Meanings
verbseminar (third-person singular simple present seminars, present participle seminaring, simple past and past participle seminared)
present singular third person seminars · participle present seminaring · participle past seminared · past seminared
- intransitiveTo participate in or lead a seminar.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA class held for advanced studies in which students meet regularly to discuss original research, under the guidance of a professor.
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Origin
- Latinsēminārium
- GermanSeminar
- Englishseminar
From German Seminar, from Latin sēminārium, from sēmen (“seed”). Compare seminary.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic نَدْوَة
- نَدْوَة (nadwa)class held for advanced studies
Chinese Mandarin 講座 /讲座, 研討會 /研讨会
- 講座 /讲座 (jiǎngzuò)class held for advanced studies
- 研討會 /研讨会 (yántǎohuì)meeting held for the exchange of useful information
Czech seminář
- seminářclass held for advanced studies
Finnish seminaari, seminaari
- seminaariclass held for advanced studies
- seminaarimeeting held for the exchange of useful information
French séminaire
- séminaireclass held for advanced studies
German Seminar, Kolloquium
- Seminarclass held for advanced studies
- Kolloquiummeeting held for the exchange of useful information
Greek σεμινάριο, διάσκεψη
- σεμινάριο (seminário)class held for advanced studies
- διάσκεψη (diáskepsi)meeting held for the exchange of useful information
Hebrew סֶמִינָר
- סֶמִינָר (seminár)class held for advanced studies
Hungarian szeminárium, gyakorlat
- szemináriumclass held for advanced studies
- gyakorlatclass held for advanced studies
- szemináriummeeting held for the exchange of useful information
Italian seminario
- seminarioclass held for advanced studies
Japanese ゼミナール, ゼミ
- ゼミナール (zemināru)class held for advanced studies
- ゼミ (zemi)class held for advanced studies
- セミナー (seminā)class held for advanced studies
Korean 세미나
- 세미나 (semina)class held for advanced studies
Latin sēminārium
- sēmināriummeeting held for the exchange of useful information
Māori wānanga
- wānangaclass held for advanced studies
Norwegian Bokmål seminar, seminar
- seminarclass held for advanced studies
- seminarmeeting held for the exchange of useful information
Polish konwersatorium, seminarium
- konwersatoriumclass held for advanced studies
- seminariumclass held for advanced studies
Portuguese seminário, seminário
- seminárioclass held for advanced studies
- semináriomeeting held for the exchange of useful information
Russian семина́р, семина́р
- семина́р (seminár)class held for advanced studies
- семина́р (seminár)meeting held for the exchange of useful information
Slovak seminár
- seminárclass held for advanced studies
Spanish seminario
- seminariomeeting held for the exchange of useful information
Swahili warsha, semina
- warshaclass held for advanced studies
- seminaclass held for advanced studies
- warshameeting held for the exchange of useful information
- seminameeting held for the exchange of useful information
Swedish seminarium, seminarium
- seminariumclass held for advanced studies
- seminariummeeting held for the exchange of useful information
Tagalog binhisipan, binhisipan
- binhisipanclass held for advanced studies
- binhisipanmeeting held for the exchange of useful information
Thai สัมมนา, สัมมนา
- สัมมนา (sǎm-má-naa)class held for advanced studies
- สัมมนา (sǎm-má-naa)meeting held for the exchange of useful information
Ukrainian семіна́р, семіна́р
- семіна́р (seminár)class held for advanced studies
- семіна́р (seminár)meeting held for the exchange of useful information
Vietnamese xêmina
- xêminaclass held for advanced studies
Yiddish סעמינאַר
- סעמינאַר (seminar)class held for advanced studies
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APA
seminar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seminar
MLA
“seminar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seminar. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “seminar,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seminar.
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