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elemental
English
Etymology
element +? -al
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?nt?l
- Hyphenation: el?e?men?tal
Adjective
elemental (not comparable)
- (chemistry) Of, relating to, or being an element (as opposed to a compound).
- Basic, fundamental or elementary.
- Of the ancient supposed elements of earth, air, fire and water.
- (by extension) Of, or relating to a force or nature, especially to severe atmospheric conditions.
Translations
Noun
elemental (plural elementals)
- (theosophy, fantasy) A creature (usually a spirit) that is attuned with, or composed of, one of the classical elements: air, earth, fire and water or variations of them like ice, lightning, etc. They sometimes have unique proper names and sometimes are referred to as Air, Earth, Fire, or Water.
Translations
Catalan
Etymology
element +? -al
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /?.l?.m?n?tal/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /e.le.men?tal/
Adjective
elemental (masculine and feminine plural elementals)
- elemental
Further reading
- “elemental” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “elemental” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “elemental” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “elemental” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Spanish
Etymology
elemento +? -al
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /elemen?tal/, [e.le.m?n??t?al]
Adjective
elemental (plural elementales)
- elemental
Derived terms
- función elemental
- partícula elemental
Noun
elemental m (plural elementales)
- (alchemy, folklore, mythology) elemental
Hyponyms
Further reading
- “elemental” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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primitive
English
Alternative forms
- primative (obsolete)
Etymology
From Old French primitif, from Latin pr?mit?vus (“first or earliest of its kind”), from pr?mus (“first”); see prime. Doublet of primitivo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?p??m?t?v/
- Rhymes: -?m?t?v
- Hyphenation: prim?i?tive
Noun
primitive (plural primitives)
- (linguistics) An original or primary word; a word not derived from another, as opposed to derivative.
- A member of a primitive society.
- A simple-minded person.
- (computing, programming) A data type that is built into the programming language, as opposed to more complex structures.
- (computing, programming) Any of the simplest elements (instructions, statements, etc.) available in a programming language.
- A basic geometric shape from which more complex shapes can be constructed.
- (mathematics) A function whose derivative is a given function; an antiderivative.
Synonyms
- word: primitive word, radical, radical word
Translations
Adjective
primitive (comparative more primitive, superlative most primitive)
- Of or pertaining to the beginning or origin, or to early times; original; primordial; primeval; first.
- Of or pertaining to or harking back to a former time; old-fashioned; characterized by simplicity.
- Synonym: backwards
- (Can we clean up(+) this sense?) Crude, obsolete.
- primitive ideas
- (grammar) Original; primary; radical; not derived.
- Synonym: radical
- Antonyms: derivative, derived
- 1831, Noah Webster, Rudiments of English Grammar; Being an Abridgment of the Improved Grammar of the English Language, New-Haven, p.6:
- Division of words. Words are primitive or radical, and derivative or compound.
- Of primitive words. Primitive or radical words are such as cannot be divided, or separated into parts which are significant; as man, hope, bless.
- (biology) Occurring in or characteristic of an early stage of development or evolution.
- (mathematics) Not derived from another of the same type
- Synonym: imprimitive
- (linguistics, dated) most recent common ancestor (often hypothetical) of
- Synonym: proto-
- 1933, Leonard Bloomfield, Language, Henry Holt, p. 13
- We infer that other groups of related languages, such as the Germanic (or the Slavic or the Celtic), which show a similar resemblance, have arisen in the same way; it is only an accident of history that for these groups we have no written records of the earlier state of the language, as it was spoken before the differentiation set in. To these unrecorded languages we give names like Primitive Germanic (Primitive Slavic, Primitive Celtic, and so on).
Derived terms
- multiprimitive
- primitiveness
Translations
References
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p?i.mi.tiv/
Etymology 1
See the etymology of the main entry.
Adjective
primitive
- feminine singular of primitif
Etymology 2
By ellipsis of [fonction] primitive.
Noun
primitive f (plural primitives)
- (mathematics) antiderivative
- Antonym: dérivée
See also
- intégrale
Further reading
- “primitive” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
German
Pronunciation
Adjective
primitive
- inflection of primitiv:
- strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- strong nominative/accusative plural
- weak nominative all-gender singular
- weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Italian
Adjective
primitive
- feminine plural of primitivo
Latin
Adjective
pr?mit?ve
- vocative masculine singular of pr?mit?vus
Norwegian Bokmål
Adjective
primitive
- definite singular of primitiv
- plural of primitiv
Norwegian Nynorsk
Adjective
primitive
- definite singular of primitiv
- plural of primitiv
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