fundament

== English == === Alternative forms === foundament (obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle English, from Old French fundement, fondement, from Latin fundāmentum (“foundation”), from fundō (“I lay the bottom, I found”). Doublet of fondamento. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈfʌn.də.mənt/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈfan.də.mənt/ Hyphenation: fun‧da‧ment === Noun === fundament (plural fundaments) Foundation. The bottom; the buttocks or anus. 1861, Aristotle (pseud.), Aristotle's Works: containing directions for midwives, and counsel and advice to child-bearing women with various useful remedies., page 119 ANOTHER defect that new-born infants are liable to is, to have their fundaments closed up; by which they can never evacuate the new excrements engendered by the milk they suck […] The underlying basis or principle for a theoretical or mathematical system. ==== Related terms ==== fundamental ==== Descendants ==== → Welsh: ffwndament ==== Translations ==== == Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch fondament, from Old French fundement, fondement, from Latin fundāmentum (“foundation”), from fundō (“I lay the bottom, I found”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌfʏn.daːˌmɛnt/ Hyphenation: fun‧da‧ment Rhymes: -ɛnt === Noun === fundament n (plural fundamenten, diminutive fundamentje n) basis foundation, basis Synonym: fundering ==== Related terms ==== fundamenteel ==== Descendants ==== Negerhollands: fondament → Caribbean Javanese: pandhemèn → Indonesian: fundamen → Papiamentu: fondement == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From Latin fundāmentum. === Noun === fundament n (definite singular fundamentet, indefinite plural fundament or fundamenter, definite plural fundamenta or fundamentene) a foundation ==== Related terms ==== fundamental === References === “fundament” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From Latin fundāmentum. === Noun === fundament n (definite singular fundamentet, indefinite plural fundament, definite plural fundamenta) a foundation ==== Related terms ==== fundamental === References === “fundament” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Polish == === Alternative forms === fudament (Lasovia) === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin fundāmentum. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /funˈda.mɛnt/ Rhymes: -amɛnt Syllabification: fun‧da‧ment === Noun === fundament m inan (architecture) foundation (lowest and supporting part or member of a wall) (figurative) base, basis, foundation Synonyms: baza, podstawa ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === fundament in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN fundament in Polish dictionaries at PWN == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French fondement. By surface analysis, funda +‎ -ment. === Noun === fundament n (plural fundamente) foundation ==== Declension ====