excrement
See also: excrément
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɛkskɹəmənt/
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Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin excrēmentum, from excernō (“I excrete”).
Noun
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, John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821:, 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.
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Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:feces
Related terms
- excreta
- excrete
- excremental
- excrementitious
Translations
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
Borrowed from Latin excrēmentum, from excrēscō (“I grow out”).
Noun
excrement (plural excrements)
- (obsolete) Something which grows out of the body; hair, nails etc.
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin excrēmentum.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /əks.kɾəˈment/
- (Central) IPA(key): /əks.kɾəˈmen/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /eks.kɾeˈment/
Noun
excrement m (plural excrements)
- (also in the plural) excrement
Derived terms
- excremental
- excrementar
- excrementici
- excrementós
Further reading
- “excrement” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “excrement”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “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
Verb
excrement
- third-person plural present active subjunctive of excremō
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French excrément, Latin excrementum.
Noun
excrement n (plural excremente)
- excrement, feces
Declension
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 |
Synonyms
- fecale
- (popular) scârnă, scremet
- (slang) rahat
- (vulgar) căcat
- (of animals) baligă