Meanings
plural practicums · plural practica
- USA college course designed to give a student supervised practical knowledge of a subject previously studied theoretically.
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Synonyms & antonyms
nounA college course designed to give a student supervised practical knowledge of a subject previously studied theoretically.
Origin
- Ancient Greekπρακτικός“of or pertaining to action, concerned with action or business, active, practical”
- Late Latinpracticus“practical”
- GermanPraktikum
- Englishpracticum
Borrowed from German Praktikum, a coinage from the neuter of Late Latin practicus (“practical”), from Ancient Greek πρακτικός (praktikós, “of or pertaining to action, concerned with action or business, active, practical”), from πράσσω (prássō, “to do”).
More words from German, Late Latin, Ancient Greek
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian учебна практика, практически изпит
- учебна практика (učebna praktika)college course
- практически изпит (praktičeski izpit)science exam
Chinese Mandarin 實習課 /实习课, 實習課程 /实习课程
- 實習課 /实习课 (shíxíkè)college course
- 實習課程 /实习课程 (shíxíkèchéng)college course
Czech praxe
- praxecollege course
Dutch practicum
- practicumcollege course
Finnish harjoituskurssi
- harjoituskurssicollege course
French travaux pratiques
- travaux pratiquescollege course
German Praktikum
- Praktikumcollege course
Greek πρακτική
- πρακτική (praktikí)college course
Indonesian praktikum
- praktikumcollege course
Polish praktyka studencka, praktyka
- praktyka studenckacollege course
- praktykacollege course
Portuguese estágio supervisionado
- estágio supervisionadocollege course
Russian практи́ческие заня́тия, лаборато́рные заня́тия
- практи́ческие заня́тия (praktíčeskije zanjátija)college course
- лаборато́рные заня́тия (laboratórnyje zanjátija)college course
- практикум (praktikum)college course
Scottish Gaelic greis gnìomhachais
- greis gnìomhachaiscollege course
Spanish práctica, prácticas
- prácticacollege course
- prácticascollege course
Cite this entry
practicum. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/practicum
“practicum.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/practicum. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “practicum,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/practicum.
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