individuum
See also: Individuum
English
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)
- An indivisible entity.
- A single individual person or thing.
- 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
- 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 […].
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Czech
Declension
Related terms
- See divize
Further reading
- individuum in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- individuum in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
- individuum in Internetová jazyková příručka
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /in.diːˈu̯i.du.um/, [ɪn̪d̪iːˈu̯ɪd̪uʊ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /in.diˈvi.du.um/, [in̪d̪iˈviːd̪uːm]
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | indīviduum | indīvidua |
| Genitive | indīviduī | indīviduōrum |
| Dative | indīviduō | indīviduīs |
| Accusative | indīviduum | indīvidua |
| Ablative | indīviduō | indīviduīs |
| Vocative | indīviduum | indīvidua |
Adjective
indīviduum
- inflection of indīviduus:
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
- accusative masculine singular
References
- “individuum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /indiʋǐːduum/
- Hyphenation: in‧di‧vi‧du‧um
Declension
Declension of individuum
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | individuum | individuumi |
| genitive | individuuma | individuuma |
| dative | individuumu | individuumima |
| accusative | individuuma | individuume |
| vocative | individuume | individuumi |
| locative | individuumu | individuumima |
| instrumental | individuumom | individuumima |
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