Wiktionary

tandem

See also: Tandem and tándem

EnglishEdit

 
Ponies driving in tandem
 
Tandem bicycle

EtymologyEdit

From Latin tandem (“(of time) at length, at last”). In English, applied humorously (by someone who knew Latin) to two horses harnessed "at length" (i.e., in a single line) instead of side-by-side.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈtæn.dəm/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ændəm

NounEdit

tandem (plural tandems)

  1. A carriage pulled by two or more draught animals (generally draught horses) harnessed one behind the other, both providing the pulling power but only the animal in front able to steer. [from mid 18th c.]
    • 1850-50, William Makepeace Thackeray, Pendennis, ch 3:
      Mr. Foker was no more like a gentleman now than in his school days: and yet Pen felt a secret pride in strutting down High Street with a young fellow who owned tandems, talked to officers, and ordered turtle and champagne for dinner.
  2. (transferred sense) A bicycle or tricycle in which two people sit one behind the other, both able to pedal but only the person in front able to steer. [from late 19th c.]
  3. (figurative) A group of two or more people, machines etc. working together; close collaboration.
  4. (education) A method of language learning based on mutual exchange, where ideally each learner is a native speaker in the language the other person wants to learn.
  5. (medicine) a hollow metal tube containing radioactive material, inserted through the vagina into the uterus for treatment of gynecological cancer.
    • 2007, Phillip M. Devlin, editor, Brachytherapy: Applications and Techniques, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, page 236:
      This sagittal ultrasound shows the bright signal of the tandem in a good position in the uterus.

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AdverbEdit

tandem (not comparable)

  1. One behind the other.
    to ride tandem on a bicycle-built-for-two
    The horses were harnessed tandem.

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AdjectiveEdit

tandem (not comparable)

  1. Together; working as one.
    Their skillful tandem work made the project quick and successful.

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CzechEdit

 
Czech Wikipedia has an article on:
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EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from German Tandem, from English tandem,[1] originally from Latin tandem (“at last”).[2]

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

tandem m inan

  1. tandem

DeclensionEdit

Declension of tandem (hard masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative tandem tandemy
genitive tandemu tandemů
dative tandemu tandemům
accusative tandem tandemy
vocative tandeme tandemy
locative tandemu tandemech
instrumental tandemem tandemy

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ Machek, Václav (1968) Etymologický slovník jazyka českého, 2nd edition, Prague: Academia
  2. ^ "tandem" in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, electronic version, Leda, 2007

DutchEdit

 
Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:
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EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from English tandem.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

tandem m (plural tandems, diminutive tandempje n)

  1. tandem (vehicle, bicycle)
  2. tandem (arrangement)
  3. (biology) A phase in the mating ritual of dragonflies.
  4. A pair, a couple, a duo.

FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin tandem.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

tandem m (plural tandems)

  1. tandem (vehicle, bicycle)

Further readingEdit

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IdoEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Latin tandem.

PronunciationEdit

AdverbEdit

tandem

  1. (neologism) finally, at last, eventually
    Synonym: fine

ItalianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Unadapted borrowing from English tandem.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

tandem m (invariable)

  1. tandem (all senses)

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ tandem in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

LatinEdit

EtymologyEdit

From tam (“so”) +‎ -dem (“new interpreted particle from īdem”). Compare with its earlier doublet: tamen. Both with original meaning supposedly "so(much)ever".

PronunciationEdit

AdverbEdit

tandem (not comparable)

  1. at length, at last, finally, eventually

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Latin correlatives (edit)
type interrogative indefinite (medial)
demonstrative		 proximal
demonstrative		 distal
demonstrative		 relative indefinite
relative		 identity other
basic quis, quī quis, quī, quīdam, aliquis, aliquī, quisque, quisquam, aliquisquam, quispiam, ūllus is, iste, istic hic ille, illic quī quisquis, quīcumque ipse, īdem alter, alius
dual uter alteruter, uterque uter utercumque
number quot aliquot tot quot quotquot, quotcumque totidem
order quotus totus quotus quotuscumque
quantity quam aliquam tam quam †quamquam †tamen, †tandem
size quantus aliquantus tantus quantus quantuscumque tantusdem
quality quālis aliquālis tālis quālis quālis, quāliscumque
manner ut, quī, quō modō, quōmodo, quemadmodum utique, quī, quōdam modō, aliquō modō ita, sic, eō/istō modō hōc modō illō modō ut, quī, quō modō, quōmodo, quemadmodum utut, utcumque, quōmodocumque item, itidem aliter, aliōquī, alterō/aliō modō
method,
path,
place 		quā aliquā, quāque eā, istāc hāc illāc quā quāquā, quācumque eādem aliā
place ubi alicubi, ubique, usquam, uspiam ibi, istic hīc illīc ubi ubiubi, ubicumque ibidem alibī, aliās
source unde alicunde, undeunde inde, istinc hinc illinc unde undecumque indidem aliunde
destination quō, quōrsum aliquō, quōquam, quōpiam, °aliquōvorsum eō, istūc, °istōrsum hūc, °hōrsum illūc, °illōrsum quō quōquō, quōcumque eōdem aliō, aliorsum
time quandō quondam, aliquandō, quandōque, umquam tum, tunc num, nunc ōlim cum, quandō cumque, quandōcumque, quandōque simul aliās
exact time quota hōra ea/ista hōra hac hōra illa hōra quota hōra quotacumque hōra eadem hōra altera/alia hōra
repetition quotiēns aliquotiēns totiēns quotiēns quotiēnscumque
multiplication quotuplex totuplex quotuplex
† Turned conjunction with original meaning somewhat dissimulated
° Rare

DescendantsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • “tandem”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “tandem”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • tandem in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN

PortugueseEdit

NounEdit

tandem m (plural tandens)

  1. tandem (bicycle with two seats and two sets of pedals)

RomanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From French tandem.

NounEdit

tandem n (plural tandemuri)

  1. tandem

DeclensionEdit

Declension of tandem
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) tandem tandemul (niște) tandemuri tandemurile
genitive/dative (unui) tandem tandemului (unor) tandemuri tandemurilor
vocative tandemule tandemurilor

SpanishEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

tandem m (plural tandems)

  1. tandem
  2. language exchange
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