excrement

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɛkskɹəmənt/, 'ek-skr&-m&nt

Etymology 1

From Latin excrēmentum, from excernere (“to excrete”).

Noun

excrement (plural excrements)

1. (archaic) Any waste matter excreted from the human or animal body, or discharged by bodily organs.
   • 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, 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.

2. (now specifically) Animal solid waste excreted from the bowels; feces.

Synonyms

• (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) dejection
• See also Wikisaurus:feces

Related terms

• excreta
• excrete
• excremental

Translations

animal solid waste

Arabic: غائط (ar) (ghā'iT) m., براز (ar) (birāz) m., خراء (ar) (khirāʼ) m. Bosnian: ekskrement (bs) m., izmet (bs) m. Bulgarian: изпражнение (bg) n. Catalan: femta f. Chinese: Mandarin: 大便 (cmn) (dàbiàn), 屎 (cmn) (shǐ), 糞 (cmn), 粪 (cmn) (fèn) Croatian: izmetine f, pl Czech: výkal (cs) m. Dutch: uitwerpselen n, pl Esperanto: feko (eo), ekskremento (eo) Fijian: dā Finnish: lanta (animal excrement), uloste (human excrement) French: excrément (fr) m. Gamilaraay: guna Georgian: ექსკრემენტები (ka) (ek'skrementebi) German: Ausscheidungen f, pl, Kot m. Greek: περίττωμα  (el) (períttoma) n. Ancient: σκῶρ (skỗr) n. Hungarian: ürülék (hu)

Ido: exkremento (io) Indonesian: tahi (id) Italian: escremento (it) m. Japanese: 便 (ja) (ben), 大便 (ja) (daiben), うんこ (ja) (unko), うんち (ja) (unchi), 糞 (ja) (ふん, fun;くそ, kuso) Korean: 똥 (ttong), (human euphemism) 뒤 (dwi) Macedonian: измет (mk) (ízmet) m., екскремент (mk) (ekskremént) m. Maori: tūtae, hamuti, paru Navajo: chąąʼ Ngarrindjeri: kunar Pitjantjatjara: kuna Russian: кал (kal) m. Samoan: tae (sm) Serbian: Cyrillic: екскремент m., измет m. Roman: ekskrement m., izmet m. Spanish: excremento (es) m. Turkish: dışkı (tr) Warlpiri: kuna

Etymology 2

From Latin excrēmentum, from excrēscere (“to grow out”).

Noun

excrement (plural excrements)

1. (obsolete) Something which grows out of the body; hair, nails etc.