fundament
fun·da·ment
fundament · fundaments
фундамент
FoundationFoundation.
/ˈfʌn.də.mənt/
» "Where's Tom?" "Up his own fundament."
„Wo ist denn Tom?“ – „Bei sich selbst im Steiß.“
Meaning
3 sensesFoundation.
The bottom; the buttocks or anus.
The underlying basis or principle for a theoretical or mathematical system.
фунда́ментfundáment
More definitions
- lowest support of a structure
- the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained
- the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
Examples
1 sentences"Where's Tom?" "Up his own fundament."
de„Wo ist denn Tom?“ – „Bei sich selbst im Steiß.“
Translations
3 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
underlying basis or principle for a theoretical or mathematical system:
Origin
From Middle English, from Old French fundement, fondement, from Latin fundāmentum (“foundaFrom Middle English, from Old French fundement, fondement, from Latin fundāmentum (“foundation”), from fundō (“to lay the bottom, to found”). Doublet of fondamento.
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Forms
plural: fundaments| Singular | fundament |
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Synonyms
35 synonymsClose in meaning
- lowest support of a structure:foundationbasefootgroundworksubstructureunderstructure
- the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained:basisbasefoundationgroundworkcornerstone
- the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on:buttocksnatesarsebuttbacksidebumbunscan
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedfundamentalB2