cement

English

Alternative forms

• cæment (archaic)

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French (deprecated template usage) ciment, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin (deprecated template usage) caementum, from (deprecated template usage) caedo.

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /səˈmɛnt/
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Noun

cement (countable and uncountable, plural cements)

1. (uncountable) A powdered substance that develops strong adhesive properties when mixed with water.
2. (deprecated template usage) (uncountable) The paste-like substance resulting from mixing such a powder with water.
3. (uncountable) Any material with strong adhesive properties.
4. (figurative) Bond of union; that which unites firmly, as persons in friendship or in society.

5. (anatomy) The layer of bone investing the root and neck of a tooth; cementum.

Derived terms

• Keene's cement
• masonry cement
• Portland cement

Translations

a powdered substance

• Afrikaans: sement
• Albanian: çimento (sq)
• Arabic: أسمنت m ('ásmant)

  Egyptian Arabic: اسمنت m (esmant, asmant)

• Armenian: ցեմենտ (cʻement)
• Bulgarian: цимент m (cimént)
• Catalan: ciment
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 水泥 (zh) (shuǐní)

• Cornish: lim m
• Czech: cement (cs) m
• Danish: cement (da)
• Dutch: cement (nl) n
• Estonian: tsement
• Faroese: sement n
• Finnish: sementti (fi)
• French: ciment (fr)
• Galician: cemento (gl)
• German: Zement (de) m
• Greek: τσιμέντο (el) n (tsiménto)
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Indonesian: semen (id)
• Irish: stroighin f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: cemento (it) m
• Japanese: セメント (semento)
• Jèrriais:
• Korean: 시멘트 (ko) (simaeteu)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani:

• Latin: caementum
• Malay: simen
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Persian: سیمان (fa) (simân)
• Polish: cement (pl) m
• Portuguese: cimento (pt) m
• Romanian: ciment (ro)
• Russian: цемент (ru) m (cem'ént)
• Serbo-Croatian: cement m
• Spanish: cemento (es) m
• Swahili: simiti (sw)
• Tamil: சிமிட்டி (ta) (cimiṭṭi), பைஞ்சுதை (ta) (paiñcutai)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: çimento (tr)
• Vietnamese: xi măng (vi)
• Welsh: sment m

the paste-like substance

• Arabic: أسمنت m ('ásmant)
• Armenian: ցեմենտ (cʻement)
• Bulgarian: цимент m (ciment)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 水泥 (zh) (shuǐní)

• Cornish: lim m
• Czech: cement (cs) m
• Danish: cement (da)
• Dutch: cement (nl) n
• Faroese: sement n
• Finnish: sementti (fi)
• French: ciment (fr) m
• German: Zement (de) m
• Indonesian: semen (id)
• Irish: stroighin f
• Italian: adesivo (it)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: セメント (semento)
• Jèrriais:
• Korean: 시멘트 (ko) (simaeteu)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani:

• Latin: caementum
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Persian: ملات (malât)
• Polish: cement (pl) m
• Portuguese: cimento (pt) m
• Russian: цемент (ru) m (cem'ént)
• Serbo-Croatian: cement m
• Spanish: pegamento (es)
• Swahili: simiti (sw)
• Vietnamese: xi măng (vi)
• Welsh: sment m

any material with strong adhesive properties

• Finnish: liima (fi)
• French: colle (fr) f, adhésif (fr) m
• German: Zement (de) m
• Italian: adesivo (it)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani:

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: cimento (pt) m
• Spanish: pegamento (es)
• Swahili: simiti (sw)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} cemento
• Ido: ^{(please verify)} cemento (io)
• Volapük: ^{(please verify)} zäm (vo)

See also

• concrete

Verb

cement (third-person singular simple present cements, present participle cementing, simple past and past participle cemented)

1. (deprecated template usage) (transitive) To affix with cement.
2. (deprecated template usage) (transitive) To overlay or coat with cement.

   to cement a cellar bottom

3. (deprecated template usage) (transitive, figurative) To unite firmly or closely.

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4. (deprecated template usage) (figuratively) To make permanent.
   • "But friendship is a calm and sedate affection, conducted by reason and cemented by habit;" David Hume, http://oll.libertyfund.org/?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=704&chapter=137514&layout=html&Itemid=27

Translations

to affix with cement

• Bulgarian: циментирам (cimentiram)
• Danish: cementere
• German: zementieren (de)
• Irish: stroighnigh, suimintigh, táthaigh
• Italian: cementare
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Russian: цементировать (ru) impf (cem'entírovat')
• Swahili: simiti (sw)
• Welsh: smentio
• Yiddish: צוקלעפּן (tsuklepn)

to make permanent

• Danish: cementere
• German: zementieren (de)
• Italian: cementare, consolidare
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Swahili: simiti (sw)
• Welsh: cadarnhau (cy), cryfhau (cy)

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• French: ^{(please verify)} cimenter (fr)
• Ido: ^{(please verify)} cementagar
• Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} cementar
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: ^{(please verify)} cimentar
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} cementar
• Volapük: ^{(please verify)} zämön

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Czech

Noun

1. cement

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Polish

Pronunciation

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Noun

cement m ?

1. cement

Declension

Declension of cement

	singular
nominative	cement
genitive	cementu
dative	cementowi
accusative	cement
instrumental	cementem
locative	cemencie
vocative	cemencie

Derived terms

• cementowy
• cementować

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /tsěment/
• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Hyphenation: ce‧ment

Noun

1. cement

Declension

Declension of cement

	singular
nominative	cement
genitive	cementa
dative	cementu
accusative	cement
vocative	cemente
locative	cementu
instrumental	cementom

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Swedish

Noun

cement c

1. cement

Declension

Declension of cement

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	cement	cements
	definite	cementen	cementens
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Related terms

• cementblandare