transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈfən-də-mənt ]
noun
Etymology: Middle English foundement, from Anglo-French, from Latin fundamentum, from fundare to found, from fundus
Date: 13th century
1. : an underlying ground, theory, or principle
2.
a. : buttocks
b. : anus
3. : the part of a land surface that has not been altered by human activities