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rudiment
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)
- (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.
- 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
- (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)
- (transitive) To ground; to settle in first principles.
Anagrams
- unmitred
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin rudimentum.
Noun
rudiment m (plural rudiments)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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 ????????)
- rudiment
Declension
References
- “rudiment” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal
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proposition
English
Etymology
From Middle English proposicioun, from Old French proposicion, from Latin pr?positi?, from the verb pr?pon?.
Pronunciation
- (US) enPR: präp'?-z?sh??n IPA(key): /?p??p??z???n/
- Rhymes: -???n
- Hyphenation: prop?o?si?tion
Noun
proposition (countable and uncountable, plural propositions)
- (uncountable) The act of offering (an idea) for consideration.
- (countable) An idea or a plan offered.
- (countable, business settings) The terms of a transaction offered.
- (countable, US, politics) In some states, a proposed statute or constitutional amendment to be voted on by the electorate.
- (grammar) A complete sentence.
- c. 1888, The Popular Educator: a Complete Encyclopaedia of Elementary, Advanced, and Technical Education. New and Revised Edition. Volume I., p.98:
- Our English nouns remain unchanged, whether they form the subject or the object of a proposition.
- c. 1888, The Popular Educator: a Complete Encyclopaedia of Elementary, Advanced, and Technical Education. New and Revised Edition. Volume I., p.98:
- (countable, logic) The content of an assertion that may be taken as being true or false and is considered abstractly without reference to the linguistic sentence that constitutes the assertion; (Aristotelian logic) a predicate of a subject that is denied or affirmed and connected by a copula.
- (countable, mathematics) An assertion so formulated that it can be considered true or false.
- (countable, mathematics) An assertion which is provably true, but not important enough to be called a theorem.
- A statement of religious doctrine; an article of faith; creed.
- the propositions of Wyclif and Huss
- 1654, Jeremy Taylor, XXVIII Sermons preached at Golden Grove […]
- Some persons […] change their propositions according as their temporal necessities or advantages do turn.
- (poetry) The part of a poem in which the author states the subject or matter of it.
- Misspelling of preposition.
Synonyms
- (act of offering an idea for consideration): proposal, suggestion
- (idea or plan offered): proposal, suggestion
- (terms offered): proposal
- (content of an assertion): statement
- (proposed statute or constitutional amendment):
Derived terms
- propositional
Translations
Verb
proposition (third-person singular simple present propositions, present participle propositioning, simple past and past participle propositioned)
- (transitive, informal) To make a suggestion of sexual intercourse to (someone with whom one is not sexually involved).
- (transitive, informal) To make an offer or suggestion to (someone).
Related terms
- propose
Translations
Anagrams
- opistoporin
Finnish
Noun
proposition
- Genitive singular form of propositio.
French
Etymology
From Latin pr?positi? (“statement, proposition”), from pr?p?n? (“propose”), from p?n? (“place; assume”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p??.po.zi.sj??/
- Homophone: propositions
Noun
proposition f (plural propositions)
- proposition, suggestion
- (grammar) proposition
- (grammar) clause
Further reading
- “proposition” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle English
Noun
proposition
- Alternative form of proposicioun
Norman
Etymology
From Latin pr?positi?, pr?positi?nem.
Noun
proposition f (plural propositions)
- (Jersey) proposition
- (Jersey, grammar) clause
Derived terms
- proposition prîncipale (“main clause”)
- proposition s'gondaithe (“subordinate clause”)
Swedish
Noun
proposition c
- a proposition, a government bill (draft of a law, proposed by the government)
Usage notes
- bills introduced by members of parliament are called motion
Declension
Related terms
- budgetproposition
- forskningsproposition
- försvarsproposition
- kompletteringsproposition
- kulturproposition
- propositionell
- statsverksproposition
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