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 conjugation
- 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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