cement

== English == === Alternative forms === caement, cæment (archaic) === Etymology === From Middle English syment, cyment, from Old French ciment, from Latin caementum (“quarry stone; stone chips for making mortar”), from caedō (“to cut, hew”). Doublet of cementum. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /səˈmɛnt/ (Southern US) IPA(key): /ˈsi.mɛnt/ Rhymes: -ɛnt Hyphenation: ce‧ment === Noun === cement (countable and uncountable, plural cements) (countable, uncountable) A powdered substance produced by firing (calcining) calcium carbonate (limestone) and clay that develops strong cohesive properties when mixed with water. The main ingredient of concrete. (uncountable) The paste-like substance resulting from mixing such a powder with water, or the rock-like substance that forms when it dries. (uncountable) Any material with strong adhesive and cohesive properties such as binding agents, glues, grout. (figurative) A bond of union; that which unites firmly, as persons in friendship or in society. (anatomy) The layer of bone investing the root and neck of a tooth; cementum. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== concrete === Verb === cement (third-person singular simple present cements, present participle cementing, simple past and past participle cemented) (transitive) To affix with cement. (transitive) To overlay or coat with cement. (transitive, figurative) To unite firmly or closely. (figuratively) To make permanent. ==== Translations ==== == Czech == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈt͡sɛmɛnt] === Noun === cement m inan cement ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “cement”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957 “cement”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989 “cement”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026 == Danish == === Noun === cement c cement ==== Related terms ==== cementblandar == Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch ciment, from Old French ciment, from Latin caementum. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /səˈmɛnt/ Hyphenation: ce‧ment Rhymes: -ɛnt === Noun === cement n (uncountable, no diminutive) cement (powder, paste) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Afrikaans: sement → Caribbean Hindustani: samenti → Caribbean Javanese: semèn → Indonesian: semen → Papiamentu: semènt, samènt → West Frisian: semint == Middle English == === Noun === cement alternative form of syment == Polish == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Zement, from late Middle High German cēment, from earlier zīment, zīmente, from Old French ciment, from Latin caementum. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈt͡sɛ.mɛnt/ Rhymes: -ɛmɛnt Syllabification: ce‧ment === Noun === cement m inan cement (powdered substance) cement (paste-like substance) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “cement”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[4] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “cement”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[5] (in Polish) == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French cément. === Noun === cement n (plural cementuri) cementum ==== Declension ==== == Serbo-Croatian == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Zement, from Latin caementum (“quarry stone; stone chips for making mortar”), from caedō (“to cut, hew”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /t͡sěment/ Hyphenation: ce‧ment === Noun === cèment m inan (Cyrillic spelling цѐмент) cement ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “cement”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026 == Swedish == === Noun === cement c cement ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== cementblandare