Standard Lemma guide

sedimentary

adj · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˌsɛd.əˈmɛn.tə.ɹi/
  • /ˌsɛd.əˈmɛn.tɹi/
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  • CMU ARPABET: S EH2 D AH0 M EH1 N T ER0 IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Made by the deposition and compression of small particles.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A rock of this kind.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective

Meaning 3

produced by the action of water

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: aqueous

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective

Meaning 4

resembling or containing or formed by the accumulation of sediment

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • sedimentary deposits

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English sediment Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusder. Middle English -arie English -ary English sedimentary From sediment + -ary.

Across languages

Translations

27 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: утаечен (utaečen) — composed of sediment
  • Catalan: sedimentari — composed of sediment
  • Chinese Mandarin: 沉積成的 /沉积成的 (chénjī chéng de) — composed of sediment
  • Danish: sedimentær — composed of sediment
  • Dutch: sedimentair — composed of sediment
  • Finnish: kerrostunut — composed of sediment
  • Finnish: sedimenttinen — composed of sediment
  • Finnish: sedimentti- — composed of sediment
  • French: sédimentaire — composed of sediment
  • Galician: sedimentario — composed of sediment
  • Greek: ιζηματογενής (izimatogenís) — composed of sediment
  • Italian: sedimentario — composed of sediment
  • Latin: sedimentārius — composed of sediment
  • Macedonian: седиментен (sedimenten) — composed of sediment
  • Māori: parataiao — composed of sediment
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sedimentær — composed of sediment
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sedimentær — composed of sediment
  • Polish: osadowy — composed of sediment
  • Portuguese: sedimentário — composed of sediment
  • Romanian: sedimentar — composed of sediment
  • Russian: оса́дочный (osádočnyj) — composed of sediment
  • Spanish: sedimentario — composed of sediment
  • Thai: เป็นตะกอน (bpen-dtà-gɔɔn) — composed of sediment
  • Turkish: tortul — composed of sediment
  • Turkish: tortulu — composed of sediment
  • Turkish: tunmal — composed of sediment
  • Welsh: gwaddodol — composed of sediment
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