"seminar" meaning in English

See seminar in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈsɛmɪnɑɹ/ [General-American], /ˈsɛmɪnɑː/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-seminar.wav Forms: seminars [plural]
Etymology: From German Seminar, from Latin sēminārium, from sēmen (“seed”). Compare seminary. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*seh₁-|id=sow}}, {{bor|en|de|Seminar}} German Seminar, {{der|en|la|sēminārium}} Latin sēminārium Head templates: {{en-noun}} seminar (plural seminars)
  1. A class held for advanced studies in which students meet regularly to discuss original research, under the guidance of a professor. Categories (topical): Education Translations (class held for advanced studies): 講座 (Chinese Mandarin), 讲座 (jiǎngzuò) (Chinese Mandarin), seminář [masculine] (Czech), seminaari (Finnish), séminaire [masculine] (French), Seminar [neuter] (German), σεμινάριο (seminário) [neuter] (Greek), szeminárium (Hungarian), gyakorlat (Hungarian), seminario [masculine] (Italian), ゼミナール (zemināru) (Japanese), ゼミ (zemi) (Japanese), セミナー (seminā) (Japanese), семинар (seminar) (Kazakh), 세미나 (semina) (Korean), wānanga (Maori), seminar [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), seminar [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), konwersatorium [neuter] (Polish), seminarium [neuter] (Polish), seminário [masculine] (Portuguese), семина́р (seminár) [masculine] (Russian), seminár [masculine] (Slovak), warsha (Swahili), semina (Swahili), seminarium [neuter] (Swedish), binhisipan (Tagalog), สัมมนา (sǎm-má-naa) (Thai), семінар (seminar) [masculine] (Ukrainian), סעמינאַר (seminar) (Yiddish)
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  2. A meeting held for the exchange of useful information by members of a common business community. Translations (meeting held for the exchange of useful information): 研討會 (Chinese Mandarin), 研讨会 (yántǎohuì) (Chinese Mandarin), seminaari (Finnish), Kolloquium [neuter] (German), διάσκεψη (diáskepsi) [feminine] (Greek), szeminárium (Hungarian), семинар (seminar) (Kazakh), sēminārium [neuter] (Latin), seminar [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), seminar [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), seminário [masculine] (Portuguese), семина́р (seminár) [masculine] (Russian), seminario [masculine] (Spanish), warsha (Swahili), semina (Swahili), seminarium [neuter] (Swedish), binhisipan (Tagalog), สัมมนา (sǎm-má-naa) (Thai), семінар (seminar) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: e-seminar, proseminar, webinar Related terms: semen, seminary

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "meeting held for the exchange of useful information",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "семина́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "meeting held for the exchange of useful information",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "seminario"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "meeting held for the exchange of useful information",
      "word": "warsha"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "meeting held for the exchange of useful information",
      "word": "semina"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "meeting held for the exchange of useful information",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "seminarium"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "meeting held for the exchange of useful information",
      "word": "binhisipan"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "sǎm-má-naa",
      "sense": "meeting held for the exchange of useful information",
      "word": "สัมมนา"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "seminar",
      "sense": "meeting held for the exchange of useful information",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "семінар"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "seminar"
  ],
  "word": "seminar"
}

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