sediment

sediment

See also: Sediment and sédiment

English

Etymology

From Middle French sédiment, from Latin sedimentum < sedeō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛd.ɪ.mənt/

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• Rhymes: -ɛdɪmənt

Noun

sediment (countable and uncountable, plural sediments)

1. A collection of small particles, particularly dirt, that precipitates from a river or other body of water.

   The Nile delta is composed of sediment that was washed down and deposited at the mouth of the river.

Hyponyms

• dregs
• grounds
• grout
• settlings

Related terms

• sedimentary
• sedimentation
• sedimentaceous
• sedimentitious
• sedimentoclastic

Translations

collection of small particles

Afrikaans: afsaksel,* Afrikaans: dregs Armenian: մրուր (hy) (mrur) Bulgarian: ута́йка (bg) (utájka) Catalan: sediment (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 沉積物／沉积物 (zh) (chénjīwù), 沉積／沉积 (zh) (chénjī) Czech: usazenina f Esperanto: feĉo Finnish: sedimentti (fi), kerrostuma (fi) French: sédiment (fr) m Galician: sedimento (gl) m Georgian: დანალექი (danaleki), ნალექი (naleki) German: Sediment (de) n, Satz (de) m, Bodensatz (de) m Greek: Ancient: τρύξ f sg (trúx) Hungarian: please add this translation if you can Icelandic: botnfall (is) n, syrja f, botnlag n, dreggjar n, set (is) n, vatnborin jarðvegsefni n pl, vindborin jarðvegsefni n pl Irish: dríodar m Italian: deposito (it), sedimento (it) m Japanese: 堆積物 (たいせきぶつ, taisekibutsu) Khmer: ដីល្បាប់ (dəylbap) Latin: faex f, sedimen n Macedonian: талог m (talog) Maori: waipara, parakiwai (from a flood) Mongolian: тунадас (mn) (tunadas) Norwegian: Bokmål: sediment n Nynorsk: sediment n Ottoman Turkish: تلوه‎ (telve) Polish: osad (pl) m Portuguese: sedimento (pt) m Russian: отложе́ние (ru) n (otložénije), оса́док (ru) m (osádok), отсто́й (ru) m (otstój) Serbo-Croatian: талог m, talog (sh) m Spanish: sedimento (es) m Tagalog: tining (tl) Thai: please add this translation if you can Vietnamese: trầm tích

Verb

sediment (third-person singular simple present sediments, present participle sedimenting, simple past and past participle sedimented)

1. (transitive) To deposit material as a sediment.
2. (intransitive) To be deposited as a sediment.

Translations

to deposit material as a sediment

Bulgarian: утаявам (bg) (utajavam) Chinese: Mandarin: 沉淀 (zh) (chéndiàn) Esperanto: sedimentigi Finnish: sedimentoida French: sédimenter (fr) Mongolian: тунаах (tunaax) Russian: осажда́ть (ru) (osaždátʹ) Spanish: sedimentar (es)

to be deposited as a sediment

Bulgarian: утаявам се (utajavam se) Dutch: sedimenteren (nl) Esperanto: sedimentiĝi Finnish: sedimentoitua French: sédimenter (fr) Mongolian: тунах (mn) (tunax) Russian: осажда́ться (ru) (osaždátʹsja) Spanish: sedimentar (es)

Anagrams

• Edmisten, end items, end times, endtimes, enmisted, midteens, set mined, setmined, tidesmen

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Czech

Noun

sediment m

1. sediment

Synonyms

• usazenina

Related terms

• See sese

Further reading

• sediment in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• sediment in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French sédiment.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌseː.diˈmɛnt/
• Hyphenation: se‧di‧ment
• Rhymes: -ɛnt

Noun

sediment n (plural sedimenten)

1. sediment

Derived terms

• sedimentaanvoer
• sedimentafzetting
• sedimentgesteente

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin sedimentum.

Noun

sediment n (definite singular sedimentet, indefinite plural sediment or sedimenter, definite plural sedimenta or sedimentene)

1. sediment

Related terms

• sedimentær

References

• “sediment” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin sedimentum.

Noun

sediment n (definite singular sedimentet, indefinite plural sediment, definite plural sedimenta)

1. sediment

Related terms

• sedimentær

References

• “sediment” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Romanian

Etymology

From French sediment, from Latin sedimentum.

Noun

sediment n (plural sedimente)

1. sediment

Declension

Declension of sediment

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) sediment	sedimentul	(niște) sedimente	sedimentele
genitive/dative	(unui) sediment	sedimentului	(unor) sedimente	sedimentelor
vocative	sedimentule		sedimentelor

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sedǐment/
• Hyphenation: se‧di‧ment

Noun

sedìment m (Cyrillic spelling седѝмент)

1. sediment

Declension

Declension of sediment

	singular	plural
nominative	sedìment	sedimenti
genitive	sedimenta	sedimenāta / sedimēntā
dative	sedimentu	sedimentima
accusative	sediment	sedimente
vocative	sedimente	sedimenti
locative	sedimentu	sedimentima
instrumental	sedimentom	sedimentima