sediment
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle French sédiment, from Latin sedimentum < sedeō.
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Noun[edit]
sediment (countable and uncountable, plural sediments)
- 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.
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Verb[edit]
sediment (third-person singular simple present sediments, present participle sedimenting, simple past and past participle sedimented)
- (transitive) To deposit material as a sediment.
- (intransitive) To be deposited as a sediment.
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Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin sedimentum.
Noun[edit]
sediment m (plural sediments)
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Further reading[edit]
- “sediment” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “sediment”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “sediment” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “sediment” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Czech[edit]
Noun[edit]
sediment m inan
Declension[edit]
singular | plural | |
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nominative | sediment | sedimenty |
genitive | sedimentu | sedimentů |
dative | sedimentu | sedimentům |
accusative | sediment | sedimenty |
vocative | sedimente | sedimenty |
locative | sedimentu | sedimentech |
instrumental | sedimentem | sedimenty |
Related terms[edit]
- See sese
Further reading[edit]
- sediment in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- sediment in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Middle French sédiment.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
sediment n (plural sedimenten)
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Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin sedimentum.
Noun[edit]
sediment n (definite singular sedimentet, indefinite plural sediment or sedimenter, definite plural sedimenta or sedimentene)
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References[edit]
- “sediment” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin sedimentum.
Noun[edit]
sediment n (definite singular sedimentet, indefinite plural sediment, definite plural sedimenta)
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References[edit]
- “sediment” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French sediment, from Latin sedimentum.
Noun[edit]
sediment n (plural sedimente)
Declension[edit]
singular | plural | |||
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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[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
sedìment m (Cyrillic spelling седѝмент)
Declension[edit]
singular | plural | |
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nominative | sedìment | sedimenti |
genitive | sedimenta | sedimenāta / sedimēntā |
dative | sedimentu | sedimentima |
accusative | sediment | sedimente |
vocative | sedimente | sedimenti |
locative | sedimentu | sedimentima |
instrumental | sedimentom | sedimentima |
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sed-
- English terms derived from Middle French
- English terms derived from Latin
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- Rhymes:English/ɛdɪmənt
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- Catalan terms derived from Latin
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- Rhymes:Dutch/ɛnt
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- nb:Geology
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- nn:Geology
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