remnant

(rĕm'nənt)
n.

1. Something left over; a remainder.
2. A piece of fabric remaining after the rest has been used or sold.
3. A surviving trace or vestige: a remnant of his past glory.
4. A small surviving group of people. Often used in the plural.

[Middle English remanant, remnant, from Old French remanant, from present participle of remaindre, to remain. See remain.]

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noun

What remains after a part has been used or subtracted: balance, leavings, leftover, remainder, remains, residue, rest². See leftover.

n

Definition: leftover part
Antonyms: whole

IN BRIEF: A leftover or remaining part.

If your descent is from heroic sires, Show in your life a remnant of their fires. — Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux (1636-1711)

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a fragment of a molecule, or other entity, remaining after partial degradation, especially chylomicron remnant.

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Common misspelling(s) of remnant

• reminent

Dansk (Danish)
n. - levning, rest, spor
adj. - rest

Nederlands (Dutch)
overblijfsel, restant, coupon (stof)

Français (French)
n. - reste, reliquat, vestige, (Comm) coupon
adj. - des restes

Deutsch (German)
n. - Rest, Überrest
adj. - übriggeblieben

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - απομεινάρι, υπόλειμμα, κατάλοιπο, ρετάλι

Italiano (Italian)
restante, resti, scampolo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - vestígio (m), resto (m)

Русский (Russian)
остаток, пережиток

Español (Spanish)
n. - resto, remanente, reliquias, retazo
adj. - perteneciente o relacionado con restos, remanentes o reliquias

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - lämning, kvarleva

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
残余, 剩余, 零料, 边角剩料, 遗迹, 遗风, 零头布, 残余的, 剩余的, 残留的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 殘餘, 剩餘, 零料, 邊角剩料, 遺跡, 遺風, 零頭布
adj. - 殘餘的, 剩餘的, 殘留的

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 나머지, 찌꺼기, 유물
adj. - 나머지의

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 残り, 端ぎれ, 遺物, 名残

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) بقيه, آثارة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮שריד, שיור, שארית‬
adj. - ‮נשאר‬

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