criterium

See also: critérium

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɹaɪˈtɪəɹiəm/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪəɹiəm

Etymology 1

From French critérium (competition), from Latin critērium, from Ancient Greek κριτήριον (kritḗrion).

Noun

criterium (plural criteriums)

  1. (cycling) A mass-start road-cycle race consisting of several laps around a closed circuit, the length of each lap or circuit ranging from about 1 km to 2 km (1/2 mile to just over 1 mile).
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Etymology 2

From Latin critērium, from Ancient Greek κριτήριον (kritḗrion).

Noun

criterium

  1. Alternative form of criterion
    • 1867, George H. Lewes, A Biographical History of Philosophy 1.181:
      There is no criterium of truth.

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin critērium, from Ancient Greek κριτήριον (kritḗrion).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌkriˈteː.ri.ʏm/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: cri‧te‧ri‧um
  • Rhymes: -eːriʏm

Noun

criterium n (plural criteria or criteriums, diminutive criteriumpje n)

  1. criterion, standard for comparison and appreciation

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Descendants

  • Indonesian: kriteria

Noun

criterium n (plural criteriums, diminutive criteriumpje n)

  1. notably in cycling, race of low athletic merit

Derived terms

  • wielercriterium
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