Swedish noun

en cement

cement

Meaning

cement

In Swedish: bindemedel för murning

Forms

Forms of cement
Singular, indefiniteen cement
Singular, definitecementen

cement is an en-word, so adjectives agree with it: en stor cement, den stora cementen. Check another noun

Practise cement

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Is it en cement or ett cement?

Words built with cement

  • cementblandare cement mixer

Questions

What does cement mean in English?

cement means “cement”.

Is it en cement or ett cement?

It is en cement, and “the cement” is cementen.

Origin

From Latin caementum (“quarry stone; stone chips for making mortar”), from caedō (“to cut, hew”).

Nearby common words

cement is number 8,618 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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