rudiment
English edit
Etymology edit
From Old French, from Latin rudimentum (“a first attempt, a beginning”), plural rudimenta (“the elements”), from rudis (“rude”); see rude.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
rudiment (plural rudiments)
- (often in the plural) A fundamental principle or skill, especially in a field of learning.
- We'll be learning the rudiments of thermodynamics next week.
- c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iv]:
- This boy is forest-born, / And hath been tutored in the rudiments / Of many desperate studies.
- (often in the plural) A form that lacks full or complex development.
- I have the rudiments of an escape plan.
- 1671, John Milton, “(please specify the page)”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J. M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC:
- But I will bring thee where thou soon shalt quit / Those rudiments, and see before thine eyes / The monarchies of the earth.
- a. 1865, Isaac Taylor, Ornamentation of Nature:
- The single leaf is the rudiment of beauty in landscape.
- (biology) A body part that no longer has a function
- (music) In percussion, one of a selection of basic drum patterns learned as an exercise.
- 2014, Damien Chazelle, Whiplash, spoken by Terence Fletcher (J. K. Simmons):
- Show me your rudiments.
Hypernyms edit
- (biology): vestigiality
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Translations edit
fundamental principle or skill
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sthg. in undeveloped form
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biology: body part that has no function left
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music: basic drum pattern
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Further reading edit
- “rudiment”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “rudiment”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “rudiment”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Verb edit
rudiment (third-person singular simple present rudiments, present participle rudimenting, simple past and past participle rudimented)
- (transitive) To ground; to settle in first principles.
Anagrams edit
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin rudīmentum.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
rudiment m (plural rudiments)
- rudiment (fundamental principle)
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Further reading edit
- “rudiment” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “rudiment”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “rudiment” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “rudiment” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Crimean Tatar edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Russian рудимент (rudiment).
Noun edit
rudiment
Declension edit
Declension of rudiment
singular | plural | |
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nominative | rudiment | rudimentler |
genitive | rudimentniñ | rudimentlerniñ |
dative | rudimentke | rudimentlerge |
accusative | rudimentni | rudimentlerni |
locative | rudimentte | rudimentlerde |
ablative | rudimentten | rudimentlerden |
References edit
French edit
Etymology edit
From Latin rudimentum.
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Noun edit
rudiment m (plural rudiments)
- rudiment (fundamental principle)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “rudiment”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French rudiment, from Latin rudimentum.
Noun edit
rudiment n (plural rudimente)
Declension edit
Declension of rudiment
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) rudiment | rudimentul | (niște) rudimente | rudimentele |
genitive/dative | (unui) rudiment | rudimentului | (unor) rudimente | rudimentelor |
vocative | rudimentule | rudimentelor |
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
From German Rudiment, from Latin rudimentum.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
rudìment m (Cyrillic spelling рудѝмент)
Declension edit
Declension of rudiment
singular | plural | |
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nominative | rudìment | rudimenti |
genitive | rudimenta | rudìmenātā |
dative | rudimentu | rudimentima |
accusative | rudiment | rudimente |
vocative | rudimente | rudimenti |
locative | rudimentu | rudimentima |
instrumental | rudimentom | rudimentima |
References edit
- “rudiment” in Hrvatski jezični portal