ultimatum

See also: Ultimatum and ultimátum

English

Etymology

From Latin ultimatus (“late, last final”), from Latin ultimus (“extreme, last, furthest, farthest, final”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˌʌl.tɪˈmeɪ.təm/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)

Noun

ultimatum (plural ultimatums or ultimata)

  1. A final statement of terms or conditions made by one party to another, especially one that expresses a threat of reprisal or war.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

Cebuano

Etymology

From English ultimatum, from Latin ultimatus (“late, last final”), from Latin ultimus (“extreme, last, furthest, farthest, final”).

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: ul‧ti‧ma‧tum

Noun

ultimatum

  1. an ultimatum

Danish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ultimaːtɔm/, [ultˢiˈmæːtˢɔm]

Noun

ultimatum n (singular definite ultimatummet, plural indefinite ultimatummer)

  1. ultimatum

Inflection
Declension of ultimatum
neuter
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ultimatum ultimatummet ultimatummer ultimatummerne
genitive ultimatums ultimatummets ultimatummers ultimatummernes

Derived terms

Dutch

Etymology

From Latin ultimatum, from ultimatus (“late, last final”), from ultimō.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˌʏl.tiˈmaː.tʏm/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: ul‧ti‧ma‧tum
  • Rhymes: -aːtʏm

Noun

ultimatum n (plural ultimatums or ultimata, diminutive ultimatumpje n)

  1. ultimatum

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Afrikaans: ultimatum
  • → Indonesian: ultimatum

French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /yl.ti.ma.tɔm/
  • Rhymes: -ɔm
  • Homophone: ultimatums

Noun

ultimatum m (plural ultimatums)

  1. ultimatum

Descendants

Further reading

Latin

Verb

ultimātum

  1. accusative supine of ultimō

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

ultimatum n (definite singular ultimatumet, indefinite plural ultimata or ultimatumer, definite plural ultimataene or ultimatumene)

  1. an ultimatum

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

ultimatum n (definite singular ultimatumet, indefinite plural ultimatum, definite plural ultimatuma)

  1. an ultimatum

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ultimātum.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ul.tiˈma.tum/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -atum
  • Syllabification: ul‧ti‧ma‧tum

Noun

ultimatum n

  1. ultimatum

Declension
Declension of ultimatum
singular plural
nominative ultimatum ultimata
genitive ultimatum ultimatów
dative ultimatum ultimatom
accusative ultimatum ultimata
instrumental ultimatum ultimatami
locative ultimatum ultimatach
vocative ultimatum ultimata

Derived terms
adjective

Further reading
  • ultimatum in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • ultimatum in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

From French ultimatum.

Noun

ultimatum n (plural ultimatumuri)

  1. ultimatum

Declension
Declension of ultimatum
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) ultimatum ultimatumul (niște) ultimatumuri ultimatumurile
genitive/dative (unui) ultimatum ultimatumului (unor) ultimatumuri ultimatumurilor
vocative ultimatumule ultimatumurilor

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ultimǎːtum/
  • Hyphenation: ul‧ti‧ma‧tum

Noun

ultimátum m (Cyrillic spelling ултима́тум)

  1. ultimatum

Declension
Declension of ultimatum
singular plural
nominative ultimatum ultimatumi
genitive ultimatuma ultimatuma
dative ultimatumu ultimatumima
accusative ultimatum ultimatume
vocative ultimatume ultimatumi
locative ultimatumu ultimatumima
instrumental ultimatumom ultimatumima

Swedish

Noun

ultimatum n

  1. an ultimatum

Declension
Declension of ultimatum 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative ultimatum ultimatumet ultimatum ultimatumen
Genitive ultimatums ultimatumets ultimatums ultimatumens

References
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