sediment
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English
Etymology
From Middle French sédiment, from Latin sedimentum < sedeō.
Pronunciation
Noun
sediment (countable and uncountable, plural sediments)
- A collection of small particles, particularly dirt, that precipitates from a river or other body of water.
- The Nile delta is composed of sediment that was washed down and deposited at the mouth of the river.
Hyponyms
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Translations
collection of small particles
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Verb
sediment (third-person singular simple present sediments, present participle sedimenting, simple past and past participle sedimented)
- (transitive) To deposit material as a sediment.
- (intransitive) To be deposited as a sediment.
Translations
to deposit material as a sediment
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to be deposited as a sediment
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Anagrams
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin sedimentum.
Pronunciation
Noun
sediment m (plural sediments)
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Further reading
- “sediment” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “sediment”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “sediment” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “sediment” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Czech
Noun
sediment m inan
Declension
Declension of sediment (hard masculine inanimate)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | sediment | sedimenty |
| genitive | sedimentu | sedimentů |
| dative | sedimentu | sedimentům |
| accusative | sediment | sedimenty |
| vocative | sedimente | sedimenty |
| locative | sedimentu | sedimentech |
| instrumental | sedimentem | sedimenty |
Related terms
- See sese
Further reading
- sediment in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- sediment in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French sédiment.
Pronunciation
Noun
sediment n (plural sedimenten)
Derived terms
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Latin sedimentum.
Noun
sediment n (definite singular sedimentet, indefinite plural sediment or sedimenter, definite plural sedimenta or sedimentene)
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References
- “sediment” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Latin sedimentum.
Noun
sediment n (definite singular sedimentet, indefinite plural sediment, definite plural sedimenta)
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References
- “sediment” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French sediment, from Latin sedimentum.
Noun
sediment n (plural sedimente)
Declension
Declension of sediment
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) sediment | sedimentul | (niște) sedimente | sedimentele |
| genitive/dative | (unui) sediment | sedimentului | (unor) sedimente | sedimentelor |
| vocative | sedimentule | sedimentelor | ||
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Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
Noun
sedìment m (Cyrillic spelling седѝмент)
Declension
Declension of sediment
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | sedìment | sedimenti |
| genitive | sedimenta | sedimenāta / sedimēntā |
| dative | sedimentu | sedimentima |
| accusative | sediment | sedimente |
| vocative | sedimente | sedimenti |
| locative | sedimentu | sedimentima |
| instrumental | sedimentom | sedimentima |