experimentum

Latin

Etymology

experior +‎ -mentum

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ek.spe.riːˈmen.tum/, [ɛk.spɛ.riːˈmɛn.tũː]

Noun

experīmentum n (genitive experīmentī); second declension

test, trial, experiment
experience

Declension

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	experīmentum	experīmenta
Genitive	experīmentī	experīmentōrum
Dative	experīmentō	experīmentīs
Accusative	experīmentum	experīmenta
Ablative	experīmentō	experīmentīs
Vocative	experīmentum	experīmenta

Descendants

English: experiment
Old French: esperiment
Russian: эксперимент (eksperiment)

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

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