fundament

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fundament

/ˈfʌn.də.mənt/ US, UK
/ˈfan.də.mənt/ Australia

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Inherited from Middle English fundament, modification of foundement, from Old French fondement, from Latin fundāmentum (“foundation”), from fundō (“to lay the bottom, to found”). Doublet of fondamento.

noun fundaments · foundament

Foundation.
The bottom; the buttocks or anus. It [the Sphincter Ani] serves to purse up the Fundament, and so hinders the involuntary Evacuation of the Fæces.
The underlying basis or principle for a theoretical or mathematical system.

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noun foundation

Español	fundamento

noun underlying basis or principle for a theoretical or mathematical system

中文	基礎 /基础 jīchǔ
Русский	фунда́мент fundáment

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@misc{fundament_2026,
  title = {fundament},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fundament},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}