English Explanatory Dictionary

ultimatum

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A final statement of terms or conditions made by one party to another, especially one that expresses a threat of reprisal or war if the terms are not met before some specified date and time.
  2. An intended final statement of terms or conditions made by one party to another in a negotiation.

Pronunciation

/ˌʌl.tɪˈmeɪ.təm/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ultimatum.wav

Word forms

ultimatum ultimatums ultimata

Etymology

From Latin ultimatus (“late, last final”), from Latin ultimus (“extreme, last, furthest, farthest, final”).

Related words

ulterior ultimate ultra ultra- dernier mot Ultimatum in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Derived words

antepenultimatum penultimatum ultimative ultimatum game

Translations

Arabic: بِلَاغ نِهَائِيّ Armenian: վերջնագիր Basque: ultimatum Belarusian: ультыма́тум Bulgarian: ултима́тум Catalan: ultimàtum Chinese Mandarin: 最後通牒 /最后通牒 Chinese Mandarin: 哀的美敦書 /哀的美敦书 Czech: ultimátum Danish: ultimatum Dutch: ultimatum Esperanto: ultimato Esperanto: ultimatumo Estonian: ultimaatum Finnish: uhkavaatimus Finnish: ultimaatumi French: ultimatum Galician: ultimato Georgian: ულტიმატუმი German: Ultimatum Greek: τελεσίγραφο Hebrew: אוּלְטִימָטוּם Hindi: अल्टिमेटम Hindi: अंतिमेत्थम् Hungarian: ultimátum Icelandic: úrslitakostir Indonesian: ultimatum Italian: ultimatum Japanese: 最後通牒 Japanese: 最後通告 Kazakh: ультиматум Kazakh: кескен серт Kazakh: үзілді-кесілді талап Korean: 최후통첩 Latvian: ultimāts Lithuanian: ultimatumas Macedonian: ултима́тум Malay: kata dua Malay: kemuktamadan Malayalam: അന്ത്യശാസനം Nepali: अल्टिमेटम Norwegian Bokmål: ultimatum Persian: اولتیماتوم Persian: اتمامحجت Polish: ultimatum Portuguese: ultimato Romanian: ultimatum Russian: ультима́тум Serbo-Croatian: ултима́тум Serbo-Croatian: ultimátum
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