syment

Middle English

Alternative forms

• cyment, siment, cement, sement, cemente, symonde, symend

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French siment, from Latin caementum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siˈmɛnt/, /ˈsimɛnt/

Noun

syment (uncountable)

1. Cement, mortar, or a similar substance used in construction.
2. (rare) Any sort of adhesive or glue.

Descendants

• English: cement (see there for further descendants)
• Scots: siment, syment, symond, cement

References

• “ciment, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-05-05.