rudiment
rudiment - English
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈɹuːdɪmənt/
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.
- (often in the plural) A form that lacks full or complex development.
- I have the rudiments of an escape plan.
- (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
- (biology): vestigiality
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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
rudiment - Catalan
Noun
rudiment m (plural rudiments)
- rudiment (fundamental principle)
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rudiment - French
Noun
rudiment m (plural rudiments)
- rudiment (fundamental principle)
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rudiment - Romanian
Noun
rudiment n (plural rudimente)
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) rudiment | rudimentul | (niște) rudimente | rudimentele |
| genitive/dative | (unui) rudiment | rudimentului | (unor) rudimente | rudimentelor |
| vocative | rudimentule | rudimentelor | ||
rudiment - Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA: /rudǐment/
- Hyphenation: ru‧di‧ment
Noun
rudìment m (Cyrillic spelling рудѝмент)