fundamento

See also: fundamentó

Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin fundāmentum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fundaˈmento]

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• Rhymes: -ento
• Hyphenation: fun‧da‧men‧to

Noun

fundamento (accusative singular fundamenton, plural fundamentoj, accusative plural fundamentojn)

1. foundation

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese fondamento (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin fundāmentum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fun.da.ˈmen.tʊ]

Noun

fundamento m (plural fundamentos)

1. foundation; groundwork

   Synonyms: alicerce, base, cimento

   • 1395, Miguel González Garcés, editor, Historia de La Coruña. Edad Media, A Coruña: Caixa Galicia, page 557:

     mandamos que o dicto martin bezerra et sua moller que desfaçan et derruben por fondamento o curral et portaes et çerquas et muros et outro lauor uello et nouo que esta arredor da dicta casa noua et da caua uella que esta cabo da dicta casa noua contra a mota

     We order that said Martín Becerra and his wife must undo and demolish by its foundations the bailey and gates and walls and enclosures and other new and old work around said new house, and of the old house that is near said house by the motte

2. the act of founding, establishing

Related terms

• fundo

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “fundamento”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “fondamento”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “fundamento”, 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), “fundamento”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto fundamento, French fondement, German Fundament, Italian fondamento, Spanish fundamento, from Latin fundāmentum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fundaˈmento/

Noun

fundamento (plural fundamenti)

1. foundation

   La fundamenti di ica konstrukturo pozabis. ― The foundations of this construction have been laid out.

2. (figuratively) basis

   Ito esas la fundamento di lia agi. ― That is the basis of their actions.

Synonyms

• bazo
• fonduro
• basamento
• suportilo

Derived terms

• fundamentala (“fundamental”)
• fundamentale (“fundamentally”)
• fundamentizar (“to lay the foundations”)

 

Interlingua

Noun

fundamento (plural fundamentos)

1. foundation, base

Derived terms

• fundamental

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /fun.daːˈmen.toː/, [fʊn̪d̪äːˈmɛn̪t̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fun.daˈmen.to/, [fun̪d̪äˈmɛn̪t̪o]

Noun

fundāmentō

1. dative/ablative singular of fundāmentum

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fũ.daˈmẽ.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fũ.daˈmẽ.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /fũ.daˈmẽ.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fũ.dɐˈmẽ.tu/

• Rhymes: -ẽtu
• Hyphenation: fun‧da‧men‧to

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin fundāmentum.

Noun

fundamento m (plural fundamentos)

1. foundation (that upon which anything is founded)
2. the act of founding, establishing

   Synonym: estabelecimento

Derived terms

• fundamentar

Related terms

• fundamental

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

fundamento

1. first-person singular present indicative of fundamentar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fundaˈmento/ [fũn̪.d̪aˈmẽn̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: fun‧da‧men‧to

Etymology 1

From Latin fundāmentum.

Noun

fundamento m (plural fundamentos)

1. (architecture) foundation (lowest and supporting part or member of a wall)

   Synonym: cimiento

2. cornerstone
3. reason, motive

   Synonyms: razón, motivo, pretexto

Derived terms

• fundamentar

 

Related terms

• fundamental

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

fundamento

1. first-person singular present indicative of fundamentar

Further reading

• “fundamento”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16