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English
Etymology
From Old French, from Latin rudimentum (“a first attempt, a beginning”), plural rudimenta (“the elements”), from rudis (“rude”); see rude.
Pronunciation
Noun
rudiment (plural rudiments)
- (often in the plural) A fundamental principle or skill, especially in a field of learning.
We'll be learning the rudiments of thermodynamics next week.
c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :This boy is forest-born, / And hath been tutored in the rudiments / Of many desperate studies.
- (often in the plural) A form that lacks full or complex development.
I have the rudiments of an escape plan.
a. 1865, Isaac Taylor, Ornamentation of Nature:The single leaf is the rudiment of beauty in landscape.
- (biology) A body part that no longer has a function
- (music) In percussion, one of a selection of basic drum patterns learned as an exercise.
Hypernyms
Derived terms
Translations
fundamental principle or skill
biology: body part that has no function left
music: basic drum pattern
Further reading
- “rudiment”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “rudiment”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “rudiment”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Verb
rudiment (third-person singular simple present rudiments, present participle rudimenting, simple past and past participle rudimented)
- (transitive) To ground; to settle in first principles.
Anagrams
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin rudīmentum.
Pronunciation
Noun
rudiment m (plural rudiments)
- rudiment (fundamental principle)
Further reading
Crimean Tatar
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian рудимент (rudiment).
Noun
rudiment
- rudiment
Declension
References
French
Etymology
From Latin rudimentum.
Pronunciation
Noun
rudiment m (plural rudiments)
- rudiment (fundamental principle)
Further reading
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French rudiment, from Latin rudimentum.
Noun
rudiment n (plural rudimente)
- rudiment
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From German Rudiment, from Latin rudimentum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /rudǐment/
- Hyphenation: ru‧di‧ment
Noun
rudìment m (Cyrillic spelling рудѝмент)
- rudiment
Declension
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