excreta

See also: excretá, excréta, and excretà

English

Etymology

From Latin excrēta, neuter plural of excrētus, past participle of excernere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪkˈskɹiːtə/

Noun

excreta pl (normally plural, singular excretum)

1. Bodily waste which is excreted from the body.

   Synonyms: excrements, excretions

   • 2009, Ronald J. LeBlanc, Peter Matthews, Roland P. Richard, Global Atlas of Excreta, Wastewater Sludge, and Biosolids Management, page 24:

     Human excreta are made up mostly of urine and excrement that include diverse complex molecules derived from foods and bodily processes – carbohydrates, sugars, fats, etc.

Usage notes

Although strictly a plural noun, in practice the word is occasionally used as if it were an uncountable noun.

Anagrams

• exacter

Catalan

Verb

excreta

1. inflection of excretar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Latin

Participle

excrēta

1. inflection of excrētus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Participle

excrētā

1. ablative feminine singular of excrētus

References

• excreta in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈkɾɛ.tɐ/, /esˈkɾɛ.tɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈkɾɛ.tɐ/, /esˈkɾɛ.tɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃˈkɾɛ.tɐ/, /eʃˈkɾɛ.tɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /esˈkɾɛ.ta/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐjʃˈkɾɛ.tɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐjʃˈkɾɛ.tɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ejʃˈkɾɛ.tɐ/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ejʃˈkɾɛ.tɐ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /eʃˈkɾɛ.tɐ/

• Rhymes: -ɛtɐ
• Hyphenation: ex‧cre‧ta

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin excrēta.

Noun

excreta f (plural excretas)

1. (biology) excreta

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:fezes

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

excreta

1. inflection of excretar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French excréter.

Verb

a excreta (third-person singular present excretez, past participle excretat) 1st conj.

1. to excrete

Conjugation

    conjugation of excreta (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

infinitive			a excreta
gerund			excretând
past participle			excretat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	excretez	excretezi	excretează	excretăm	excretați	excretează
	imperfect	excretam	excretai	excreta	excretam	excretați	excretau
	simple perfect	excretai	excretași	excretă	excretarăm	excretarăți	excretară
	pluperfect	excretasem	excretaseși	excretase	excretaserăm	excretaserăți	excretaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să excretez	să excretezi	să excreteze	să excretăm	să excretați	să excreteze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		excretează			excretați
	negative		nu excreta			nu excretați

Spanish

Verb

excreta

1. inflection of excretar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative