agenda
English
Etymology
From Latin agenda (“things that ought to be done”), future passive participle (gerundive) of agō (“I do, act, make”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /əˈdʒɛn.də/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛndə
Noun
agenda (plural agendas)
- A temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to.
- A list of matters to be taken up (as at a meeting).
- A notebook used to organize and maintain such plans or lists, an agenda book, an agenda planner.
- 2005, Linda Wilmshurst, Alan W. Brue, A Parent's Guide To Special Education: Insider Advice On How To Navigate The System And Help Your Child Succeed, →ISBN, page 145
- A homework agenda, sometimes called a student planner, is a notebook often used to help your child keep track of daily homework assignments.
- 2011, Spencer Marc Aronfeld, Make It Your Own Law Firm: The Ultimate Law Student's Guide to Owning, Managing, and Marketing Your Own Successful Law Firm, AuthorHouse, page 12
- It may be better to simply buy an agenda at the drug store for five dollars, but you need to keep this stuff accurate.
- 2011, David Campos, Rocio Delgado, Mary Esther Huerta, Reaching Out to Latino Families of English Language Learners, →ISBN, page 160
- The children will use an agenda book that the school provides to organize their homework information. Before leaving for home, the children will neatly write their assignments and related directions in their agendas.
- 2005, Linda Wilmshurst, Alan W. Brue, A Parent's Guide To Special Education: Insider Advice On How To Navigate The System And Help Your Child Succeed, →ISBN, page 145
- A hidden agenda.
- (obsolete) A ritual.
Usage notes
The word agenda is the Latin plural of agendum, but in English the word agenda is usually taken as a singular, and item on the agenda used for individual things in the list.
Derived terms
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Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin agenda, substantive use of the neuter plural of agendus (“which ought to be done”), future passive participle (gerundive) of agō (“I do, act, make”).
Noun
agenda f (plural agendes)
Hyponyms
- (a list of planned events, organized by time): calendari (“a list of planned events for a given year”)
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch agendaboec, itself from Latin agenda (“things which ought to be done”) (from the verb agō (“act, do”)) + boec (“book”) (modern Dutch boek).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑˈɣɛn.daː/, /aːˈɣɛn.daː/
audio (file) - Hyphenation: agen‧da
- Rhymes: -ɛndaː
Noun
agenda m (plural agenda's, diminutive agendaatje n)
Derived terms
- agendaseks
- schoolagenda
See also
Finnish
Declension
Inflection of agenda (Kotus type 13/katiska, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | agenda | agendat | |
genitive | agendan | agendoiden agendoitten agendojen | |
partitive | agendaa | agendoita agendoja | |
illative | agendaan | agendoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | agenda | agendat | |
accusative | nom. | agenda | agendat |
gen. | agendan | ||
genitive | agendan | agendoiden agendoitten agendojen agendainrare | |
partitive | agendaa | agendoita agendoja | |
inessive | agendassa | agendoissa | |
elative | agendasta | agendoista | |
illative | agendaan | agendoihin | |
adessive | agendalla | agendoilla | |
ablative | agendalta | agendoilta | |
allative | agendalle | agendoille | |
essive | agendana | agendoina | |
translative | agendaksi | agendoiksi | |
instructive | — | agendoin | |
abessive | agendatta | agendoitta | |
comitative | — | agendoineen |
French
Etymology
From Latin agenda, substantive use of the neuter plural of agendus (“which ought to be done”), future passive participle (gerundive) of agō (“I do, act, make”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.ʒɛ̃.da/
audio (file) Audio (file)
Further reading
- “agenda” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Latin
Participle
agenda
- nominative feminine singular of agendus
- nominative neuter plural of agendus
- accusative neuter plural of agendus
- vocative feminine singular of agendus
- vocative neuter plural of agendus
agendā
- ablative feminine singular of agendus
References
- agenda in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
Norwegian Bokmål
Norwegian Nynorsk
Portuguese
Noun
agenda f (plural agendas)
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin agenda, substantive use of the neuter plural of agendus (“which ought to be done”), future passive participle (gerundive) of agō (“I do, act, make”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈxenda/, [aˈxẽn̪d̪a]
Derived terms
Further reading
- “agenda” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
Swedish
Pronunciation
audio (file)
Usage notes
- The agenda for a meeting is normally called dagordning. The word agenda is more often used in the abstract sense of somebody's "political agenda".