atrament
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English
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English atrament, from Latin ātrāmentum, from ātrāre (“to blacken”), from āter (“black”). First attested in the 14th century.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
atrament (countable and uncountable, plural atraments or atramenta)
- (archaic) Ink or an inklike substance.
- (figurative, rare) Any particularly black liquid substance.
- 1908, Théophile Gautier, “King Candaules”, in Lafcadio Hearn, transl., Stories, New York: E. P. Dutton and Company, →OCLC, page 91:
- The irises of those eyes, whose pupils were blacker than atrament, varied singularly in shades of shifting colour.
- 1927, Reginald Wright Kauffman, “Pursuit” (chapter XXVIII), in Blind Man, New York: Duffield & Company, page 268:
- Everything was lost to sight in that ponderous atrament which precedes the dawn.
- 1994, Umberto Eco, translated by William Weaver, The Island of the Day Before, New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, →ISBN, page 158:
- Onyx flashed in her hair, and the delicate fabric that revealed, concealing, the outlines of her face and her body had the same silvery atrament of the stars.
Related terms
References
- ^ “atrament, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
Aragonese
Alternative forms
- altrament (eastern and some central dialects)
Etymology
Inherited from Early Medieval Latin alterā mente. Synchronically derivable from atra + -ment.
Pronunciation
Adverb
atrament
Further reading
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin ātrāmentum.
Noun
atrament (plural atraments)
Related terms
Descendants
- English: atrament
References
- “atrament, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Old Polish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin ātrāmentum.[1][2][3] First attested in 1472.
Pronunciation
Noun
atrament m animacy unattested
Descendants
References
- ^ Stanisław Dubisz, editor (2003), “atrament”, in Uniwersalny słownik języka polskiego [Universal dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volumes 1-4, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN SA, →ISBN
- ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “atrament”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
- ^ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “atrament”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
- B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “atrament”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
Polish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polish atrament.
Pronunciation
Noun
atrament m inan (related adjective atramentowy)
Declension
Declension of atrament
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | atrament | atramenty |
| genitive | atramentu | atramentów |
| dative | atramentowi | atramentom |
| accusative | atrament | atramenty |
| instrumental | atramentem | atramentami |
| locative | atramencie | atramentach |
| vocative | atramencie | atramenty |
Derived terms
nouns
verb
Related terms
adverb
verb
Further reading
- atrament in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- atrament in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “atrament”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
- Danuta Lankiewicz (13.10.2014) “ATRAMENT”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
- Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “atrament”, in Słownik języka polskiego
- Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “atrament”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
- J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “atrament”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 69
Slovak
Pronunciation
Noun
atrament m inan (related adjective atramentový)
- ink (the one used for writing with a pen or a quill)
Declension
Declension of atrament (pattern dub)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | atrament | atramenty |
| genitive | atramentu | atramentov |
| dative | atramentu | atramentom |
| accusative | atrament | atramenty |
| locative | atramente | atramentoch |
| instrumental | atramentom | atramentmi |
Derived terms
Further reading
- “atrament”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024