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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Terminus \Ter"mi*nus\, n.; pl. Termini. [L. See Term.]
     1. Literally, a boundary; a border; a limit.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Myth.) The Roman divinity who presided over boundaries,
        whose statue was properly a short pillar terminating in
        the bust of a man, woman, satyr, or the like, but often
        merely a post or stone stuck in the ground on a boundary
        line.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. Hence, any post or stone marking a boundary; a term. See
        Term, 8.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. Either end of a railroad line; also, the station house, or
        the town or city, at that place.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Terminus \Ter"mi*nus\, n.; pl. Termini. [L. See Term.]
     1. Literally, a boundary; a border; a limit.
  
     2. (Myth.) The Roman divinity who presided over boundaries,
        whose statue was properly a short pillar terminating in
        the bust of a man, woman, satyr, or the like, but often
        merely a post or stone stuck in the ground on a boundary
        line.
  
     3. Hence, any post or stone marking a boundary; a term. See
        Term, 8.
  
     4. Either end of a railroad line; also, the station house, or
        the town or city, at that place.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  terminus
       n 1: a place where something ends or is complete [syn: end point,
             endpoint, termination]
       2: the ultimate goal for which something is done [syn: destination]
       3: (architecture) a statue or a human bust or an animal carved
          out of the top of a square pillar; originally used as a
          boundary marker in ancient Rome [syn: terminal figure, term]
       4: either end of a railroad or bus route
       5: station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers
          or goods [syn: terminal, depot]
       [also: termini (pl)]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  termini
       See terminus

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  termini
     Ido n.
     (plural of io termino)
     Italian n.
     (plural of it termine)
     Italian vb.
     (inflection of it terminare  2 s pres ind ; 1//2//3 s pres sub ; 3 s
  imp)
     Latin n.
     (inflection of la terminus  nom//voc p ; gen s)
     Romanian vb.
     (verb form of ro termina  2s pres ind//sub)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Termini
     Italian n.
     (surname: it)
     n.
     (surname en from=Italian).

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  termini
     n.
     (plural of en terminus)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  Termini
     n.
     (surname en from=Italian).

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  termini
     Italian n.
     (plural of it termine)
     Italian vb.
     (inflection of it terminare  2 s pres ind ; 1//2//3 s pres sub ; 3 s
  imp)
     Latin n.
     (inflection of la terminus  nom//voc p ; gen s)
     Romanian vb.
     (verb form of ro termina  2s pres ind//sub)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  Termini
     Italian n.
     (surname: it)
     n.
     (surname en from=Italian).

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  termini
     Italian n.
     (plural of it termine)
     Italian vb.
     (inflection of it terminare  2 s pres ind ; 1//2//3 s pres sub ; 3 s
  imp)
     Latin n.
     (inflection of la terminus  nom//voc p ; gen s)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  Termini
     Italian n.
     (surname: it)
     n.
     (surname en from=Italian).

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  termini
     Italia vb.
     (it-v-taivm 1 t ermin i)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Termini
     Tyska n.
     (böjning de subst Terminus)

From German - English Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:deu-eng ]

  Termini /tˈɛɾmiːnˌiː/ 
  terms, linguistic units
     Synonyms: Ausdrücke, Begriffe
  
   see: Ausdruck, Terminus, Begriff, Alltagsausdruck, Fachausdruck, Fachbegriff, Rechtsterminus, juristischer Terminus, juristischer Fachausdruck
  

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Termini /tˈɜːmɪnˌaɪ/
  حدّ

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  termini /tˈɜːmɪnˌaɪ/
  koncový bod

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  termini /tˈɜːmɪnˌaɪ/ 
  konec

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  termini /tˈɜːmɪnˌaɪ/
  Endstationen , Endstellen 
     Synonyms: last stops, ends of line
  
   see: last stop, end of the line, terminus, End of the line. All change, Last stop. Please leave the train.
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  termini /tˈɜːmɪnˌaɪ/
  Kopfbahnhöfe , Sackbahnhöfe 
   see: terminus
  

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  termini /tˈɜːmɪnˌaɪ/
  završeci

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈtɝmɪˌnaɪ/

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     terminus的复数形式

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