datum

See also dátum

English

Etymology

From Latin datum.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈdeɪtʌm/, /ˈdɑːtʌm/ X-SAMPA: /"deItVm/, /"dA:tVm/

Noun

datum (plural data or datums)

1. (plural: data) A measurement of something on a scale understood by both the recorder (a person or device) and the reader (another person or device). The scale is arbitrarily defined, such as from 1 to 10 by ones, 1 to 100 by 0.1, or simply true or false, on or off, yes, no, or maybe, etc.
2. (plural: data) (philosophy) A fact known from direct observation.
3. (plural: data) (philosophy) A premise from which conclusions are drawn.
4. (plural: datums) (cartography, engineering) A fixed reference point.
   • 2007, Roger F Tomlinson, Thinking about GIS: geographic information system planning for managers

     Datums are another important map aspect related to projection. A datum provides a base reference for measuring locations on Earth's surface.

Derived terms

• datum circle
• datum line
• datum plane
• datum point
• datum surface

Related terms

• data, information
• die, dice

Translations

single piece of information

• Bulgarian: данна (bg) f (danna), изходна величина (bg) (izhodna veličina)
• Catalan: dada (ca) f
• Czech: údaj (cs) m
• Irish: sonra (ga) m
• Japanese: データ (ja) (dēta)
• Polish: dana (pl) f

• Portuguese: dado (pt) m
• Russian: элемент данных (ru) (element dannyx), единица данных (ru) (jedinica dannyx)
• Serbo-Croatian: podatak (sh) m
• Spanish: dato (es) m
• Volapük: nünod (vo)

References

• AskOxford.com: Is 'data' singular or plural?
• “datum” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006. (The American Heritage Dictionary's usage note on 'data')
• Calpundit: YOU SAY DAY-TA, I SAY DAA-TA
• John Quiggin: Data is not the plural of datum
• johnaugust.com: ‘Data’ is singular

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Pronunciation

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Noun

datum n

1. date (point in time)

Related terms

• datovat

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Dutch

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Noun

datum m (plural datums or data, diminutive datumpje)

1. date (point in time)

Usage notes

Datum is one of the few Dutch words ending on -um that does not have a neutral gender.

Derived terms

• geboortedatum
• overlijdensdatum

Noun

datum n (plural data, diminutive datumpje)

1. datum (piece of information)

Synonyms

• gegeven

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Latin

Noun

datum (genitive datī); n, second declension

1. gift, present

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	datum	data
genitive	datī	datōrum
dative	datō	datīs
accusative	datum	data
ablative	datō	datīs
vocative	datum	data

Synonyms

• dōnum

Descendants

• English: datum
• French: dé
• Spanish: dato

Verb

datum

1. supine of dō

Participle

datum

1. nominative neuter singular of datus
2. accusative masculine singular of datus
3. accusative neuter singular of datus
4. vocative neuter singular of datus

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Serbo-Croatian

Noun

dátum m (Cyrillic spelling да́тум)

1. date (as in day, month, and year)

Declension

    declension of datum

	singular	plural
nominative	datum	datumi
genitive	datuma	datuma
dative	datumu	datumima
accusative	datum	datume
vocative	datume	datumi
locative	datumu	datumima
instrumental	datumom	datumima

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Slovene

Wikipedia ^sl

Noun

datum m inan.

1. date (point of time)

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Swedish

Pronunciation

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Noun

datum n

1. date; (day, month and year)

Declension

Declension of datum

	singular		plural
Neuter	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	datum	datumet	datum	datumen
genitive	datums	datumets	datums	datumens

Declension of datum

	singular		plural
Neuter	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	datum	datot	data	data
genitive	datums	datots	datas	datas

Usage notes

• The now very uncommon (or obsolete) declension datot-data was used in 1958.

See also

• datumlinjen
• datera
• bäst-före-datum