"seminar" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsɛmɪnɑɹ/ [General-American], /ˈsɛmɪnɑː/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-seminar.wav [Southern-England] 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, {{m|la|sēmen||seed}} sēmen (“seed”), {{m|en|seminary}} seminary 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)
    Sense id: en-seminar-en-noun-J3qHDCLi Disambiguation of Education: 90 10 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 51 49 Disambiguation of 'class held for advanced studies': 83 17
  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)
    Sense id: en-seminar-en-noun-2YXeJhtf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 51 49 Disambiguation of 'meeting held for the exchange of useful information': 16 84
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: e-seminar, proseminar, webinar Related terms: semen, seminary

Inflected forms

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    "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *seh₁- (sow)",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "en:Education"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "e-seminar"
    },
    {
      "word": "proseminar"
    },
    {
      "word": "webinar"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "seminar",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Dutch: seminar\n→ Indonesian: seminar",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Dutch: seminar\n→ Indonesian: seminar"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ja",
            "2": "セミナー",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "seminā"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Japanese: セミナー (seminā)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Japanese: セミナー (seminā)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ko",
            "2": "세미나",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Korean: 세미나 (semina)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Korean: 세미나 (semina)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sw",
            "2": "semina",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Swahili: semina",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Swahili: semina"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tl",
            "2": "seminar",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Tagalog: seminar",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Tagalog: seminar"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "th",
            "2": "สัมมนา",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Thai: สัมมนา (sǎm-má-naa)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "phono-semantic matching"
          },
          "expansion": "(phono-semantic matching)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Thai: สัมมนา (sǎm-má-naa) (phono-semantic matching)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tr",
            "2": "seminer",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Turkish: seminer",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Turkish: seminer"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cy",
            "2": "seminar",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Welsh: seminar",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Welsh: seminar"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*seh₁-",
        "id": "sow"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "de",
        "3": "Seminar"
      },
      "expansion": "German Seminar",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "sēminārium"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin sēminārium",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "sēmen",
        "3": "",
        "4": "seed"
      },
      "expansion": "sēmen (“seed”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "seminary"
      },
      "expansion": "seminary",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From German Seminar, from Latin sēminārium, from sēmen (“seed”). Compare seminary.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "seminars",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "seminar (plural seminars)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "semen"
    },
    {
      "word": "seminary"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A class held for advanced studies in which students meet regularly to discuss original research, under the guidance of a professor."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "class",
          "class"
        ],
        [
          "advanced",
          "advanced"
        ],
        [
          "studies",
          "studies"
        ],
        [
          "original",
          "original"
        ],
        [
          "research",
          "research"
        ],
        [
          "guidance",
          "guidance"
        ],
        [
          "professor",
          "professor"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A meeting held for the exchange of useful information by members of a common business community."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "meeting",
          "meeting"
        ],
        [
          "exchange",
          "exchange"
        ],
        [
          "business",
          "business"
        ],
        [
          "community",
          "community"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsɛmɪnɑɹ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsɛmɪnɑː/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-seminar.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2f/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-seminar.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-seminar.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2f/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-seminar.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-seminar.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "class held for advanced studies",
      "word": "講座"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiǎngzuò",
      "sense": "class held for advanced studies",
      "word": "讲座"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "class held for advanced studies",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "seminář"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "class held for advanced studies",
      "word": "seminaari"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "class held for advanced studies",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "séminaire"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "class held for advanced studies",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Seminar"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "seminário",
      "sense": "class held for advanced studies",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "σεμινάριο"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "class held for advanced studies",
      "word": "szeminárium"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "class held for advanced studies",
      "word": "gyakorlat"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "class held for advanced studies",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "seminario"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "zemināru",
      "sense": "class held for advanced studies",
      "word": "ゼミナール"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "zemi",
      "sense": "class held for advanced studies",
      "word": "ゼミ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "seminā",
      "sense": "class held for advanced studies",
      "word": "セミナー"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "seminar",
      "sense": "class held for advanced studies",
      "word": "семинар"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "semina",
      "sense": "class held for advanced studies",
      "word": "세미나"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "class held for advanced studies",
      "word": "wānanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "class held for advanced studies",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "seminar"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "class held for advanced studies",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "seminar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "class held for advanced studies",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "konwersatorium"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "class held for advanced studies",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "seminarium"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "class held for advanced studies",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "seminário"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "seminár",
      "sense": "class held for advanced studies",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "семина́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "class held for advanced studies",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "seminár"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "class held for advanced studies",
      "word": "warsha"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "class held for advanced studies",
      "word": "semina"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "class held for advanced studies",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "seminarium"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "class held for advanced studies",
      "word": "binhisipan"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "sǎm-má-naa",
      "sense": "class held for advanced studies",
      "word": "สัมมนา"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "seminar",
      "sense": "class held for advanced studies",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "семінар"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "seminar",
      "sense": "class held for advanced studies",
      "word": "סעמינאַר"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "meeting held for the exchange of useful information",
      "word": "研討會"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yántǎohuì",
      "sense": "meeting held for the exchange of useful information",
      "word": "研讨会"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "meeting held for the exchange of useful information",
      "word": "seminaari"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "meeting held for the exchange of useful information",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Kolloquium"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "diáskepsi",
      "sense": "meeting held for the exchange of useful information",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "διάσκεψη"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "meeting held for the exchange of useful information",
      "word": "szeminárium"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "seminar",
      "sense": "meeting held for the exchange of useful information",
      "word": "семинар"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "meeting held for the exchange of useful information",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "sēminārium"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "meeting held for the exchange of useful information",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "seminar"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "meeting held for the exchange of useful information",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "seminar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "meeting held for the exchange of useful information",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "seminário"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "seminár",
      "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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