rudiment
pronunciation
How to pronounce rudiment in British English:
UK ['ru:dɪmənt]
How to pronounce rudiment in American English:
US ['rudəmənt]
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- Noun:
- the elementary stages of any subject (usually plural)
- the remains of a body part that was functional at an earlier stage of life
Word Origin
- rudiment (n.)
- 1540s, from Middle French rudiment (16c.) or directly from Latin rudimentum "early training, first experience, beginning, first principle," from rudis "unlearned, untrained" (see rude). Related: Rudiments.
Synonym
Example
- 1. The angular - shall , even rudiment !
- 2. It does not take me long to pick up the rudiment of the language .
- 3. Amere tendency to produce rudiment is indeed sometimes thus inherited .
- 4. The rudiment of this candy is from penny candy within 1st world war , it contains pig-skin gel inside .
- 5. The rudiment of anglo-american medical school ---- the development of missionary medical school .