sedimento

See also: sedimentó and sedimentò

Galician

Etymology

From Latin sedimentum.

Noun

sedimento m (plural sedimentos)

1. sediment

Related terms

• sedimentación
• sedimentario

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /se.diˈmen.to/
• Rhymes: -ento
• Hyphenation: se‧di‧mén‧to

Etymology 1

From Latin sedimentum.

Noun

sedimento m (plural sedimenti)

1. sediment

Related terms

• sedimentare
• sedimentario
• sedimentazione
• sedimentologia

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

sedimento

1. first-person singular present indicative of sedimentare

Anagrams

• temendosi

Latin

Noun

sedimentō

1. dative/ablative singular of sedimentum

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ẽtu

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /se.d͡ʒiˈmẽ.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /se.d͡ʒiˈmẽ.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /se.d͡ʒiˈmẽ.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨ.diˈmẽ.tu/ [sɨ.ðiˈmẽ.tu]

• Hyphenation: se‧di‧men‧to

Etymology 1

From Latin sedimentum.

Noun

sedimento m (plural sedimentos)

1. sediment

Related terms

• sedimentário

Etymology 2

Verb

sedimento

1. first-person singular present indicative of sedimentar

Further reading

• “sedimento”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “sedimento”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sediˈmento/ [se.ð̞iˈmẽn̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: se‧di‧men‧to

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *sed-

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti

Proto-Indo-European *sedéh₁yeti

Proto-Italic *sedēō

Latin sedeō

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom

Proto-Italic *-mentom

Latin -mentum

Latin sedimentumbor.

Spanish sedimento

Borrowed from Latin sedimentum.

Noun

sedimento m (plural sedimentos)

1. sediment

Related terms

• sedimentar
• sedimentario

Etymology 2

Verb

sedimento

1. first-person singular present indicative of sedimentar

Further reading

• “sedimento”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025