# atrament
## English
### Etymology

Inherited from Middle English atrament, from Latin ātrāmentum, from ātrāre (“to blacken”), from āter (“black”). First attested in the 14th century.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈæ.tɹə.mɛnt/

### Noun

atrament (countable and uncountable, plural atraments or atramenta)
* (archaic) Ink or an inklike substance.
* (figurative, rare) Any particularly black liquid substance.
** 1908, Théophile Gautier, “King Candaules”, in Lafcadio Hearn, transl., Stories, New York: E. P. Dutton and Company, →OCLC, page 91:The irises of those eyes, whose pupils were blacker than atrament, varied singularly in shades of shifting colour.
** 1927, Reginald Wright Kauffman, “Pursuit” (chapter XXVIII), in Blind Man, New York: Duffield & Company, page 268:Everything was lost to sight in that ponderous atrament which precedes the dawn.
** 1994, Umberto Eco, translated by William Weaver, The Island of the Day Before, New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, →ISBN, page 158:Onyx flashed in her hair, and the delicate fabric that revealed, concealing, the outlines of her face and her body had the same silvery atrament of the stars.

#### Related terms

* atramentaceous
* atramental
* atramentarious
* atramentous

### References

* ↑ “atrament, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

## Aragonese
### Alternative forms

* altrament (eastern and some central dialects)

### Etymology

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin alterā mente. Synchronically derivable from atra +‎ -ment.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˌatɾaˈmen/
* Rhymes: -en
* Syllabification: a‧tra‧ment

### Adverb

atrament
* otherwise

### Further reading

* Diccionario ortografico de l'aragonés (Seguntes la PO de l'EFA)

## Middle English
### Alternative forms

* attrament

### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin ātrāmentum.

### Noun

atrament (plural atraments)
* ink
* vitriol

#### Related terms

* arnement

#### Descendants

* English: atrament

### References

* “atrament, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

## Old Polish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin ātrāmentum. First attested in 1472.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (10th–15th CE) /atramɛnt/
* IPA: (15th CE) /atramɛnt/

### Noun

atrament m animacy unattested
* iron sulfate used for making ink
** 1900 [1472], Józef Rostafiński, editor, Symbola ad historiam naturalem medii aevi = Średniowieczna historya naturalna w Polsce. Ps 2‎, number 50:Atramenth atramentum[Atrament atramentum]

#### Descendants

* Polish: atrament, atramént (Masuria)
* Silesian: atramynt

### References

* ↑ Stanisław Dubisz, editor (2003), “atrament”, in Uniwersalny słownik języka polskiego [Universal dictionary of the Polish language]‎ (in Polish), volumes 1-4, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN SA, →ISBN
* ↑ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “atrament”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
* ↑ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “atrament”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
* B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “atrament”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

## Polish
### Alternative forms

* atramént (Masuria)

### Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish atrament.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈtra.mɛnt/
* (Middle Polish) IPA: /aˈtra.mɛnt/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -amɛnt
* Syllabification: a‧tra‧ment

### Noun

atrament m inan (related adjective atramentowy)
* ink (fluid used for writing) [from 17th c.]
    Synonyms: inkaust, (archaic) tusz
* (Middle Polish, medicine) iron or tin medicinal compound

#### Derived terms

* atrament sympatyczny
* atramentówka
* wylać morze atramentu

#### Related terms

* atramentowo
* wylać morze atramentu

### Further reading

* atrament in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* atrament in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “atrament”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
* Danuta Lankiewicz (13.10.2014) “ATRAMENT”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
* Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “atrament”, in Słownik języka polskiego
* Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “atrament”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
* J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “atrament”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 69

## Slovak
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈatrament]

### Noun

atrament m inan (relational adjective atramentový)
* ink (the one used for writing with a pen or a quill)

#### Derived terms

* atramentovo

### Further reading

* “atrament”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025
* ↑ Danuta Lankiewicz (13.10.2014) “ATRAMENT”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]