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5-letter words (1 found)

DATUM,

4-letter words (4 found)

DAUT,DUMA,MAUD,MAUT,

3-letter words (12 found)

AMU,DAM,DUM,MAD,MAT,MUD,MUT,TAD,TAM,TAU,TUM,UTA,

2-letter words (9 found)

AD,AM,AT,DA,MA,MU,TA,UM,UT,

You can make 26 words from datum according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of datum

datum adtum dtaum tdaum atdum tadum dautm adutm duatm udatm audtm uadtm dtuam tduam dutam udtam tudam utdam atudm taudm autdm uatdm tuadm utadm datmu adtmu dtamu tdamu atdmu tadmu damtu admtu dmatu mdatu amdtu madtu dtmau tdmau dmtau mdtau tmdau mtdau atmdu tamdu amtdu matdu tmadu mtadu daumt adumt duamt udamt audmt uadmt damut admut dmaut mdaut amdut madut dumat udmat dmuat mduat umdat mudat aumdt uamdt amudt maudt umadt muadt dtuma tduma dutma udtma tudma utdma dtmua tdmua dmtua mdtua tmdua mtdua dumta udmta dmuta mduta umdta mudta tumda utmda tmuda mtuda umtda mutda atumd taumd autmd uatmd tuamd utamd atmud tamud amtud matud tmaud mtaud aumtd uamtd amutd mautd umatd muatd tumad utmad tmuad mtuad umtad mutad

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Definitions and meaning of datum

datum

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin datum (“a given”). Doublet of die.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdeɪtəm/, /ˈdætəm/, /ˈdɑːtəm/ (see data for regional distribution)
  • Rhymes: -eɪtəm, -ætəm, -ɑːtəm

Noun

datum (plural (senses 1–3) data or (senses 1 and 4–5) datums)

  1. (dated) Singular of data; a single recorded observation.
  2. (philosophy) A fact known from direct observation.
  3. (philosophy) A premise from which conclusions are drawn.
  4. (cartography, surveying, engineering) A fixed reference point or set of reference points which precisely define a system of measurement or a coordinate system.
  5. (nautical) A floating reference point, or SLDMB, used to evaluate surface currents in a body of water. Often employed by coastal search and rescue.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

datum (third-person singular simple present datums, present participle datuming or datumming, simple past and past participle datumed or datummed)

  1. To provide missing data points by using a mathematical model to extrapolate values that are outside the range of a measuring device.

Related terms

  • data, information
  • die, dice

References

  • AskOxford.com: Is 'data' singular or plural?
  • “datum”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present. (The American Heritage Dictionary's usage note on 'data')
  • John Quiggin: Data is not the plural of datum
  • johnaugust.com: ‘Data’ is singular
  • “datum”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Czech

Pronunciation

Noun

datum n

  1. date (point in time)

Declension

Related terms

Further reading

  • datum in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • datum in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch datum, from Latin datum (“given”, past participle) (from the practice of signing letters in Latin by noting the date on which they were dispatched). Compare English date.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdaːtʏm/
  • Hyphenation: da‧tum

Noun

datum m (plural datums or data, diminutive datumpje n)

  1. date (point in time)

Usage notes

Datum is one of the few Dutch words ending on -um that does not have a neutral gender.

Derived terms

  • geboortedatum
  • overlijdensdatum

Descendants

  • Negerhollands: datum
  • → Caribbean Javanese: dhatem

Noun

datum n (plural data, diminutive datumpje n)

  1. datum (piece of information)
    Synonym: gegeven

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch datum, from Middle Dutch datum, from Latin datum (“given”, past participle).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈdatʊm]
  • Hyphenation: da‧tum

Noun

datum (plural datum-datum, first-person possessive datumku, second-person possessive datummu, third-person possessive datumnya)

  1. date (day and month)
    Synonyms: hari bulan, penanggalan, tanggal, tarikh
  2. (cartography, engineering) A fixed reference point, or a coordinate system.

Noun

datum (plural data, first-person possessive datumku, second-person possessive datummu, third-person possessive datumnya)

  1. a single information

References

  • “datum” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Latin

Etymology

Neuter past participle of dō.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈda.tum/, [ˈd̪ät̪ʊ̃ˑ]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈda.tum/, [ˈd̪äːt̪um]

Noun

datum n (genitive datī); second declension

  1. gift, present
    Synonyms: pretium, dōnum, praemium, datiō, oblātiō

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Related terms

  • datus

Descendants

Verb

datum

  1. accusative supine of dō

Participle

datum

  1. inflection of datus:
    1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
    2. accusative masculine singular

References

  • datum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • “datum”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎[1]
  • “datum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “datum”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Latvian

Noun

datum

  1. vocative singular of datums

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin datum. Doublet of dato.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɑː.tʉm/

Noun

datum n (definite singular datumet, indefinite plural datum, definite plural datuma)

  1. (dated) a date (specific day in time)
  2. a fact

Related terms

  • datere

References

  • “datum” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Latin datum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dǎːtum/
  • Hyphenation: da‧tum

Noun

dátum m (Cyrillic spelling да́тум)

  1. date (as in day, month, and year)

Declension

References

  • “datum” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovene

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dàːtum/, /dáːtum/

Noun

dātum m inan

  1. date (point of time)

Inflection

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin datum (“given”, past participle).

Pronunciation

Noun

datum n

  1. date; (day, month and year)

Usage notes

  • The now very uncommon (or obsolete) declension datot-data was used in 1958.

Declension

See also

  • datumlinjen
  • datera
  • bäst-före-datum

Anagrams

  • mutad

Source: wiktionary.org