cimento

• cemento

From Old Galician-Portuguese cimento (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin caementum. Doublet of cemento.

• Rhymes: -ento
• Hyphenation: ci‧men‧to

cimento m (plural cimentos)

1. (usually in the plural) foundation

   Synonym: alicerce

2. base, basis

   Synonyms: alicerce, fundamento

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “cimento”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “cimento”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cimento”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cimento”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cimento”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiˈmen.to/
• Rhymes: -ento
• Hyphenation: ci‧mén‧to

Inherited from Latin caementum.

cimento m (plural cimenti)

1. mixture or concoction used by goldsmiths to purify or assay precious metals
2. (figurative) trial (risky undertaking)

• cimentare
• cemento

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

cimento

1. first-person singular present indicative of cimentare

• Rhymes: -ẽtu
• Hyphenation: ci‧men‧to

From Old Galician-Portuguese cimento, from Latin caementum. Doublet of cemento. Cognate of Spanish cimiento.

cimento m (plural cimentos)

1. cement (powdered substance that develops strong adhesive properties when mixed with water)
2. cement (paste-like substance used in construction)
3. cement (any material with strong adhesive properties)

• → Hunsrik: Siment

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

cimento

1. first-person singular present indicative of cimentar

cimento

1. first-person singular present indicative of cimentar