utrum
Czech
Etymology
Probably from utřít (hubu) + -um (“a latin suffix”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈutrum]
Noun
utrum n (indeclinable)
- (colloquial) end, used in fixed expressions:
- Synonym: konec
- mít utrum ― to be over
- být s čím utrum ― to be over
Further reading
- “utrum”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “utrum”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “utrum”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈʊ.trũː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈuː.t̪rum]
Etymology 1
Adverbial accusative of uter, used as a conjunction.
Conjunction
utrum
- whether
- 1485, Thomas Aquinas, “Part III, Question 42”, in Summa Theologiae[1]:
- Quarto, utrum solum debuerit docere verbo, vel etiam scripto.
- 4. Whether He should have preached by word only, or also by writing.
Usage notes
- Used with an (“or”) in the construction utrum...an (“whether...or”):
- Nescio quid intersit, utrum nunc veniam, an ad decem annos.
- I know not what matter it is, whether I come now or after ten years.
- Used with an (“or”) to introduce double direct questions, without translating utrum explicitly:
- Utrum tu pro ancilla me habes an pro filia?
- Do you regard me as your slave or as your daughter?
- Used with necne in the construction utrum...necne (“whether...or not'”).
- Tune scis utrum Vergilius praeclarissimus poeta Romanus sit necne?
- Do you know whether or not Vergilius was the most famous Roman poet?
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
utrum
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of uter
References
- “utrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “utrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) to offer a person the alternative of... or..: optionem alicui dare, utrum...an
- (ambiguous) it is a debated point whether... or..: in contentione ponitur, utrum...an
- (ambiguous) to offer a person the alternative of... or..: optionem alicui dare, utrum...an
Swedish
Noun
utrum n
- (grammar) common gender
- (grammar) A word of common gender.
- Synonym: en-ord
Declension
No inflected forms.[1]