fluidum

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfluɪdum]
• Hyphenation: flui‧dum

Noun

fluidum n

1. fluid, liquid
2. aura, charm

   Jemné fluidum hudby chytal jsem dvojí nervovou spletí. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Declension

Declension of fluidum (hard neuter foreign)

	singular	plural
nominative	fluidum	fluida
genitive	fluida	fluid
dative	fluidu	fluidům
accusative	fluidum	fluida
vocative	fluidum	fluida
locative	fluidu	fluidech
instrumental	fluidem	fluidy

Further reading

• “fluidum”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “fluidum”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “fluidum”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Latin

Adjective

fluidum

1. inflection of fluidus:
   1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
   2. accusative masculine singular

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin fluidum.

Noun

fluidum n (definite singular fluidumet, indefinite plural fluida or fluidumer, definite plural fluidaene or fluiduma or fluidumene)

1. fluid, liquid
2. (slang) alcohol, usually wine or spirits

References

• “fluidum” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “fluidum” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fluidum (“fluid”). First attested in 1733.

Noun

fluidum n

1. (archaic) a liquid; (sometimes) a gas; something with fluid properties (either literally or figuratively)

   Synonym: flytande (“fluid”)

   • 1840, Magnus Jacob Crusenstolpe, Morianen. Andra delen‎^[1], page 52:

     [...] och då denne går förbi, sväfvar på allas läppar ett inställsamt småleende, alla ryggar krökas, alla händer utsträckas för att upphemta det magnetiska fluidum, som den höga handens vidrörande qvarlemnat.

     and as they passes, an obsequious smile floats on everyone's lips, all backs are bent, all hands are extended to pick up the magnetic fluid that the touch of the high hand has left.

   • 1842, Nils Arfwidsson, “Tyskland”, in Nord och söder. Strödda anteckningar under resor 1835–1839‎^[2], page 57:

     Visserligen finnes det här en annan flod, som gifvit Kejsarstaden och en af dess förstäder sitt namn, men denna "flod", såsom de hederliga Wienarne högmodigt kalla den, — är ännu långt smalare och fattigare på fluidum än Donau-Canalen.

     It is true that there is another river here, which gave its name to the Imperial City and one of its suburbs, but this "river", as the honest Viennese haughty call it, is still far narrower and poorer in fluid than the Donau-Canal.

2. (archaic, jokingly) an alcoholic beverage
   • 1839, Karl August Nicander, edited by Gustaf Henrik Mellin, Minnen från Södern. Andra Delen‎^[3], page 63:

     Öfver porten till hvarje värdshus, der godt fluidum vankades [...]

     Over the door to every inn, where good beverages flowed [...]

Adjective

fluidum (comparative fluidumare, superlative fluidumast)

1. (archaic) liquid; (sometimes) gaseous; in fluid form (either literally or figuratively)

References

• fluidum in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• fluidum in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)