experiment

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. A test under controlled conditions made to either demonstrate a known truth, examine the validity of a hypothesis, or determine the efficacy or likelihood of something previously untried.
2. (obsolete) Experience, practical familiarity with something.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To conduct an experiment.
2. (obsolete, transitive) To experience; to feel; to perceive; to detect.
3. (obsolete, transitive) To test or ascertain by experiment; to try out; to make an experiment on.

Concepts

expérience

essai

expérimenter

expérimentation

expérience scientifique

expériment

fabrication expérimentale

expérimentons

attentons

essayons

effort

manip

entreprise

épreuve

tentative

faire une expérience

élevage pilote

Synonymes

test

trial

try

attempt

experimentation

essay

prove

try out

assay

rehearse

experience

practise

experimental

go

rehearsal

endeavour

examination

examine

tryout

effort

trial run

sample

sampler

shot in the dark

specimen

struggle

taste

testing

try on

try-out

verify

whirl

willingness

work

test piece

mental test

trial manufacture

experimentalize

analysis

mental testing

laboratory experiments

the whole shooting match

testing and passing

analyze

try out test out

aspiration

check

endeavor

enjoyment

enterprise

Traductions

experimento

esperimento

Experiment

Versuch

experiment

experiência

sperimentare

experiment

πείραμα

experimento

proef

prova

prueba

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ɪkˈspɛɹ.ɪ.mənt/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: experiment

Appartenant à français: expérience

In summary

From Middle English experiment, from Old French esperiment (French expérience), from Latin experimentum (“experience, attempt, experiment”), from experior (“to experience, to attempt”), itself from ex + *perior, in turn from Proto-Indo-European *per-.