sump

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Middle English sompe, either from Middle Dutch somp, sump or Middle Low German sump, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *sumpaz. See swamp.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /sʌmp/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ʌmp

Noun[edit]

sump (plural sumps)

  1. A hollow or pit into which liquid drains, such as a cesspool, cesspit or sink.
  2. The lowest part of a mineshaft into which water drains.
  3. A completely flooded cave passage, sometimes passable by diving.
  4. (automotive) The crankcase or oil reservoir of an internal combustion engine.
  5. (nautical) The pit at the lowest point in a circulating or drainage system (FM 55-501).
  6. (construction) An intentional depression around a drain or scupper that promotes drainage.

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Verb[edit]

sump (third-person singular simple present sumps, present participle sumping, simple past and past participle sumped)

  1. (intransitive) Of a cave passage, to end in a sump, or to fill completely with water on occasion.
    We discovered a new passage, but it sumped after 100 metres.
    This low passage sumps quickly after moderate rainfall.

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Danish[edit]

Noun[edit]

sump

  1. swamp

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Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology[edit]

From Middle Low German sump and German Sumpf

Noun[edit]

sump m (definite singular sumpen, indefinite plural sumper, definite plural sumpene)

  1. a swamp (type of wetland)

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Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Middle Low German sump and German Sumpf

Noun[edit]

sump m (definite singular sumpen, indefinite plural sumpar, definite plural sumpane)

  1. a swamp (type of wetland)

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Swedish[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Middle Low German sump and German Sumpf

Noun[edit]

sump c

  1. (fishing, containers) a corf, a container for keeping live fish
  2. (geography) a swamp

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Declension of sump 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative sump sumpen sumpar sumparna
Genitive sumps sumpens sumpars sumparnas

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