different between anlage vs rudiment

English

Etymology

From German Anlage.

Noun

anlage (plural anlages or anlagen)

1. (biology) A primordium, the initial clustering of embryonic cells from which a body part develops.
2. (genetics) An allele, a specific version of a gene (as used by Gregor Mendel).
3. (psychology) Temperament, the predominant personality type.

Anagrams

• Angela, Galena, alnage, galena, lagena

English

Etymology

From Old French, from Latin rudimentum (“a first attempt, a beginning”), plural rudimenta (“the elements”), from rudis (“rude”); see rude.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??u?d?m?nt/

Noun

rudiment (plural rudiments)

1. (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.
2. (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.

3. (biology) A body part that no longer has a function
4. (music) In percussion, one of a selection of basic drum patterns learned as an exercise.

Hypernyms

• (biology): vestigiality

Derived terms

• rudimental
• rudimentary

Related terms

• erudite

Translations

Further reading

• rudiment in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• rudiment in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• rudiment at OneLook Dictionary Search

Verb

rudiment (third-person singular simple present rudiments, present participle rudimenting, simple past and past participle rudimented)

1. (transitive) To ground; to settle in first principles.

Anagrams

• unmitred

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin rudimentum.

Noun

rudiment m (plural rudiments)

1. rudiment (fundamental principle)

Related terms

• rudimentari

Further reading

• “rudiment” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “rudiment” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “rudiment” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “rudiment” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

Latin rudimentum

Noun

rudiment m (plural rudiments)

1. rudiment (fundamental principle)

Related terms

• rudimentaire

Further reading

• “rudiment” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Romanian

Etymology

From French rudiment, from Latin rudimentum.

Noun

rudiment n (plural rudimente)

1. rudiment

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From German Rudiment, from Latin rudimentum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rud?ment/
• Hyphenation: ru?di?ment

Noun

rudìment m (Cyrillic spelling ????????)

1. rudiment

Declension

References

• “rudiment” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal