agenda

See also: Agenda, agendá, and agendą

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:

agenda

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Latin agenda (“things that ought to be done”), future passive participle (gerundive) of agō (“I do, act, make”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈd͡ʒɛn.də/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛndə

Noun

agenda (plural agendas or (rare, proscribed) agendae)

1. A temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to.

   Synonyms: docket, tasklist, to-do list, worklist

   Coordinate terms: program, schedule

   • 2012 July 18, Scott Tobias, “The Dark Knight Rises”, in AV Club‎, retrieved 24 November 2024:

     Where the Joker preys on our fears of random, irrational acts of terror, Bane has an all-consuming, dictatorial agenda that’s more stable and permanent, a New World Order that’s been planned out with the precision of a military coup.

2. A list of matters to be taken up (as at a meeting).

   Coordinate terms: program, schedule

3. 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.

5. (figurative) An ulterior motive; a program of various such motives.
   • 2024 July 3, Julia Cagé, Thomas Piketty, “France’s ‘hard left’ has been demonised – but its agenda is realistic, not radical”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN:

     These plans are the complete opposite of the path pursued by Emmanuel Macron since 2017. His agenda has exacerbated both income and wealth inequality, while there has been no change in investment, job creation or growth.

   • 2025, “My Sex”, in Jarvis Cocker (lyrics), More, performed by Pulp:

     I haven't got an agenda / I haven't еven got a gender

   • 2025 April 24, Katherine Yon Ebright, Elizabeth Goitein, “Trump Is Attempting to Use Wartime Powers in the United States”, in The Atlantic‎:

     By invoking a wartime authority in service of a peacetime deportation agenda, he has gone beyond what even this draconian power permits.

6. (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 agenda item or item on the agenda used for individual things in the list.

Derived terms

• agendaless
• agendapost
• agenda-setting
• fungenda
• hidden agenda
• non-agenda
• sunshine agenda
• vagenda

Descendants

• → Malay: agenda
• → Swahili: ajenda

Translations

temporally organized plan — see also schedule

Arabic: جَدْوَل m (jadwal), جَدْوَل أَعْمَال m (jadwal ʔaʕmāl) Armenian: օրակարգ (hy) (ōrakarg) Belarusian: пара́дак дня m (parádak dnja), прагра́ма f (prahráma), план m (plan) Bulgarian: програ́ма (bg) f (prográma), дне́вен ред m (dnéven red) Catalan: agenda (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 議程 / 议程 (zh) (yìchéng), 議事日程 / 议事日程 (yìshì rìchéng) Czech: agenda (cs) f Danish: agenda c, dagsorden c Dutch: schema (nl) n, programma (nl) n, plan (nl) n, agenda (nl) m Estonian: agenda (et) Finnish: asialista (fi) French: planning (fr) m Georgian: დღის წესრიგი (dɣis c̣esrigi), პროგრამა (ṗrograma) German: Agenda (de) f, Tagesordnung (de) f Hebrew: סֵדֶר יוֹם (he) m (séder yom) Hindi: कार्यसूची f (kāryasūcī) Hungarian: napirend (hu) Japanese: 議題 (ja) (ぎだい, gidai), 議事 (ja) (ぎじ, giji), 議事日程 (ぎじにってい, gishi nittei) Korean: 의제(議題) (ko) (uije), 의사일정(議事日程) (ko) (uisailjeong) Latvian: dienas kārtība f Lithuanian: darbotvarkė f Macedonian: дневен ред m (dneven red) Norman: agende f Norwegian: Bokmål: agenda (no) m, dagsorden (no) m Polish: porządek dzienny (pl) m, agenda (pl) f Portuguese: programa (pt) m Romanian: agendă (ro) f Russian: пове́стка (ru) f (povéstka), програ́мма (ru) f (prográmma), план (ru) m (plan), адже́нда m (adžénda) (neologism), аге́нда (ru) f (agénda) (uncommon in this sense) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: дневни ред m Roman: dnevni red m Slovak: agenda f Slovene: dnevni red m Spanish: programa (es) m, plan (es) m, agenda (es) f Swahili: ajenda (sw) Swedish: agenda (sv) c, dagordning (sv) c Turkish: ajanda (tr) Ukrainian: поря́док де́нний m (porjádok dénnyj), програ́ма f (prohráma), план (uk) m (plan), аге́нда f (ahénda)

list of matters to be taken up — see also order of the day

Arabic: جَدْوَل m (jadwal), جَدْوَلَ أَعْمَال m (jadwala ʔaʕmāl), بَرْنَامَج (ar) m (barnāmaj) Armenian: օրակարգ (hy) (ōrakarg) Azerbaijani: gündəm Belarusian: пара́дак дня m (parádak dnja), аджэ́нда f (adžénda) (neologism) Bulgarian: дне́вен ред m (dnéven red) Catalan: ordre del dia m Chinese: Mandarin: 議程 / 议程 (zh) (yìchéng), 議事日程 / 议事日程 (yìshì rìchéng) Czech: program (cs) m, agenda (cs) f Danish: dagsorden c, program n, agenda c Dutch: agenda (nl) m, programma (nl) n Estonian: agenda (et) Finnish: esityslista (fi) (in a meeting); asialista (fi) French: (in meetings) ordre du jour (fr) m German: Tagesordnung (de) f, Agenda (de) f Hebrew: סֵדֶר יוֹם (he) m (séder yom) Hungarian: napirend (hu) Italian: agenda (it) f Japanese: 議題 (ja) (ぎだい, gidai), 議事 (ja) (ぎじ, giji), 議事日程 (ぎじにってい, gishi nittei) Korean: 의제(議題) (ko) (uije), 의사일정(議事日程) (ko) (uisailjeong) Latvian: dienas kārtība f, darba kārtība f Lithuanian: darbotvarkė f Macedonian: дневен ред m (dneven red) Maori: rārangi take Norman: agende f Norwegian: agenda (no) m Bokmål: dagsorden (no) m, agenda (no) m Persian: آژندا (âžendâ) Polish: porządek dzienny (pl) m, agenda (pl) f Portuguese: pauta (pt) f Romanian: ordine de zi (ro) f, agendă (ro) f Russian: пове́стка (ru) f (povéstka), пове́стка дня f (povéstka dnja), адже́нда m (adžénda) (neologism), аге́нда (ru) f (agénda) (uncommon in this sense) Slovak: program (sk) m, agenda f Spanish: orden del día m, agenda (es) f Swahili: ajenda (sw) Swedish: agenda (sv) c, dagordning (sv) c, föredragningslista c Turkish: ajanda (tr) Ukrainian: поря́док де́нний m (porjádok dénnyj), аге́нда f (ahénda), адже́нда f (adžénda) (neologism) Vietnamese: nghị trình, chương trình nghị sự

agenda book; notebook for organizing and planning

Arabic: جَدْوَل m (jadwal), أَجَنْدَة f (ʔajanda), مُخَطِّط اليَوْمِيّ m (muḵaṭṭiṭ al-yawmiyy) Catalan: agenda (ca) f Finnish: päivyri (fi) French: agenda (fr) m German: Agenda (de) f Hebrew: יוֹמָן (he) m (yomán) Italian: agenda (it) f Romanian: agendă (ro) f Spanish: agenda (es) f, memorándum (es) m, memorando (es) m Turkish: ajanda (tr), andaç (tr)

hidden agenda — see hidden agenda

Noun

agenda

1. (now rare) plural of agendum

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 (“to do, act, make”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əˈʒen.də]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [aˈd͡ʒen.da]

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

Noun

agenda f (plural agendes)

1. agenda; calendar (a list of planned events, organized by time)
2. planner (a notebook in which one keeps notations of appointments and contacts)
3. agenda (a list of planned items for discussion at a meeting)
4. (economics) a list of planned projects that are to be done as funds become available

Hyponyms

• (a list of planned events, organized by time): calendari (“a list of planned events for a given year”)

Danish

Etymology

From Latin agenda.

Noun

agenda c (singular definite agendaen, plural indefinite agendaer)

1. (rare) a notebook, calendar
2. (rare) agenda

   Synonym: dagsorden

Inflection

Declension of agenda

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	agenda	agendaen	agendaer	agendaerne
genitive	agendas	agendaens	agendaers	agendaernes

References

• “agenda” in Den Danske Ordbog

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)

1. a calendar (book), a diary, a booklet or other device where one notes down one’s schedule, appointments etc.

   Synonym: dagwijzer

2. an agenda (list of matters at a meeting)

Derived terms

• agendaseks
• schoolagenda

Descendants

• Afrikaans: agenda
• → Indonesian: agenda
• → Papiamentu: agènda

See also

• kalender

Anagrams

• gaande, gedaan

Finnish

Etymology

From Latin agenda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑɡendɑ/, [ˈɑ̝ɡe̞ndɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑɡendɑ
• Syllabification^(key): a‧gen‧da
• Hyphenation^(key): agen‧da

Noun

agenda

1. An agenda

Declension

Inflection of agenda (Kotus type 13/katiska, no gradation)
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 agendain rare
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
abessive		agendatta	agendoitta
instructive		—	agendoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of agenda (Kotus type 13/katiska, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative agendani agendani accusative nom. agendani agendani gen. agendani genitive agendani agendoideni agendoitteni agendojeni agendaini rare partitive agendaani agendoitani agendojani inessive agendassani agendoissani elative agendastani agendoistani illative agendaani agendoihini adessive agendallani agendoillani ablative agendaltani agendoiltani allative agendalleni agendoilleni essive agendanani agendoinani translative agendakseni agendoikseni abessive agendattani agendoittani instructive — — comitative — agendoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative agendasi agendasi accusative nom. agendasi agendasi gen. agendasi genitive agendasi agendoidesi agendoittesi agendojesi agendaisi rare partitive agendaasi agendoitasi agendojasi inessive agendassasi agendoissasi elative agendastasi agendoistasi illative agendaasi agendoihisi adessive agendallasi agendoillasi ablative agendaltasi agendoiltasi allative agendallesi agendoillesi essive agendanasi agendoinasi translative agendaksesi agendoiksesi abessive agendattasi agendoittasi instructive — — comitative — agendoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative agendamme agendamme accusative nom. agendamme agendamme gen. agendamme genitive agendamme agendoidemme agendoittemme agendojemme agendaimme rare partitive agendaamme agendoitamme agendojamme inessive agendassamme agendoissamme elative agendastamme agendoistamme illative agendaamme agendoihimme adessive agendallamme agendoillamme ablative agendaltamme agendoiltamme allative agendallemme agendoillemme essive agendanamme agendoinamme translative agendaksemme agendoiksemme abessive agendattamme agendoittamme instructive — — comitative — agendoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative agendanne agendanne accusative nom. agendanne agendanne gen. agendanne genitive agendanne agendoidenne agendoittenne agendojenne agendainne rare partitive agendaanne agendoitanne agendojanne inessive agendassanne agendoissanne elative agendastanne agendoistanne illative agendaanne agendoihinne adessive agendallanne agendoillanne ablative agendaltanne agendoiltanne allative agendallenne agendoillenne essive agendananne agendoinanne translative agendaksenne agendoiksenne abessive agendattanne agendoittanne instructive — — comitative — agendoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative agendansa agendansa accusative nom. agendansa agendansa gen. agendansa genitive agendansa agendoidensa agendoittensa agendojensa agendainsa rare partitive agendaansa agendoitaan agendojaan agendoitansa agendojansa inessive agendassaan agendassansa agendoissaan agendoissansa elative agendastaan agendastansa agendoistaan agendoistansa illative agendaansa agendoihinsa adessive agendallaan agendallansa agendoillaan agendoillansa ablative agendaltaan agendaltansa agendoiltaan agendoiltansa allative agendalleen agendallensa agendoilleen agendoillensa essive agendanaan agendanansa agendoinaan agendoinansa translative agendakseen agendaksensa agendoikseen agendoiksensa abessive agendattaan agendattansa agendoittaan agendoittansa instructive — — comitative — agendoineen agendoinensa

Further reading

• “agenda”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin agenda, substantive use of the neuter plural of agendus (“which ought to be done”), future passive participle (gerundive) of agō (“to do, act, make”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ʒɛ̃.da/, (regional) /a.ʒɑ̃.da/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Audio (France (Toulouse)):

  (file)

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

  (file)

Noun

agenda m (plural agendas)

1. organiser, appointment book, engagement book

Derived terms

• agenda de ministre

Descendants

• → Turkish: ajanda

Further reading

• “agenda”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch agenda, from Latin agenda (“things that ought to be done”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈaɡɛn.da]
• Rhymes: -da, -a
• Hyphenation: agèn‧da

Noun

agènda (plural agenda-agenda)

1. agenda:
   1. a notebook used to organize and maintain such plans or lists, an agenda book, an agenda planner
   2. a list of matters to be taken up

      Synonym: acara

Derived terms

• beragenda
• diagendakan
• mengagendakan
• pengagenda
• pengagendaan
• seagenda
• teragendakan

• agenda kegiatan
• agenda nasional
• agenda politik
• agenda prioritas
• agenda strategis
• agenda tahunan
• agenda utama

Further reading

• “agenda” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈd͡ʒɛn.da/
• Rhymes: -ɛnda
• Hyphenation: a‧gèn‧da

Noun

agenda f (plural agende, diminutive agendìna)

1. diary
2. planner (notebook)

   Synonym: taccuino

3. (figurative) agenda

Kashubian

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish agenda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈɡɛn.da/
• Rhymes: -ɛnda
• Syllabification: a‧gen‧da

Noun

agenda f (related adjective agencyjny)

1. agenda, schedule (lists of tasks one must do)

   Synonym: notatnik

References

• Jan Trepczyk (1994), “agenda”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011), “agenda”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎
• “agenda”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Latin

Participle

agenda

1. inflection of agendus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Participle

agendā

1. ablative feminine singular of agendus

References

• "agenda", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Malay

Etymology

From English agenda.

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [a.ɡen.da]
• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): [ä.d͡ʒen.dä]

Noun

agenda (Jawi spelling اݢيندا, plural agenda-agenda)

1. agenda.

Further reading

• “agenda” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

agenda

Wikipedia ^no

Etymology

From Latin agenda (“what ought to be done”).

Noun

agenda m (definite singular agendaen, indefinite plural agendaer, definite plural agendaene)

1. an agenda

References

• “agenda” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin agenda (“what ought to be done”).

Noun

agenda m (definite singular agendaen, indefinite plural agendaer or agendaar, definite plural agendaene or agendaane)

1. an agenda

References

• “agenda” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.