criterium

See also: critérium

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɹaɪˈtɪəɹiəm/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• 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).

Synonyms

• crit

Coordinate terms

• circuit race

Translations

road-cycle race consisting of a closed circuit

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: （自行車）繞圈賽／（自行车）绕圈赛 ((zìxíngchē)ràoquānsài)

Further reading

• criterium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Road cycle racing on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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.

References

• John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “‖criterium”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN: “Latinized form of Gr. κριτήριον criterion, occas. used in English.”

Anagrams

• tricerium

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkriˈteː.ri.ʏm/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: cri‧te‧ri‧um
• Rhymes: -eːriʏm

Noun

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

1. criterion, standard for comparison and appreciation

Derived terms

• evaluatiecriterium
• falsifieerbaarheidscriterium

Descendants

• → Indonesian: kriteria

Noun

criterium n (plural criteriums, diminutive criteriumpje n)

1. notably in cycling, race of low athletic merit

Derived terms

• wielercriterium