excrement
/ˈɛkskɹəmənt/
excrement noun: human and non-human animal solid waste excreted from the bowels; feces.
Noun (1)
excrement (countable and uncountable, plural excrements)
- Human and non-human animal solid waste excreted from the bowels; feces.
- The Roman poet Horace states that the excrement of the crocodile has aphrodisiac virtues.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 71
- Any waste matter excreted from the human or non-human animal body, or discharged by bodily organs.
- A French Gentleman was ever wont to blow his nose in his hand […]. He asked me on a time, what privilege this filthie excrement had, that wee should have a daintie linnen cloth or handkercher to receive the same., Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.97
Noun (2)
excrement (plural excrements)
excrement meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
excrement in Hindi
- human and animal solid waste
- टट्टी ṭaṭṭī, मल mal, गू gū, गूह gūh, गुह guh, गोबर gobar
excrement in Tamil
- உடல்கழிவு, உடற்கழிவு, சாணம், மலம், மனிதக்கழிவு, பிய்
excrement in Urdu
- human and animal solid waste
- گو gu, گوہ guh
excrement in Bengali
- excrement, excreta, poop; dung, droppings, manure
- গু gu
- excrement, faeces, stool, dung
- উচ্চার uccar
- excrement, faeces, stool, dung, excreta
- মল mol
- excrement
- ময়লা môyla
More languagesFewer languages
- excrement in Malayalam
- മലം malaṁ, തീട്ടം tīṭṭaṁ, കാട്ടം kāṭṭaṁ
- excrement in Kannada
- ಶರೀರದಿಂದ ವಿಸರ್ಜಿತವಾದ ವಸ್ತು, ಮಲಮೂತ್ರಗಳು, ಲದ್ದಿ, ಸೆಗಣಿ
- excrement in Gujarati
- ગૂ gū, હગાર hagār, હંગણ haṅgaṇ, છી chī
- excrement in Sanskrit
- गूथ gūtha
- excrement in Sinhala
- ගූ gū
- excrement in Nepali
- गुहु guhu, गू gū, गु gu, दिसा disā
- excrement in Arabic
- غَائِط ḡāʔiṭ, بِرَاز birāz, خَرَاء ḵarāʔ, خِرَاء ḵirāʔ
- excrement in Malay
- air besar, tahi, tinja
- excrement in Indonesian
- tahi
- excrement in Thai
- อาจม aa-jom, อุจจาระ ùt-jaa-rá, ขี้ kîi
- excrement in Vietnamese
- phân, cứt
- excrement in Myanmar
- မစင် ma.cang, ချေး hkye:, အညစ်အကြေး a.nyaca.kre:
Examples of excrement in a sentence
- This association favours the hatterias which feed on the numerous insects attracted by the birds' excrement.
- A person smeared with the excrement of a mouse was rendered impotent, according to Pliny the Elder.
- In primitive, diaperless societies, infants' excrement simply fell to the floor of the cave or jungle or desert.
Synonyms of excrement
Forms of excrement
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Origin of excrement
Borrowed from Latin excrēmentum, from excernō (“to excrete”).
Borrowed from Latin excrēmentum, from excrēscō (“to grow out”).
Words formed from excrement
Questions about excrement
- What does excrement mean?
- Excrement means human and non-human animal solid waste excreted from the bowels; feces.
- What is excrement in Hindi?
- Excrement in Hindi is टट्टी (ṭaṭṭī), मल (mal), गू (gū). See Excrement meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is excrement?
- Excrement is a noun.
- How do you pronounce excrement?
- Excrement is pronounced /ˈɛkskɹəmənt/.
- What is the plural of excrement?
- The plural of excrement is excrements.
Words near excrement in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: excrement (page history and authors); excrement (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); উচ্চার (Bengali) (page history and authors); excrement (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ගූ (Sinhala) (page history and authors); गु (Nepali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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