departament
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from French département.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central) [də.pər.təˈmen]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [də.pər.təˈment]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [de.paɾ.taˈment]
Noun
departament m (plural departaments)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “departament”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “departament”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
- “departament” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “departament” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Kashubian
Etymology
Borrowed from Polish departament.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɛ.parˈta.mɛnt/
- Rhymes: -amɛnt
- Syllabification: de‧par‧ta‧ment
Noun
departament m inan (related adjective departamentowi)
- department (organizational unit of a ministry or other central institution)
- (government) department (ministry in the USA and Canada)
- (administration) department (unit of administrative division in some countries)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | departament | departamentë |
| genitive | departamentu | departamentów |
| dative | departamentowi | departamentóm |
| accusative | departament | departamentów |
| instrumental | departamentã | departamentama |
| locative | departamence | departamentach |
| vocative | departamence | departamentë |
Further reading
- Jan Trepczyk (1994) “departament”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
- Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “departament”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi[3]
- “departament”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022
Occitan
Etymology
Borrowed from French département.
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
departament m (plural departaments)
Derived terms
Further reading
- Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 223.
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from French département.[1][2][3][4] Sense 2 is a semantic loan from English department. First attested in 1763.[5] Compare Silesian departamynt.
Pronunciation
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -amɛnt
- Syllabification: de‧par‧ta‧ment
Noun
departament m inan (related adjective departamentowy or departamentalny)
- department (organizational unit of a ministry or other central institution)
- (government) department (ministry in the USA and Canada)
- (administration) department (unit of administrative division in some countries)
- (obsolete) department (separate part of a room)
- (obsolete) main court of Lithuania
- (obsolete) department; type, kind; category
Declension
Declension of departament
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | departament | departamenty |
| genitive | departamentu | departamentów |
| dative | departamentowi | departamentom |
| accusative | departament | departamenty |
| instrumental | departamentem | departamentami |
| locative | departamencie | departamentach |
| vocative | departamencie | departamenty |
Derived terms
proper nouns
Descendants
- → Kashubian: departament
References
- ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “departament”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
- ^ Stanisław Dubisz, editor (2003), “departament”, in Uniwersalny słownik języka polskiego [Universal dictionary of the Polish language][1] (in Polish), volumes 1-4, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN SA, →ISBN
- ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “departament”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
- ^ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “departament”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
- ^ Stanisław Konarski (1763) O skutecznym rad sposobie: albo, O utrzymywaniu ordynaryinych seymów[2] (in Polish), Wydawn. Komitetu Obchodu 150-tej Rocznicy Ustanowienia Komisji Edukacji Narodowej i Zgonu Stanislawa Konarskiego, page 191
Further reading
- departament in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- departament in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “departament”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
- J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “departament”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 443
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French département.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /de.par.taˈment/
Noun
departament n (plural departamente)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | departament | departamentul | departamente | departamentele | |
| genitive-dative | departament | departamentului | departamente | departamentelor | |
| vocative | departamentule | departamentelor | |||
Further reading
- “departament”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025