omnium
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin omnium (literally “of all”), genitive plural of omnis (“all, every”).
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈɒm.ni.əm/, /ˈɒm.njəm/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
editomnium (plural omniums)
- (cycling) A multiple race event in track cycling. Historically the omnium has had a variety of formats. Currently it consists of the following six events: flying lap, points race, elimination, individual pursuit, scratch race, and time trial.
- (finance) The aggregate value of the different stocks in which a loan to government is usually funded.
- 1855, Charles Fenn, Fenn's Compendium of the English and Foreign Funds, Debts and Revenues of All Nations, Banks, Railways, Mines, and the Principal Joint Stock Companies:
- When a loan is contracted , the prices of Omnium may be quoted for delivery of the receipts , and afterwards for money , and the next succeeding payment .
Related terms
editReferences
edit“omnium”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
editFrench
editPronunciation
editNoun
editomnium m (plural omniums)
Further reading
edit- “omnium”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
editPronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈom.ni.um/, [ˈɔmniʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈom.ni.um/, [ˈɔmnium]
Adjective
editomnium
Noun
editomnium n pl
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