excreta
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin excrēta, neuter plural of excrētus, past participle of excernere.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editexcreta pl (normally plural, singular excretum)
- Bodily waste which is excreted from the body.
- Synonyms: excrements, excretions
- 2009, Ronald J. LeBlanc, Peter Matthews, Roland P. Richard, Global Atlas of Excreta, Wastewater Sludge, and Biosolids Management, page 24:
- Human excreta are made up mostly of urine and excrement that include diverse complex molecules derived from foods and bodily processes – carbohydrates, sugars, fats, etc.
Usage notes
editAlthough strictly a plural noun, in practice the word is occasionally used as if it were an uncountable noun.
Anagrams
editCatalan
editVerb
editexcreta
- inflection of excretar:
Latin
editParticiple
editexcrēta
- inflection of excrētus:
Participle
editexcrētā
References
edit- excreta in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Portuguese
editPronunciation
edit
- Rhymes: -ɛtɐ
- Hyphenation: ex‧cre‧ta
Etymology 1
editLearned borrowing from Latin excrēta.
Noun
editexcreta f (plural excretas)
- (biology) excreta
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:fezes
Etymology 2
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
editexcreta
- inflection of excretar:
Romanian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French excréter.
Verb
edita excreta (third-person singular present excretez, past participle excretat) 1st conj.
- to excrete
Conjugation
edit conjugation of excreta (first conjugation, -ez- infix)
infinitive | a excreta | ||||||
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gerund | excretând | ||||||
past participle | excretat | ||||||
number | singular | plural | |||||
person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |
indicative | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
present | excretez | excretezi | excretează | excretăm | excretați | excretează | |
imperfect | excretam | excretai | excreta | excretam | excretați | excretau | |
simple perfect | excretai | excretași | excretă | excretarăm | excretarăți | excretară | |
pluperfect | excretasem | excretaseși | excretase | excretaserăm | excretaserăți | excretaseră | |
subjunctive | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
present | să excretez | să excretezi | să excreteze | să excretăm | să excretați | să excreteze | |
imperative | — | tu | — | — | voi | — | |
affirmative | excretează | excretați | |||||
negative | nu excreta | nu excretați |
Spanish
editVerb
editexcreta
- inflection of excretar:
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