) ‘for what’]
** (countable, pregnancy) term, due date
** (countable) deadline, due date; time frame (specific date when something is to happen)
* (countable) term (word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge)
* (uncountable, archaic, historical) apprenticeship
* (countable, logic) term (subject or the predicate of a proposition; one of the three component parts of a syllogism, each one of which is used twice)
* (countable, obsolete) term (bound, boundary)
    Synonym: granica
* (countable, obsolete, banking, finance) installment (portion of debt)
    Synonym: rata
* (countable, obsolete) position, situation, state, circumstances
** (uncountable, obsolete) difficult times; critical situation
** (countable, obsolete) trouble
    Synonym: kłopot
** (countable, obsolete) puzzle (problem or enigma to solve, difficult task)
    Synonym: zagadka
* (countable, obsolete, historical, law) court hearing
* (countable, obsolete, law) lawsuit

#### Derived terms

* termin instrukcyjny
* termin zawity
* termin zerowy

#### Related terms

* bezterminowy
* długoterminowy
* krótkoterminowy
* średnioterminowy
* bezterminowo
* bezterminowość

#### Descendants

* → Kashubian: termin
* → Russian: те́рмин (términ), те́рминъ (términ) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
** → Armenian: տերմին (termin)
** → Kazakh: термин (termin)
** → Yakut: тиэрмин (tiermin)

### References

* 1 2 Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “termin”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
* ↑ Stanisław Dubisz, editor (2003), “termin”, in Uniwersalny słownik języka polskiego [Universal dictionary of the Polish language]‎ (in Polish), volumes 1-4, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN SA, →ISBN
* ↑ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “termin”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
* ↑ Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “termin”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]

### Further reading

* termin in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* termin in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* “TERMIN”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 31.01.2023
* Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “termin”, in Słownik języka polskiego
* Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “termin”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
* J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1919), “termin”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 7, Warsaw, page 49

## Romanian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (standard) /ˈter.min/, (alternative) /terˈmin/

### Verb

termin
* first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of termina

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin terminus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /těrmiːn/
* Hyphenation: ter‧min

### Noun

tèrmīn m (Cyrillic spelling тѐрмӣн)
* term (a word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge)
* a specific date and time for which something is scheduled (e.g. a due date, a meeting time, or a time slot for an appointment)

#### Declension
### References

* “termin”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

## Silesian
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Termin. Compare Polish termin.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtɛr.min/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛrmin
* Syllabification: ter‧min

### Noun

termin m inan (related adjective terminowy)
* term (time set aside to do something, defined as a certain period or as a specific day)
* (law) court hearing

### Further reading

* termin in silling.org
* Henryk Jaroszewicz (2022) “termin”, in Zasady pisowni języka śląskiego (in Polish), Siedlce: Wydawnictwo Naukowe IKR[i]BL, page 143

## Swedish
### Etymology

From German Termin (“date, deadline”), from Latin terminus (“boundary, limit, end”).

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

termin c
* (education) a semester, half of a school year, a term
* (business) a term, a due date, a time period (for payments, interest and options)

#### Related terms
##### education

* hösttermin
* skoltermin
* terminsavgift
* terminsavslutning
* terminsbetyg
* terminskort
* terminsslut
* terminsstart
* terminsvis
* vårtermin

##### business

* aktietermin
* terminsaffär
* terminshandel
* terminsmarknad

### References

* termin in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)