cement

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English

Alternative forms

• caement, cæment (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle English syment, cyment, from Old French ciment, from Latin caementum (“quarry stone; stone chips for making mortar”), from caedō (“I cut, hew”). Doublet of cementum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səˈmɛnt/
• (Southern US) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.mɛnt/
• Rhymes: -ɛnt
• Hyphenation: ce‧ment

Noun

cement (countable and uncountable, plural cements)

1. (countable, uncountable) A powdered substance produced by firing (calcining) calcium carbonate (limestone) and clay that develops strong cohesive properties when mixed with water. The main ingredient of concrete.
2. (uncountable) The paste-like substance resulting from mixing such a powder with water, or the rock-like substance that forms when it dries.
3. (uncountable) Any material with strong adhesive and cohesive properties such as binding agents, glues, grout.
4. (figurative) A bond of union; that which unites firmly, as persons in friendship or in society.

5. (anatomy) The layer of bone investing the root and neck of a tooth; cementum.

Derived terms

Descendants

Translations

See also

• concrete

Verb

cement (third-person singular simple present cements, present participle cementing, simple past and past participle cemented)

1. (transitive) To affix with cement.
2. (transitive) To overlay or coat with cement.

3. (transitive, figurative) To unite firmly or closely.
4. (figuratively) To make permanent.

Translations

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡sɛmɛnt]

Noun

cement m inan

1. cement

Declension

Related terms

Further reading

• “cement”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “cement”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Noun

cement c

1. cement

Related terms

• cementblandar

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch ciment, from Old French ciment, from Latin caementum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səˈmɛnt/
• Hyphenation: ce‧ment
• Rhymes: -ɛnt

Noun

cement n (uncountable)

1. cement (powder, paste)

Derived terms

Descendants

• Afrikaans: sement
• → Caribbean Hindustani: samenti
• → Caribbean Javanese: semèn
• → Indonesian: semen
• → Papiamentu: semènt, samènt
• → West Frisian: semint

Middle English

Noun

cement

1. Alternative form of syment

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Zement, from late Middle High German cēment, from earlier zīment, zīmente, from Old French ciment, from Latin caementum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sɛ.mɛnt/
• Rhymes: -ɛmɛnt
• Syllabification: ce‧ment

Noun

cement m inan

1. cement (powdered substance)
2. cement (paste-like substance)

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• cement in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• cement in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French cément.

Noun

cement n (plural cementuri)

1. cementum

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Zement, from Latin caementum (“quarry stone; stone chips for making mortar”), from caedo (“I cut, hew”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡sěment/
• Hyphenation: ce‧ment

Noun

cèment m (Cyrillic spelling цѐмент)

1. cement

Declension

Swedish

Noun

cement c

1. cement

Declension

Related terms

• cementblandare