Noun: terminus
| Singular | terminus |
| Plural | termini; terminuses |
Sample Sentences
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The river reached its terminus at the wide delta near the sea.
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My brother supposes they must have filled outside London, for at that time the furious terror of the people had rendered the central termini impossible. [1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 171:]
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The arrangement for certain long-distance trains to call at suburban stations (saving passengers the trouble of journeying to the termini), which proved popular last year, is being extended. [1951 June, “British Railways Summer Services”, in Railway Magazine, page 419:]
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Wuhan is the terminus for cruises to the Yanzi^([sic – meaning Yangtze]) River gorges. [1991, “China”, in All-Asia Guide, volume III, Hongkong: Review Publishing, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 45:]
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Thirty-five years ago, many journeys around London meant having to pass through the centre of the capital. That's no longer the case, which takes real pressure off the city's termini as well as underground routes such as the Circle Line. [2020 May 20, Paul Bigland, “East London Line's renaissance”, in Rail, page 49:]
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A bronz statue marked the terminus of the king's dominion.
Nouns inflected like terminus
renal calculus,
pylorus,
prolapsus,
parahippocampal gyrus,
hyperradius,
succubus,
scarabaeus,
colossus,
eucalyptus,
papyrus,
disfocus,
polypus,
phallus,
solidus,
silurus,
lenticular nucleus,
dinosaurus,
chorepiscopus,
ankylosaurus,
fusiform gyrus, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-?
3. Proto-Indo-European *ter-?
4. Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥
5. Proto-Indo-European *térmn̥
6. Proto-Italic *termn̥
7. Proto-Indo-European *-nós
8. Proto-Italic *-nos
9. Proto-Italic *term(e)nos
10. Latin terminuslbor.
11. English terminus
12. Learned borrowing from Latin terminus (“boundary, limit”). Doublet of term, Terminus, and termon.
Verbs referencing "terminus"
French Nouns
terminus, Romanian Nouns
terminus.