sedum

See also: Sedum and sédum

English

a sedum
Sedum atratum

Etymology

From Middle English cedum, from Latin sedum (“houseleek”). Modern usage is a semantic loan from translingual Sedum.

Noun

sedum (plural sedums)

1. Any of various succulent plants, of the genus Sedum, native to temperate zones; the stonecrop.

Derived terms

• goldmoss sedum

Translations

Sedum-genus plant

• Polish: rozchodnik (pl) m
• Russian: се́дум (ru) m (sédum)

Further reading

• sedum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Sedum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Sedum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• DEMUs, Demus, mused

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɛdum]

Numeral

sedum

1. informal form of sedm

Declension

Declension of sedum (pl-only numeral)

	plural
nominative	sedum
genitive	sedmi
dative	sedmi
accusative	sedum
vocative	sedum
locative	sedmi
instrumental	sedmi

Further reading

• “sedum”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sedum (“houseleek”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈseː.dʏm/

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• Hyphenation: se‧dum

Noun

sedum n or m (plural sedums, diminutive sedumpje n)

1. synonym of vetkruid (“stonecrop, succulent plant of genus Sedum”)

Derived terms

• sedumdak

Latin

Etymology 1

Unknown.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈsɛ.dũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈsɛː.dum]

Noun

sedum n (genitive sedī); second declension

1. The houseleek

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	sedum	seda
genitive	sedī	sedōrum
dative	sedō	sedīs
accusative	sedum	seda
ablative	sedō	sedīs
vocative	sedum	seda

Descendants

• Translingual: Sedum

Etymology 2

Noun

sēdum

1. genitive plural of sēdēs

References

• “sedum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “sedum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.