Meanings
nounsediment (countable and uncountable, plural sediments)
plural sediments
- countableuncountableA collection of small particles, particularly dirt, that precipitates from a river or other body of water.
The Nile delta is composed of sediment that was washed down and deposited at the mouth of the river.
verbsediment (third-person singular simple present sediments, present participle sedimenting, simple past and past participle sedimented)
present singular third person sediments · participle present sedimenting · participle past sedimented · past sedimented
- intransitiveTo be deposited as a sediment.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*sed-
- Proto-Indo-European*sedéh₁yeti
- Proto-Italic*sedēō
- Latinsedeō
- Latinsedimentum
- Middle Frenchsédiment
- Englishsediment
From Middle French sédiment, from Latin sedimentum < sedeō.
More words from Middle French, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans afsaksel, dregs
- afsakselcollection of small particles
- dregscollection of small particles
Ancient Greek τρύξ
- τρύξ (trúx)collection of small particles
Arabic رَاسِب
- رَاسِب (rāsib)collection of small particles
Bulgarian ута́йка, утаявам
- ута́йка (utájka)collection of small particles
- утаявам (utajavam)to deposit material as a sediment
- утаявам се (utajavam se)to be deposited as a sediment
Catalan sediment
- sedimentcollection of small particles
Chinese Mandarin 沉積物 /沉积物, 沉積 /沉积
- 沉積物 /沉积物 (chénjīwù)collection of small particles
- 沉積 /沉积 (chénjī)collection of small particles
- 沉澱 /沉淀 (chéndiàn)to deposit material as a sediment
Czech usazenina
- usazeninacollection of small particles
Dutch sedimenteren
- sedimenterento be deposited as a sediment
Esperanto feĉo, sedimentigi
- feĉocollection of small particles
- sedimentigito deposit material as a sediment
- sedimentiĝito be deposited as a sediment
Finnish sedimentti, kerrostuma
- sedimentticollection of small particles
- kerrostumacollection of small particles
- sedimentoidato deposit material as a sediment
- sedimentoituato be deposited as a sediment
French sédiment, sédimenter
- sédimentcollection of small particles
- sédimenterto deposit material as a sediment
- sédimenterto be deposited as a sediment
German Sediment, Satz
- Sedimentcollection of small particles
- Satzcollection of small particles
- Bodensatzcollection of small particles
Hindi गाद, तलछट
- गाद (gād)collection of small particles
- तलछट (talchaṭ)collection of small particles
- गाद (gād)to deposit material as a sediment
Icelandic botnfall, syrja
- botnfallcollection of small particles
- syrjacollection of small particles
- botnlagcollection of small particles
- dreggjarcollection of small particles
- setcollection of small particles
- vatnborin jarðvegsefnicollection of small particles
- vindborin jarðvegsefnicollection of small particles
Indonesian sedimen
- sedimencollection of small particles
Irish dríodar
- dríodarcollection of small particles
Italian deposito, sedimento
- depositocollection of small particles
- sedimentocollection of small particles
Japanese 堆積物
- 堆積物 (taisekibutsu)collection of small particles
Latin faex, sedimen
- faexcollection of small particles
- sedimencollection of small particles
Māori waipara, parakiwai
- waiparacollection of small particles
- parakiwaicollection of small particles
Norwegian Bokmål sediment
- sedimentcollection of small particles
Polish osad
- osadcollection of small particles
Portuguese sedimento
- sedimentocollection of small particles
Russian отложе́ние, оса́док
- отложе́ние (otložénije)collection of small particles
- оса́док (osádok)collection of small particles
- отсто́й (otstój)collection of small particles
- осажда́ть (osaždátʹ)to deposit material as a sediment
- осажда́ться (osaždátʹsja)to be deposited as a sediment
Spanish sedimento, sedimentar
- sedimentocollection of small particles
- sedimentarto deposit material as a sediment
- sedimentarto be deposited as a sediment
Tagalog tining
- tiningcollection of small particles
Thai ตะกอน
- ตะกอน (takon)collection of small particles
Ukrainian о́сад
- о́сад (ósad)collection of small particles
Vietnamese trầm tích
- trầm tíchcollection of small particles
Welsh gwaddod, dyddodion
- gwaddodcollection of small particles
- dyddodioncollection of small particles
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with sediment
All rhymes →Anagrams
Cite this entry
APA
sediment. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sediment
MLA
“sediment.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sediment. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sediment,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sediment.
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