processus

English

Etymology

From Latin prōcessus.

Noun

processus (plural processus)

1. A process, or projecting part.

Derived terms

• processus mamillaris
• processus mastoideus

Anagrams

• corpusses

French

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin prōcessus (“process, progression”). Doublet of procès, another borrowing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʁɔ.sɛ.sys/ ~ /pʁɔ.se.sys/

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Noun

processus m (invariable)

1. a process

Derived terms

• processus léger

Further reading

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

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of prōcēdō (“advance, proceed”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [proːˈkɛs.sʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [proˈt͡ʃɛs.sus]

Participle

prōcessus (feminine prōcessa, neuter prōcessum); first/second-declension participle

1. advanced, having been advanced

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	prōcessus	prōcessa	prōcessum		prōcessī	prōcessae	prōcessa
genitive	prōcessī	prōcessae	prōcessī		prōcessōrum	prōcessārum	prōcessōrum
dative	prōcessō	prōcessae	prōcessō		prōcessīs
accusative	prōcessum	prōcessam	prōcessum		prōcessōs	prōcessās	prōcessa
ablative	prōcessō	prōcessā	prōcessō		prōcessīs
vocative	prōcesse	prōcessa	prōcessum		prōcessī	prōcessae	prōcessa

Noun

prōcessus m (genitive prōcessūs); fourth declension

1. A course, progression, progress, process, advance.

   Synonyms: prōgressus, prōgressiō, prōcessiō

   Antonyms: dēcessiō, cessiō, recessiō, sēcessiō

2. (by extension) An elapsing, passing away, lapse.

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	prōcessus	prōcessūs
genitive	prōcessūs	prōcessuum
dative	prōcessuī	prōcessibus
accusative	prōcessum	prōcessūs
ablative	prōcessū	prōcessibus
vocative	prōcessus	prōcessūs

Derived terms

• processio

Descendants

Descendants

• → Catalan: procés
  • → Spanish: procés
• → English: process
• French: processus, procès
• German: Prozess
• Irish: próis
• Italian: processo
• Portuguese: processo
• Romanian: proces, purces
• Russian: проце́сс (procéss)
• Spanish: proceso

References

• “processus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “processus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "processus", 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)
• “processus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• processus in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016