vade mecum

See also: vademecum, vademécum, vade-mecum, Vade Mecum, and vade-mécum

English

WOTD – 16 January 2006

Alternative forms

• vade-mecum, Vade Mecum, vademecum

Etymology

From the Latin vāde (“go”) mēcum (“with me”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌveɪdi ˈmiːkəm/, /ˌvɑːdi ˈmeɪkəm/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -iːkəm, -eɪkəm
• Hyphenation: va‧de me‧cum

Noun

vade mecum (plural vade mecums)

1. A referential book such as a handbook or manual, especially one that is pocketable.
2. A useful object, constantly carried on one's person.

Translations

referential book

• Arabic: كتاب تعليمي
• Dutch: vademecum (nl) n
• Finnish: käsikirja (fi), opaskirja (fi), opas (fi), vade mecum (fi)
• French: vade-mecum (fr) m (traditional orthography), vadémécum (fr) m (1990 revised orthography)
• Georgian: სახელმძღვანელო (saxelmʒɣvanelo), ცნობარი (cnobari)
• German: Vademecum (de) n
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἐγχειρίδιον n (enkheirídion)

• Hungarian: zsebkönyv (hu), kisokos (hu), kalauz (hu), tájékoztató (hu), vademecum (hu)
• Icelandic: handbók (is) f, vasakver n, uppsláttarkver n
• Ido: vade-mecum (io)
• Italian: vademecum (it) m
• Polish: vademecum (pl) n, wademekum (pl) n
• Portuguese: vade-mécum m or f, manual (pt) m, apostila (pt) f
• Russian: руково́дство (ru) n (rukovódstvo), спра́вочник (ru) m (správočnik)
• Spanish: vademécum (es) m, manual (es) m
• Turkish: el kitabı (tr)
• Ukrainian: довідни́к (uk) m (dovidnýk), інстру́кція (instrúkcija)

useful object

• French: vade-mecum (fr) m (traditional orthography), vadémécum (fr) m (1990 revised orthography)
• Icelandic: handargagn n, handhægur hlutur m
• Ido: vade-mecum (io)

See also

• pocketbook