excreta

English

Etymology

From Latin excrēta, neuter plural of excrētus, past participle of excernere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪkˈskɹiːtə/

Noun

excreta pl (normally plural, singular excretum)

1. Bodily waste which is excreted from the body.

   Synonyms: excrements, excretions

   • 2009, Ronald J. LeBlanc, Peter Matthews, Roland P. Richard, Global Atlas of Excreta, Wastewater Sludge, and Biosolids Management, page 24:

     Human excreta are made up mostly of urine and excrement that include diverse complex molecules derived from foods and bodily processes – carbohydrates, sugars, fats, etc.

Usage notes

Although strictly a plural noun, in practice the word is occasionally used as if it were an uncountable noun.

Anagrams

• exacter

Catalan

Verb

excreta

1. inflection of excretar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Latin

Participle

excrēta

1. inflection of excrētus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Participle

excrētā

1. ablative feminine singular of excrētus

References

• excreta in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛtɐ
• Hyphenation: ex‧cre‧ta

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin excrēta.

Noun

excreta f (plural excretas)

1. (biology) excreta

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:fezes

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

excreta

1. inflection of excretar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French excréter.

Verb

a excreta (third-person singular present excretez, past participle excretat) 1st conj.

1. to excrete

Conjugation

Spanish

Verb

excreta

1. inflection of excretar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative