rudiment
French, noun\ʁy.di.mɑ̃\
rudiment is spelled R-U-D-I-M-E-N-T (8 letters) and appears about once in every 30 million words in written French, the 175,987th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rudiment is a French masculine noun meaning “rudiment (fundamental principle)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Élément, première notion de quelque science, de quelque art que ce soit”.
What does rudiment mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinerudiment (fundamental principle)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Élément, première notion de quelque science, de quelque art que ce soit. 2. Petit livre qui contient les premières notions de quelque chose. 3. Début. 4. Ensemble des premiers linéaments d’une structure organique.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of rudiment
- rudiments plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rudiment?
- \ʁy.di.mɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to rudiment
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rudiment in French?
rudiment appears about once in every 30 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).