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8-letter words (2 found)

RUDIMENT,UNMITRED,

7-letter words (14 found)

INTRUDE,MINUTED,MINUTER,MUNITED,MUNTRIE,MUTINED,TURDINE,UNMITER,UNMITRE,UNRIMED,UNTIMED,UNTIRED,UNTRIDE,UNTRIED,

6-letter words (33 found)

DUNITE,INURED,ITERUM,MINDER,MINTED,MINTER,MINUET,MINUTE,MITRED,MUNITE,MUNTED,MUNTER,MUREIN,MURINE,MUTINE,REDUIT,REMIND,REMINT,RETUND,RIDENT,RUINED,RUNTED,TEDIUM,TINDER,TRINED,TRIUNE,TUNIER,TURNED,UNITED,UNITER,UNTIED,UNTRIM,URINED,

5-letter words (61 found)

DEMIT,DEMUR,DENIM,DIMER,DINER,DRENT,IDENT,INDUE,INERM,INERT,INTER,INURE,MEINT,MERIT,MINED,MINER,MIRED,MITER,MITRE,MUDIR,MURED,MURID,MURTI,MUTED,MUTER,NITER,NITRE,NUDER,NUDIE,REMIT,RIMED,RUDIE,RUMEN,RUNED,RUTIN,TEIND,TENDU,TIMED,TIMER,TINED,TIRED,TREND,TRIDE,TRIED,TRINE,TRUED,TUMID,TUNED,TUNER,TURME,UNDER,UNITE,UNMET,UNRED,UNRID,UNTIE,URENT,URINE,URITE,URNED,UTERI,

4-letter words (93 found)

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3-letter words (61 found)

DEI,DEN,DIE,DIM,DIN,DIT,DUE,DUI,DUM,DUN,EMU,END,ERM,ERN,IDE,IRE,MED,MEN,MET,MEU,MID,MIR,MUD,MUN,MUT,NED,NET,NID,NIE,NIM,NIT,NUR,NUT,RED,REI,REM,REN,RET,RID,RIM,RIN,RIT,RUD,RUE,RUM,RUN,RUT,TED,TEN,TID,TIE,TIN,TUI,TUM,TUN,UME,UNI,URD,URE,URN,UTE,

2-letter words (22 found)

DE,DI,ED,EM,EN,ER,ET,ID,IN,IT,ME,MI,MU,NE,NU,RE,TE,TI,UM,UN,UR,UT,

1-letter words (1 found)

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Definitions and meaning of rudiment

rudiment

Etymology

From Old French, from Latin rudimentum (“a first attempt, a beginning”), plural rudimenta (“the elements”), from rudis (“rude”); see rude.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɹuːdɪmənt/

Noun

rudiment (plural rudiments)

  1. (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.
  2. (often in the plural) A form that lacks full or complex development.
    I have the rudiments of an escape plan.
  3. (biology) A body part that no longer has a function
  4. (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, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “rudiment”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “rudiment”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Verb

rudiment (third-person singular simple present rudiments, present participle rudimenting, simple past and past participle rudimented)

  1. (transitive) To ground; to settle in first principles.

Anagrams

  • unmitred

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rudīmentum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [ru.ðiˈmen]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic, Valencian) [ru.ðiˈment]

Noun

rudiment m (plural rudiments)

  1. 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, 2024
  • “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.

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian рудимент (rudiment).

Noun

rudiment

  1. rudiment

Declension

References

  • “rudiment”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

French

Etymology

From Latin rudimentum.

Pronunciation

Noun

rudiment m (plural rudiments)

  1. rudiment (fundamental principle)

Related terms

  • rudimentaire

Further reading

  • “rudiment”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French rudiment, from Latin rudimentum.

Noun

rudiment n (plural rudimente)

  1. rudiment

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From German Rudiment, from Latin rudimentum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rudǐment/
  • Hyphenation: ru‧di‧ment

Noun

rudìment m (Cyrillic spelling рудѝмент)

  1. rudiment

Declension

References

  • “rudiment” in Hrvatski jezični portal

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