Meanings
excrement1
nounexcrement (countable and uncountable, plural excrements)
plural excrements
- countablespecificallyuncountableHuman 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 - archaiccountableuncountableAny 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
excrement2
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny waste matter excreted from the human or non-human animal body, or discharged by bodily organs.
More synonyms by meaning
nounwaste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body
Broader
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
excrement · noun
- Latinexcrēmentum
- Englishexcrement
Borrowed from Latin excrēmentum, from excernō (“to excrete”).
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →excrement · noun
- Latinexcrēmentum
- Englishexcrement
Borrowed from Latin excrēmentum, from excrēscō (“to grow out”).
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek κοπρία, σκῶρ
- κοπρία (kopría)human and animal solid waste
- σκῶρ (skôr)human and animal solid waste
- μίνθος (mínthos)human and animal solid waste
- ὄνθος (ónthos)human and animal solid waste
Arabic غَائِط, بِرَاز
- غَائِط (ḡāʔiṭ)human and animal solid waste
- بِرَاز (birāz)human and animal solid waste
- خَرَاء (ḵarāʔ)human and animal solid waste
- خِرَاء (ḵirāʔ)human and animal solid waste
Bulgarian изпражне́ние, фека́лии
- изпражне́ние (izpražnénie)human and animal solid waste
- фека́лии (fekálii)human and animal solid waste
- екскреме́нти (ekskreménti)human and animal solid waste
Catalan femta
- femtahuman and animal solid waste
Chinese Cantonese 屎
- 屎 (si²)human and animal solid waste
Chinese Mandarin 大便, 屎
- 大便 (dàbiàn)human and animal solid waste
- 屎 (shǐ)human and animal solid waste
- 糞 /粪 (fèn)human and animal solid waste
Czech výkal, stolice
- výkalhuman and animal solid waste
- stolicehuman and animal solid waste
Danish ekskrement, afføring
- ekskrementhuman and animal solid waste
- afføringhuman and animal solid waste
Dutch uitwerpselen
- uitwerpselenhuman and animal solid waste
Esperanto feko, ekskremento
- fekohuman and animal solid waste
- ekskrementohuman and animal solid waste
Finnish lanta, uloste
- lantahuman and animal solid waste
- ulostehuman and animal solid waste
- eriteany waste matter excreted from the human or animal body
French excrément
- excrémenthuman and animal solid waste
German Ausscheidungen, Kot
- Ausscheidungenhuman and animal solid waste
- Kothuman and animal solid waste
Greek περίττωμα
- περίττωμα (períttoma)human and animal solid waste
Hawaiian kūkae
- kūkaehuman and animal solid waste
Hindi टट्टी, मल
- टट्टी (ṭaṭṭī)human and animal solid waste
- मल (mal)human and animal solid waste
- गू (gū)human and animal solid waste
- गूह (gūh)human and animal solid waste
- गुह (guh)human and animal solid waste
- गोबर (gobar)human and animal solid waste
- पाखाना (pākhānā)human and animal solid waste
- विष्ठा (viṣṭhā)human and animal solid waste
Hungarian ürülék
- ürülékhuman and animal solid waste
Indonesian tahi
- tahihuman and animal solid waste
Italian escremento
- escrementohuman and animal solid waste
Japanese 便, 大便
- 便 (ben)human and animal solid waste
- 大便 (daiben)human and animal solid waste
- うんこ (unko)human and animal solid waste
- うんち (unchi)human and animal solid waste
- 糞human and animal solid waste
Korean 똥, 뒤
- 똥 (ttong)human and animal solid waste
- 뒤 (dwi)human and animal solid waste
- 대변 (daebyeon)human and animal solid waste
Latin fimum, ēgeriēs
- fimumhuman and animal solid waste
- ēgeriēshuman and animal solid waste
- stercushuman and animal solid waste
- excrementumhuman and animal solid waste
- merdahuman and animal solid waste
Malay air besar, tahi
- air besarhuman and animal solid waste
- tahihuman and animal solid waste
- tinjahuman and animal solid waste
Māori tae, tūtae
- taehuman and animal solid waste
- tūtaehuman and animal solid waste
- hamutihuman and animal solid waste
- paruhuman and animal solid waste
- parangahuman and animal solid waste
- wetahuman and animal solid waste
- karawetahuman and animal solid waste
- parawetahuman and animal solid waste
Norwegian Bokmål avføring
- avføringhuman and animal solid waste
Polish fekalia, kał
- fekaliahuman and animal solid waste
- kałhuman and animal solid waste
- odchodyhuman and animal solid waste
- ekskrementyhuman and animal solid waste
- ekskrementyany waste matter excreted from the human or animal body
Portuguese excremento, fezes
- excrementohuman and animal solid waste
- fezeshuman and animal solid waste
Romanian excrement, materii fecale
- excrementhuman and animal solid waste
- materii fecalehuman and animal solid waste
- fecalehuman and animal solid waste
Russian кал, экскреме́нты
- кал (kal)human and animal solid waste
- экскреме́нты (ekskreménty)human and animal solid waste
- испражне́ния (ispražnénija)human and animal solid waste
- фека́лии (fekálii)human and animal solid waste
Slovak výkal
- výkalhuman and animal solid waste
Spanish excremento
- excrementohuman and animal solid waste
Swedish avföring
- avföringhuman and animal solid waste
Thai อาจม, อุจจาระ
- อาจม (aa-jom)human and animal solid waste
- อุจจาระ (ùt-jaa-rá)human and animal solid waste
- ขี้ (kîi)human and animal solid waste
Turkish dışkı
- dışkıhuman and animal solid waste
Ukrainian ви́порожнення, екскреме́нти
- ви́порожнення (výporožnennja)human and animal solid waste
- екскреме́нти (ekskreménty)human and animal solid waste
- кал (kal)human and animal solid waste
- фека́лії (fekáliji)human and animal solid waste
- екскреме́нти (ekskreménty)any waste matter excreted from the human or animal body
Urdu گو, گوہ
- گو (gu)human and animal solid waste
- گوہ (guh)human and animal solid waste
Vietnamese phân, cứt
- phânhuman and animal solid waste
- cứthuman and animal solid waste
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APA
excrement. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/excrement
MLA
“excrement.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/excrement. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “excrement,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/excrement.
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