experimentum

Latin

Etymology

experior +‎ -mentum

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ek.spe.riːˈmen.tum/, [ɛks̠pɛriːˈmɛn̪t̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ek.spe.riˈmen.tum/, [eksperiˈmɛn̪t̪um]

Noun

experīmentum n (genitive experīmentī); second declension

1. test, trial, experiment
2. 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.