# rudiment
## English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɹuːdɪmənt/
* Audio (US):(file)

### Noun

rudiment (plural rudiments)
* (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.
** c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iv]:This boy is forest-born, / And hath been tutored in the rudiments / Of many desperate studies.
* (often in the plural) A form that lacks full or complex development.
    I have the rudiments of an escape plan.
** 1671, John Milton, “(please specify the page)”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC:But I will bring thee where thou soon shalt quit / Those rudiments, and see before thine eyes / The monarchies of the earth.
** a. 1865, Isaac Taylor, Ornamentation of Nature:The single leaf is the rudiment of beauty in landscape.
* (biology) A body part that no longer has a function
* (music) In percussion, one of a selection of basic drum patterns learned as an exercise.
** 2014, Damien Chazelle, Whiplash, spoken by Terence Fletcher (J. K. Simmons):Show me your rudiments.

#### Hypernyms

* (biology): vestigiality

#### Derived terms

* rudimental
* rudimentary

#### Related terms

* erudite

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

### Anagrams

* unmitred

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rudīmentum.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ru.ðiˈmen]
* IPA: (Balearic, Valencia) [ru.ðiˈment]

### Noun

rudiment m (plural rudiments)
* 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
* rudiment

#### Declension
### References

* “rudiment”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

## French
### Etymology

From Latin rudimentum.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

rudiment m (plural rudiments)
* 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)
* rudiment

#### Declension
## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

From German Rudiment, from Latin rudimentum.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /rudǐment/
* Hyphenation: ru‧di‧ment

### Noun

rudìment m (Cyrillic spelling рудѝмент)
* rudiment

#### Declension
### References

* “rudiment” in Hrvatski jezični portal