excrement
See also: excrément
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɛkskɹəmənt/
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin excrēmentum, from excernō (“I excrete”).
Noun
excrement (countable and uncountable, plural excrements)
- (now specifically) Human and animal solid waste excreted from the bowels; feces.
- (archaic) Any waste matter excreted from the human or animal body, or discharged by bodily organs.
- 1603, John Florio, transl.; Michel de Montaigne, The Essayes, […], printed at London: By Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821:, Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.97:
- A French Gentleman was ever wont to blow his nose in his hand […]. He asked me on a time, what privilege this filthie excrement had, that wee should have a daintie linnen cloth or handkercher to receive the same.
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Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:feces
Related terms
Translations
human and animal solid waste
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Etymology 2
Borrowed from Latin excrēmentum, from excrēscō (“I grow out”).
Latin
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French excrément, Latin excrementum.
Declension
declension of excrement
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) excrement | excrementul | (niște) excremente | excrementele |
genitive/dative | (unui) excrement | excrementului | (unor) excremente | excrementelor |
vocative | excrementule | excrementelor |
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