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datum

English

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.

   Synonym: data point

   Holonym: data set

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.

   Near-synonym: benchmark
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.

Usage notes

See data § Usage notes.

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈdatum]

Noun

datum n

1. date (point in time)

Declension

Related terms

Further reading

• “datum”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “datum”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “datum”, in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012–2025, slovnikcestiny.cz

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
• trouwdatum

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

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈdatum/ [ˈda.t̪ʊm]
• Rhymes: -atum
• Syllabification: da‧tum

Noun

datum (plural datum-datum)

1. (obsolete) Synonym of tanggal (“date, day and month”)
2. (cartography, engineering) a fixed reference point, or a coordinate system

Noun

datum (plural datum-datum or data)

1. a single information

References

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

Latin

Etymology

Neuter past participle of dō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈda.tũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈd̪aː.t̪um]

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 [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dàːtum/, /dáːtum/

Noun

dātum m inan

1. date (point of time)

Declension

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

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