excrement
See also: excrément
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Latin excrēmentum, from excernō (“I excrete”).
Noun edit
excrement (countable and uncountable, plural excrements)
- (now specifically) Human and animal solid waste excreted from the bowels; feces.
- (archaic) Any waste matter excreted from the human or animal body, or discharged by bodily organs.
- 1603, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, The Essayes […], London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:, Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.97:
- A French Gentleman was ever wont to blow his nose in his hand […]. He asked me on a time, what privilege this filthie excrement had, that wee should have a daintie linnen cloth or handkercher to receive the same.
Synonyms edit
- See also Thesaurus:feces
Related terms edit
Translations edit
human and animal solid waste
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any waste matter excreted from the human or animal body
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Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Latin excrēmentum, from excrēscō (“I grow out”).
Noun edit
excrement (plural excrements)
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin excrēmentum.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Central) [əks.kɾəˈmen]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [əks.kɾəˈment]
- IPA(key): (Valencian) [eks.kɾeˈment]
Noun edit
excrement m (plural excrements)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “excrement” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “excrement”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “excrement” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “excrement” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Latin edit
Verb edit
excrement
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French excrément, Latin excrementum.
Noun edit
excrement n (plural excremente)
Declension edit
Declension of excrement
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) excrement | excrementul | (niște) excremente | excrementele |
genitive/dative | (unui) excrement | excrementului | (unor) excremente | excrementelor |
vocative | excrementule | excrementelor |