fundament

See also: Fundament

English

Alternative forms

• foundament (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English, from Old French fundement, fondement, from Latin fundāmentum (“foundation”), from fundō (“to lay the bottom, to found”). Doublet of fondamento.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /ˈfʌn.də.mənt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (Australia) IPA^(key): /ˈfan.də.mənt/
• Hyphenation: fun‧da‧ment

Noun

fundament (plural fundaments)

1. Foundation.
2. The bottom; the buttocks or anus.
   • 1703, Thomas Gibson, The anatomy of humane bodies epitomized:

     It [the Sphincter Ani] serves to purse up the Fundament, and so hinders the involuntary Evacuation of the Fæces.

   • 1861, Aristotle (pseud.), Aristotle's Works: containing directions for midwives, and counsel and advice to child-bearing women with various useful remedies., page 119

     ANOTHER defect that new-born infants are liable to is, to have their fundaments closed up; by which they can never evacuate the new excrements engendered by the milk they suck […]

   • 1864, Alfred Fennings, Fennings' everybody's doctor; or, When ill, how to get well, page 9:

     Bathe the parts frequently with cold water, and, if there be much pain at stool, always squirt up the fundament, beforehand, with a syringe, half a teacupful of cold water.

   • 2008, Eric Summers, Ride Me Cowboy: Erotic Tales of the West, page 38:

     I flinched when he touched my rosebud, but pretty soon I was fucking his mouth like it was Hector's fundament.

3. The underlying basis or principle for a theoretical or mathematical system.

Related terms

• fundamental

Descendants

• → Welsh: ffwndament

Translations

foundation — see also foundation

• Spanish: fundamento (es) m

anus — see anus

underlying basis or principle for a theoretical or mathematical system

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 基礎 / 基础 (zh) (jīchǔ)

• Finnish: perusteet (fi) pl
• Russian: фунда́мент (ru) m (fundáment)
• Turkish: temel (tr)

  Ottoman Turkish: تمل (temel)

Danish

Etymology

From Latin fundāmentum.

Noun

fundament n (singular definite fundamentet, plural indefinite fundamenter)

1. foundation (of a house etc.)

   Synonym: sokkel

2. foundation, basis

   Synonyms: basis, grundlag

Declension

Declension of fundament

neuter gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	fundament	fundamentet	fundamenter	fundamenterne
genitive	fundaments	fundamentets	fundamenters	fundamenternes

Derived terms

• fundamental
• fundamentere
• betonfundament

See also

• grundsten
• syldsten

References

• “fundament” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch fondament, from Old French fundement, fondement, from Latin fundāmentum (“foundation”), from fundō (“to lay the bottom, to found”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌfʏn.daːˌmɛnt/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: fun‧da‧ment
• Rhymes: -ɛnt

Noun

fundament n (plural fundamenten, diminutive fundamentje n)

1. basis
2. foundation, basis

   Synonym: fundering

Related terms

• fundamenteel

Descendants

• Negerhollands: fondament
• → Caribbean Javanese: pandhemèn
• → Indonesian: fundamen
• → Papiamentu: fondement

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin fundāmentum.

Noun

fundament n (definite singular fundamentet, indefinite plural fundament or fundamenter, definite plural fundamenta or fundamentene)

1. a foundation

Related terms

• fundamental

References

• “fundament” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin fundāmentum.

Noun

fundament n (definite singular fundamentet, indefinite plural fundament, definite plural fundamenta)

1. a foundation

Related terms

• fundamental

References

• “fundament” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

fundamenty

Alternative forms

• fudament (Lasovia)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ-?

Proto-Indo-European *-mḗn

Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰmḗn

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰnós

Proto-Indo-European *bʰundʰós

Proto-Italic *fundos

Latin fundus

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin fundō

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom

Proto-Italic *-mentom

Latin -mentum

Latin fundāmentumlbor.

Polish fundament

Learned borrowing from Latin fundāmentum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /funˈda.mɛnt/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -amɛnt
• Syllabification: fun‧da‧ment

Noun

fundament m inan

1. (architecture) foundation (lowest and supporting part or member of a wall)
2. (figurative) base, basis, foundation

   Synonyms: baza, podstawa

Declension

Declension of fundament

	singular	plural
nominative	fundament	fundamenty
genitive	fundamentu	fundamentów
dative	fundamentowi	fundamentom
accusative	fundament	fundamenty
instrumental	fundamentem	fundamentami
locative	fundamencie	fundamentach
vocative	fundamencie	fundamenty

Further reading

• “fundament”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “fundament”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French fondement. By surface analysis, funda +‎ -ment.

Noun

fundament n (plural fundamente)

1. foundation

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	fundament	fundamentul	fundamente	fundamentele
genitive-dative	fundament	fundamentului	fundamente	fundamentelor
vocative	fundamentule		fundamentelor