German

Noun

Datum n ‎(genitive Datums, plural Daten)

1. date, datum
2. data, a fact, a piece of information about something

Declension

Related terms

• Datenbank f
• Datenschutz m
• Datenspeicher m
• Eckdaten f
• Messdaten f

English

Noun

datum ‎(plural data or datums)

1. (plural: data) A measurement of something on a scale understood by both the recorder (a person or device) and the reader (another person or device). The scale is arbitrarily defined, such as from 1 to 10 by ones, 1 to 100 by 0.1, or simply true or false, on or off, yes, no, or maybe, etc.
2. (plural: data) (philosophy) A fact known from direct observation.
3. (plural: data) (philosophy) A premise from which conclusions are drawn.
4. (plural: datums) (cartography, engineering) A fixed reference point, or a coordinate system.
   • 2007, Roger F Tomlinson, Thinking about GIS: geographic information system planning for managers

     Datums are another important map aspect related to projection. A datum provides a base reference for measuring locations on Earth's surface.

Derived terms

Related terms

• data, information
• die, dice

Translations

References

• AskOxford.com: Is 'data' singular or plural?
• “datum” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006. (The American Heritage Dictionary's usage note on 'data')
• John Quiggin: Data is not the plural of datum
• johnaugust.com: ‘Data’ is singular

Czech

Pronunciation

Noun

datum n

1. date (point in time)

Declension

Related terms

• datovat

Dutch

Pronunciation

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

Noun

datum n ‎(plural data, diminutive datumpje n)

1. datum (piece of information)

Synonyms

• gegeven

Latin

Etymology

Neuter past participle of dō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈda.tum/, [ˈda.tũ]

Noun

datum n ‎(genitive datī); second declension

1. gift, present
   • c. 254 BCE – 184 BCE, Plautus, Asinaria 56

     Quia non suppetunt dictis data.

     Because his gifts do not match his words.

Inflection

Second declension.

Synonyms

• dōnum

Related terms

• datus

Descendants

Verb

datum

1. supine of dō

Participle

datum

1. nominative neuter singular of datus
2. accusative masculine singular of datus
3. accusative neuter singular of datus
4. vocative neuter singular of datus

References

• DATUM in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• datum in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia
• 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

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): /ˈdàːtum/, /ˈdáːtum/
• Tonal orthography: dátum, dȃtum

Noun

dátum m inan ‎(genitive dátuma, nominative plural dátumi)

1. date (point of time)

Declension

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

datum n

1. date; (day, month and year)

Declension

Usage notes

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

See also

• datumlinjen
• datera
• bäst-före-datum