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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DETRITUS

From French détritus, from Latin dētrītus a rubbing away.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF DETRITUS

detritus  [dɪˈtraɪtəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DETRITUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Detritus is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DETRITUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

detritus

Detritus

In biology, detritus is non-living particulate organic material. It typically includes the bodies or fragments of dead organisms as well as fecal material. Detritus is typically colonized by communities of microorganisms which act to decompose the material. In terrestrial ecosystems, it is encountered as leaf litter and other organic matter intermixed with soil, which is referred to as humus. Detritus of aquatic ecosystems is organic material suspended in water and piles up on seabed floors which is referred to as marine snow.

Definition of detritus in the English dictionary

The first definition of detritus in the dictionary is a loose mass of stones, silt, etc, worn away from rocks. Other definition of detritus is an accumulation of disintegrated material or debris. Detritus is also the organic debris formed from the decay of organisms.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DETRITUS


apparatus
ˌæpəˈreɪtəs
coitus
ˈkəʊɪtəs
comitatus
ˌkɒmɪˈteɪtəs
cubitus
ˈkjuːbɪtəs
duplicitous
djuːˈplɪsɪtəs
emeritus
ɪˈmɛrɪtəs
gratuitous
ɡrəˈtjuːɪtəs
Heraclitus
ˌhɛrəˈklaɪtəs
Hermaphroditus
hɜːˌmæfrəˈdaɪtəs
hiatus
haɪˈeɪtəs
impetus
ˈɪmpɪtəs
pruritus
prʊəˈraɪtəs
situs
ˈsaɪtəs
status
ˈsteɪtəs
stratus
ˈstreɪtəs
tinnitus
ˈtɪnɪtəs
Titus
ˈtaɪtəs
ubiquitous
juːˈbɪkwɪtəs
vagitus
væˈdʒaɪtəs
Vitus
ˈvaɪtəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DETRITUS

detractor
detractory
detractress
detrain
detrainment
detribalisation
detribalise
detribalization
detribalize
detriment
detrimental
detrimentally
detrital
detrition
detritovore
Detroit
detrude
detruncate
detruncation
detrusion

WORDS THAT END LIKE DETRITUS

analysis situs
crepitus
decubitus
Democritus
diabetes mellitus
Epistle of Paul the Apostle to Titus
fremitus
halitus
introitus
peritus
Polyclitus
propositus
spiritus
Tacitus
Theocritus
vomitus

Synonyms and antonyms of detritus in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «DETRITUS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «detritus» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of detritus

Translation of «detritus» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DETRITUS

Find out the translation of detritus to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of detritus from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «detritus» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

碎屑
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

detritus
570 millions of speakers

English

detritus
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कतरे
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المخلفات
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

щебень
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

detrito
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

রাবিশ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

détritus
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Detritus
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Schutt
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

残骸
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

암성
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Detritus
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

vật tan rả
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கழிவுகளால்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

रक्षक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

döküntü
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

detriti
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

detrytusu
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

щебінь
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

detritus
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τρίμματα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

detritus
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

detritus
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

detritus
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of detritus

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DETRITUS»

The term «detritus» is regularly used and occupies the 58.675 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DETRITUS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «detritus» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «detritus» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about detritus

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DETRITUS»

Discover the use of detritus in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to detritus and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Detritus: Addressing Culture & the Arts
`Let's promote all artforms-the ephemeral as well as the solid and saleable-for all the things our people do as creative individuals to stimulate our brains and our own individual and collective creative muscle.'
Robyn Archer, 2010
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Detritus and Decomposition in Ecosystems
Chaptkr 4 BIOTIC FACTORS OF DETRITUS DECOMPOSITION Process of decomposition is controlled by many biotic and abiotic factors (Fig. 4.1). Biotic factors include, substrate quality (chemical composition of litter) and micro- and ...
Zafar Reshi, Sumira Tyub, 2007
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Tackling society's "Detritus": stakeholder partnerships and ...
With reference to Bangalore, India.
Madhushree Sekher, Institute for Social and Economic Change, 2002
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Linking Detritus and Primary Producer Based Communities
Terrestrial food-web theory has been developed largely by examining species interactions in primary producer food webs.
Jessica Hines, 2008
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Assessment Methods for Soil Carbon
M.E. Harmon, O.N. Krankina, M. Yatskov and E. Matthews I. Introduction Woody detritus in the form of dead tree parts such as boles, stumps, branches, and coarse roots is an important store of carbon in forest ecosystems (Harmon and Chen, ...
John M. Kimble, Ronald F. Follett, Bobby A. Stewart, 2000
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Plateaus, Mountains & Detritus
Finding himself at the bottom of a black pit he started the painful climb to the light by facing his past, forgiving the perpertrators of so many abuses, his lonesome search to the roots of his life, finding the courage to remove all the ...
Kim Wheeler, 2011
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Marine Reef Aquarium Handbook
In both fresh- and saltwater, the bottom of the food chain consists of equally important phytoplankton and detritus. Phytoplankton are drifting, floating, or swimming mostly unicellular algae. Many filter-feeding corals, sponges, and molluscs ...
Robert Jay Goldstein, 2007
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Meiobenthology: The Microscopic Motile Fauna of Aquatic ...
Much of the detritus found in sediment samples is derived from dead plankton organisms trapped by the huge filtering systems of shores (Riedl 1971; McLachlan 1989; Berelson et al. 1999; Ólafsson et al. 1999; see Sect. 2.1.3). Decaying ...
Olav Giere, 2008
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Old-Growth Forests: Function, Fate and Value
Woody detritus is an important component of forested ecosystems. It can reduce erosion and affects soil development, stores nutrients and water, provides a major source of energy and nutrients, and serves as a seedbed for plants and as a ...
Christian Wirth, Gerd Gleixner, Martin Heimann, 2009
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Cusp/detritus: An Experiment in Alleyways
Complemented by Karen Moe’s haunting photographs of Vancouver’s neglected spaces and rejected objects, Cusp/detritus is a testimony to an obsession with the lost.
Catherine Owen, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DETRITUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term detritus is used in the context of the following news items.
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The Air Force Just Dropped an Expensive (and Useless) Nuke in …
However, as the New York Times editorial board explained things a couple years ago, the bombs are “the detritus of the cold war.” The updated ... «Gizmodo, Jul 15»
2
Can You Transform Plastic and Burlap Into Couture?
Two design houses took that as a rallying cry at the haute couture shows today — one proving that even our cast-off detritus can be molded into ... «New York Magazine, Jul 15»
3
City of Pierre drop sites for June storm debris now closed
Property owners need to dispose of the remaining detritus properly and trim or remove damaged trees that are in the boulevard. The city baler ... «KSFY, Jul 15»
4
Illegal dumping threatens NM sensitive sites and waterways
"Fish kills come from that. In Albuquerque, there are a couple of places where stormwater accumulates, detritus settles out, and we occasionally ... «Macon Telegraph, Jul 15»
5
Physical theatre gems in Grahamstown
One of the genre's highlights so far has been dancer and lecturer Alan Parker's Detritus for One. A long-time collaborator with the likes of Nicola ... «Independent Online, Jul 15»
6
Jen's World: Many detours on the road to a clean room
And that's not even the mess; that's just the normal detritus of my bedside life. The real mess — the chore that's brought me here today — is the ... «Post-Bulletin, Jul 15»
7
Buzzards Bay: new vitality emerges along Main Street
A one-mile stretch of street – with eight gas stations - that has slowly cast off the detritus of old age, building neglect, and time-gone-by. It is not ... «Wicked Local Cape Cod, Jul 15»
8
Voice of The Sentinel: Travellers quandary needs urgent solution
... by the impunity with which travellers are allowed to trespass on other people's land, with all the concomitant detritus that comes with it. When ... «Stoke Sentinel, Jul 15»
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Raleigh must pay for people pooping in its parking garages
... an increase in things like discarded beer bottles and other detritus (we're judging you, litterbugs) and human waste (Jesus, people, really?). «The Independent Weekly, Jul 15»
10
Andrew Jackson! Save Us Once More!
When it comes to dealing with all our Civil War detritus that mysteriously sprang up during the 20th century, quite a few giant babies have been ... «Nashville Scene, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Detritus [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/detritus>. Oct 2026 ».
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