cement

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• /səˈmɛnt/
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Named for its early cement industry.

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

208 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: sement — a powdered substance
• Albanian: çimento — a powdered substance
• Amharic: ሲሚንቶ (siminto) — a powdered substance
• Arabic: أَسْمَنْت (ʔasmant) — a powdered substance
• Arabic: اسمنت (esmant, asmant) — a powdered substance
• Armenian: ցեմենտ (cʻement) — a powdered substance
• Azerbaijani: sement — a powdered substance
• Basque: zemento — a powdered substance
• Basque: porlan — a powdered substance
• Belarusian: цэме́нт (cemjént) — a powdered substance
• Bengali: সিমেন্ট (śimenṭo) — a powdered substance
• Bulgarian: циме́нт (cimént) — a powdered substance
• Burmese: အင်္ဂတေ (angga.te) — a powdered substance
• Burmese: ဘိလပ်မြေ (bhi.lapmre) — a powdered substance
• Catalan: ciment — a powdered substance
• Cherokee: ᏅᏯᎠᏰᏍᏓᎥ (nvyaayesdav) — a powdered substance
• Chichewa: simenti — a powdered substance
• Chinese Cantonese: 紅毛泥 /红毛泥 (hung4 mou4 nai4) — a powdered substance
• Chinese Cantonese: 水泥 (seoi2 nai4) — a powdered substance
• Chinese Mandarin: 水泥 (shuǐní) — a powdered substance
• Chinese Mandarin: 洋灰 (yánghuī) — a powdered substance
• Chinese Mandarin: 士敏土 (shìmǐntǔ) — a powdered substance
• Cornish: lim — a powdered substance
• Czech: cement — a powdered substance
• Danish: cement — a powdered substance
• Dutch: cement — a powdered substance
• Estonian: tsement — a powdered substance
• Faroese: sement — a powdered substance
• Finnish: sementti — a powdered substance
• French: ciment — a powdered substance
• Galician: cemento — a powdered substance
• Georgian: ცემენტი (cemenṭi) — a powdered substance
• German: Zement — a powdered substance
• Greek: τσιμέντο (tsiménto) — a powdered substance
• Haitian Creole: siman — a powdered substance
• Hebrew: צֶמֶנְט (tsemént) — a powdered substance
• Hindi: सीमेंट (sīmẽṭ) — a powdered substance
• Hungarian: cement — a powdered substance
• Hungarian: cementpor — a powdered substance
• Hunsrik: Siment — a powdered substance
• Icelandic: sement — a powdered substance
• Indonesian: semen — a powdered substance
• Ingrian: tsementti — a powdered substance
• Irish: stroighin — a powdered substance
• Irish: suimint — a powdered substance
• Italian: cemento — a powdered substance
• Japanese: セメント (semento) — a powdered substance
• Javanese: semèn — a powdered substance
• Kazakh: цемент (sement) — a powdered substance
• Khmer: ស៊ីម៉ងត៍ (siimɑɑng) — a powdered substance
• Korean: 시멘트 (simenteu) — a powdered substance
• Central Kurdish: چەمەنتۆ (çemento) — a powdered substance
• Kyrgyz: цемент (tsement) — a powdered substance
• Lao: ຊີມັງ (sī mang) — a powdered substance
• Latin: ferrūmen — a powdered substance
• Latvian: cements — a powdered substance
• Lithuanian: cementas — a powdered substance
• Macedonian: цемент (cement) — a powdered substance
• Malagasy: simenitra — a powdered substance
• Malay: simen — a powdered substance
• Malayalam: സിമന്റ് (simanṟŭ) — a powdered substance
• Maltese: siment — a powdered substance
• Māori: raima — a powdered substance
• Marathi: सिमेंट (simeṇṭa) — a powdered substance
• Minangkabau: simin — a powdered substance
• Mongolian: цемент (cement) — a powdered substance
• Norman: chînment — a powdered substance
• Norwegian Bokmål: sement — a powdered substance
• Occitan: ciment — a powdered substance
• Persian: سیمان (simân) — a powdered substance
• Plautdietsch: Zemment — a powdered substance
• Polish: cement — a powdered substance
• Portuguese: cimento — a powdered substance
• Punjabi: ਸੀਮਿੰਟ (sīmiṇṭ) — a powdered substance
• Romanian: ciment — a powdered substance
• Russian: цеме́нт (cemént) — a powdered substance
• Serbo-Croatian: цѐмент — a powdered substance
• Serbo-Croatian: cèment — a powdered substance
• Sinhalese: සිමෙන්ති (simenti) — a powdered substance
• Slovak: cement — a powdered substance
• Slovene: cement — a powdered substance
• Spanish: cemento — a powdered substance
• Swahili: simiti — a powdered substance
• Swahili: sementi — a powdered substance
• Swedish: cement — a powdered substance
• Tagalog: semento — a powdered substance
• Tajik: семент (sement) — a powdered substance
• Tamil: சிமிட்டி (cimiṭṭi) — a powdered substance
• Tamil: பைஞ்சுதை (paiñcutai) — a powdered substance
• Thai: ซีเมนต์ (sii-men) — a powdered substance
• Turkish: çimento — a powdered substance
• Ottoman Turkish: چمنتو (çemento) — a powdered substance
• Turkmen: sement — a powdered substance
• Ukrainian: цеме́нт (cemént) — a powdered substance
• Urdu: سیمنٹ (sīmeṇṭ) — a powdered substance
• Uzbek: tsement — a powdered substance
• Uzbek: sement — a powdered substance
• Vietnamese: xi măng — a powdered substance
• Welsh: sment — a powdered substance
• Yiddish: צעמענט (tsement) — a powdered substance
• Arabic: أَسْمَنْت (ʔasmant) — the paste-like substance
• Armenian: ցեմենտ (cʻement) — the paste-like substance
• Bulgarian: циме́нт (cimént) — the paste-like substance
• Chinese Cantonese: 紅毛泥 /红毛泥 (hung4 mou4 nai4) — the paste-like substance
• Chinese Cantonese: 水泥 (seoi2 nai4) — the paste-like substance
• Chinese Mandarin: 水泥 (shuǐní) — the paste-like substance
• Cornish: lim — the paste-like substance
• Czech: cement — the paste-like substance
• Danish: cement — the paste-like substance
• Dutch: cement — the paste-like substance
• Estonian: tsement — the paste-like substance
• Faroese: sement — the paste-like substance
• Finnish: sementti — the paste-like substance
• French: ciment — the paste-like substance
• German: Zementleim — the paste-like substance
• German: Zementmörtel — the paste-like substance
• German: Zementmasse — the paste-like substance
• German: Mörtel — the paste-like substance
• Ancient Greek: λιθόκολλα (lithókolla) — the paste-like substance
• Hungarian: cementtej — the paste-like substance
• Hungarian: cementhabarcs — the paste-like substance
• Indonesian: semen — the paste-like substance
• Ingrian: tsementti — the paste-like substance
• Irish: stroighin — the paste-like substance
• Irish: suimint — the paste-like substance
• Italian: adesivo — the paste-like substance
• Japanese: セメント (semento) — the paste-like substance
• Korean: 시멘트 (simenteu) — the paste-like substance
• Central Kurdish: چەمەنتۆ (çemento) — the paste-like substance
• Lao: ຊີມັງ (sī mang) — the paste-like substance
• Latin: ferrūmen — the paste-like substance
• Malayalam: സിമന്റ് (simanṟŭ) — the paste-like substance
• Marathi: सिमेंट (simeṇṭa) — the paste-like substance
• Mongolian: цемент (cement) — the paste-like substance
• Norman: chînment — the paste-like substance
• Persian: ملات (malât) — the paste-like substance
• Polish: cement — the paste-like substance
• Portuguese: cimento — the paste-like substance
• Russian: цеме́нт (cemént) — the paste-like substance
• Serbo-Croatian: цѐмент — the paste-like substance
• Serbo-Croatian: cèment — the paste-like substance
• Spanish: pegamento — the paste-like substance
• Swahili: simiti — the paste-like substance
• Swahili: sementi — the paste-like substance
• Tamil: காரை (kārai) — the paste-like substance
• Vietnamese: xi măng — the paste-like substance
• Welsh: sment — the paste-like substance
• Finnish: liima — any material with strong adhesive and cohesive properties
• French: colle — any material with strong adhesive and cohesive properties
• French: adhésif — any material with strong adhesive and cohesive properties
• German: Zement — any material with strong adhesive and cohesive properties
• German: Bindemittel — any material with strong adhesive and cohesive properties
• German: Klebstoff — any material with strong adhesive and cohesive properties
• German: Kleber — any material with strong adhesive and cohesive properties
• German: Klebelösung — any material with strong adhesive and cohesive properties
• German: Kitt — any material with strong adhesive and cohesive properties
• Hungarian: ragasztóanyag — any material with strong adhesive and cohesive properties
• Hungarian: tömítőanyag — any material with strong adhesive and cohesive properties
• Hungarian: kötőanyag — any material with strong adhesive and cohesive properties
• Hungarian: ragasztószer — any material with strong adhesive and cohesive properties
• Italian: adesivo — any material with strong adhesive and cohesive properties
• Central Kurdish: چەمەنتۆ (çemento) — any material with strong adhesive and cohesive properties
• Portuguese: cimento — any material with strong adhesive and cohesive properties
• Sicilian: coḍḍa — any material with strong adhesive and cohesive properties
• Spanish: pegamento — any material with strong adhesive and cohesive properties
• Swahili: simiti — any material with strong adhesive and cohesive properties
• Tamil: பசை (pacai) — any material with strong adhesive and cohesive properties
• Ottoman Turkish: چریش (çiriş) — any material with strong adhesive and cohesive properties
• Arabic: سَمْنَتَ (samnata) — to affix with cement
• Bulgarian: циментирам (cimentiram) — to affix with cement
• Danish: cementere — to affix with cement
• German: zementieren — to affix with cement
• Hungarian: (cementtel) ragaszt/rögzít/erősít — to affix with cement
• Irish: stroighnigh — to affix with cement
• Irish: suimintigh — to affix with cement
• Irish: táthaigh — to affix with cement
• Italian: cementare — to affix with cement
• Latin: ferrūminō — to affix with cement
• Maltese: ssimenta — to affix with cement
• Mongolian: цементлэх (cementlex) — to affix with cement
• Portuguese: cimentar — to affix with cement
• Russian: цементи́ровать (cementírovatʹ) — to affix with cement
• Spanish: cementar — to affix with cement
• Spanish: encementar — to affix with cement
• Swahili: simiti — to affix with cement
• Swedish: cementera — to affix with cement
• Welsh: smentio — to affix with cement
• Yiddish: צוקלעפּן (tsuklepn) — to affix with cement
• Chinese Mandarin: 鞏固 /巩固 (gǒnggù) — to make permanent
• Danish: cementere — to make permanent
• German: zementieren — to make permanent
• Hungarian: bebetonoz — to make permanent
• Hungarian: megszilárdít — to make permanent
• Hungarian: megerősít — to make permanent
• Italian: cementare — to make permanent
• Italian: consolidare — to make permanent
• Japanese: 固く結ぶ (kataku musubu) — to make permanent
• Portuguese: cimentar — to make permanent
• Portuguese: consolidar — to make permanent
• Portuguese: firmar — to make permanent
• Spanish: consolidar — to make permanent
• Spanish: fortalecer — to make permanent
• Spanish: cimentar — to make permanent
• Swahili: simiti — to make permanent
• Swedish: cementera — to make permanent
• Tamil: நிலைப்படுத்து (nilaippaṭuttu) — to make permanent
• Welsh: cadarnhau — to make permanent
• Welsh: cryfhau — to make permanent