experiment
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experiment
- /ɪkˈspɛɹ.ɪ.mənt/ UK
- /ɛkˈspɛɹ.ɪ.mənt/ UK
- /ɪkˈspɛɹ.ə.mənt/ US
- /ɪkˈspɪɹ.ə.mənt/ US
- /ɪkˈspeɹ.ə.mənt/ Australia
- /əkˈspeɹ.ə.mənt/ New Zealand
- /ɪkˈspɛɹ.ɪ.mɛnt/ UK
- /ɪkˈspɛɹ.ə.mɛnt/ US
Where it comes from
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-.
noun experiments
- 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. conduct an experiment
- Experience, practical familiarity with something. Pilot [...] Vpon his card and compas firmes his eye, The maisters of his long experiment, And to them does the steddy helme apply [...].
verb experiments · experimenting · experimented
- To conduct an experiment. We're going to experiment on rats.
- To experience; to feel; to perceive; to detect. The Earth, the which may have carried us about perpetually ... without our being ever able to experiment its rest.
- To test or ascertain by experiment; to try out; to make an experiment on. Til they had experimented whiche was trewe, and who knewe most.
- To try something to observe the results. I want to experiment with psychedelics.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: trial, experimental, test, project, study, investigational, essay, practice, evidence, knowledge, learned, history, experienced, experiential, expertise, experience
Translations
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noun test under controlled conditions
| Español | experimento |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 실험 silheom |
| 日本語 | 実験 jikken |
| 中文 | 實驗 /实验 shíyàn |
| हिन्दी | प्रयोग prayog, तजुर्बा tajurbā, परीक्षा parīkṣā |
| Kiswahili | jaribio |
| Português | experimento, experiência |
| Français | expérience |
| Deutsch | Experiment, Versuch |
| Italiano | esperimento |
| Ελληνικά | πείραμα peírama |
| Română | experiment |
| Русский | экспериме́нт eksperimént, о́пыт ópyt, про́ба próba |
| Tiếng Việt | thí nghiệm |
| العربية | تَجْرِبَة tajriba, اِخْتِبَار iḵtibār |
| עברית | ניסוי, נִסּוּי nisúi |
verb to conduct an experiment
| Español | experimentar, expermentar |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 실험하다 silheomhada |
| 日本語 | 実験する jikken suru |
| 中文 | 實驗 /实验 shíyàn |
| Kiswahili | -jaribu |
| Português | experimentar |
| Français | expérimenter |
| Deutsch | experimentieren |
| Italiano | fare esperimento |
| Ελληνικά | πειραματίζομαι peiramatízomai |
| Русский | эксперименти́ровать eksperimentírovatʹ, производи́ть о́пыт proizvodítʹ ópyt, произвести́ о́пыт proizvestí ópyt, ста́вить о́пыт stávitʹ ópyt, поста́вить о́пыт postávitʹ ópyt |
| العربية | جَرَّبَ jarraba |
Talk about this word "experiment." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/experiment. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. experiment. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/experiment "experiment." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/experiment.Cite this
@misc{experiment_2026,
title = {experiment},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/experiment},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
