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See also: Fundament

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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.

Descendants

  • → Welsh: ffwndament

Translations

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Dutch

Etymology

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

Descendants

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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

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin fundāmentum.

Noun

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

  1. a foundation

References

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Alternative forms

Etymology

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
More information singular, plural ...

Further reading

  • fundament in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • fundament in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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Romanian

Etymology

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

Noun

fundament n (plural fundamente)

  1. foundation

Declension

More information singular, plural ...
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