experimentum

Latin

Etymology

experior +‎ -mentum

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ek.spe.riːˈmen.tum/, [ɛks̠pɛriːˈmɛn̪t̪ʊ̃ˑ]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ek.spe.riˈmen.tum/, [eksperiˈmɛn̪t̪um]

Noun

experīmentum n (genitive experīmentī); second declension

test, trial, experiment
experience

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	experīmentum	experīmenta
Genitive	experīmentī	experīmentōrum
Dative	experīmentō	experīmentīs
Accusative	experīmentum	experīmenta
Ablative	experīmentō	experīmentīs
Vocative	experīmentum	experīmenta

Descendants

Catalan: experiment
Old French: esperiment
- → English: experiment
Friulian: esperiment
Galician: experimento
→ German: Experiment
Italian: esperimento
Occitan: experiment
Piedmontese: esperiment
Portuguese: experimento
Romanian: experiment
→ Russian: эксперимент (eksperiment)
Spanish: experimento
→ Swedish: experiment

References

“experimentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“experimentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
experimentum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

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