excrement

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɛkskɹəmənt/ === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Latin excrēmentum, from excernō (“to excrete”). ==== Noun ==== excrement (countable and uncountable, plural excrements) (now specifically) Human and non-human animal solid waste excreted from the bowels; feces. (archaic) Any waste matter excreted from the human or non-human animal body, or discharged by bodily organs. Synonyms: excretion, excretum , Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.97: A French Gentleman was ever wont to blow his nose in his hand […]. He asked me on a time, what privilege this filthie excrement had, that wee should have a daintie linnen cloth or handkercher to receive the same. ===== Synonyms ===== See also Thesaurus:feces ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== excreta excrete excremental excrementitious ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Latin excrēmentum, from excrēscō (“to grow out”). ==== Noun ==== excrement (plural excrements) (obsolete) Something which grows out of the body; hair, nails, etc. == Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin excrēmentum. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central) [əks.kɾəˈmen] IPA(key): (Balearic) [əks.kɾəˈment] IPA(key): (Valencia) [eks.kɾeˈment] === Noun === excrement m (plural excrements) (also in the plural) excrement ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “excrement”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “excrement”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “excrement” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. “excrement” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962. == Latin == === Verb === excrement third-person plural present active subjunctive of excremō == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French excrément, Latin excrementum. === Noun === excrement n (plural excremente) excrement, feces Synonyms: fecale; (slang) rahat; (vulgar) căcat; (of animals) baligă ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (popular) scârnă, scremet