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Webster 1913 Edition

Fundament

Fun′da-ment

,
Noun.
[OE.
fundament
,
fundement
,
fondement
, OF.
fundement
,
fondement
, F.
fondement
, fr. L.
fundamentum
foundation, fr.
fundare
to lay the bottom, to found, fr.
fundus
bottom. See
Fund
.]
1.
Foundation.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
2.
The part of the body on which one sits; the buttocks; specifically
(Anat.)
, the anus.
Hume.

Webster 1828 Edition

Fundament

FUND'AMENT

,
Noun.
[L. fundamentum, from fundo, to set.]
1.
The seat; the lower part of the body or of the intestinum rectum.
2.
Foundation. [Not in use.]

Definition 2024

Fundament

Fundament

See also: fundament

German

Noun

Fundament n ‎(genitive Fundaments or Fundamentes, plural Fundamente)

  1. foundation
  2. base
  3. footing, grounding

Declension

fundament

fundament

See also: Fundament

English

Noun

fundament ‎(plural fundaments)

  1. Foundation.
  2. The bottom; the buttocks or anus.
    • 1703, Thomas Gibson, The anatomy of humane bodies epitomized:
      It [the Sphincter Ani] serves to purse up the Fundament, and so hinders the involuntary Evacuation of the Fæces.
    • 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...
    • 1864, Alfred Fennings, Fennings' everybody's doctor; or, When ill, how to get well, page 9
      Bathe the parts frequently with cold water, and, if there be much pain at stool, always squirt up the fundament, beforehand, with a syringe, half a teacupful of cold water.
    • 2008, Eric Summers , Ride Me Cowboy: Erotic Tales of the West, page 38:
      I flinched when he touched my rosebud, but pretty soon I was **** his mouth like it was Hector's fundament.
  3. The underlying basis or principle for a theoretical or mathematical system.

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Translations

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: fun‧da‧ment
  • Rhymes: -ɛnt

Etymology

From Old French fundement, fondement, from Latin fundamentum ‎(“foundation”), from fundō ‎(“I lay the bottom, I found”).

Noun

fundament n ‎(plural fundamenten, diminutive fundamentje n)

  1. basis
  2. foundation

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin fundamentum

Noun

fundament n ‎(definite singular fundamentet, indefinite plural fundament or fundamenter, definite plural fundamenta or fundamentene)

  1. a foundation

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin fundamentum

Noun

fundament n ‎(definite singular fundamentet, indefinite plural fundament, definite plural fundamenta)

  1. a foundation

References

Polish

fundamenty

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /funˈda.mɛnt/

Noun

fundament m inan

  1. foundation (lowest and supporting part or member of a wall)

Declension

Etymology

Middle English, from Old French fundement, fondement, from Latin fundāmentum ‎(“foundation”), from fundō ‎(“I lay the bottom, I found”).

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