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fundamental
English
Alternative forms
- foundament (when used as a noun)
Etymology
From Late Latin fundament?lis, from Latin fundamentum (“foundation”), from fund? (“to lay the foundation (of something), to found”), from fundus (“bottom”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?ud?m?n.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?f?nd??m?nt?l/
- Hyphenation: fun?da?men?tal
Noun
fundamental (plural fundamentals)
- (usually in the plural) A leading or primary principle, rule, law, or article, which serves as the groundwork of a system; an essential part
- one of the fundamentals of linear algebra
- (physics) The lowest frequency of a periodic waveform.
- (music) The lowest partial of a complex tone.
Translations
Adjective
fundamental (comparative more fundamental, superlative most fundamental)
- Pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation.
- Essential, as an element, principle, or law; important; original; elementary.
Synonyms
- groundlaying
- See also Thesaurus:bare-bones
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Further reading
- fundamental in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- fundamental in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Danish
Etymology
From fundament +? -al.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f?ndam?nta?l/, [f?nd?am?n?t?æ??l]
Adjective
fundamental
- basic, fundamental
Inflection
Synonyms
- afgørende
- basal
- grundliggende, grundlæggende
Derived terms
- fundamentalisme
- fundamentalist
Galician
Etymology
From Latin fund?ment?lis.
Pronunciation
Adjective
fundamental m or f (plural fundamentais)
- fundamental
Further reading
- “fundamental” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
German
Etymology
From Latin fund?ment?lis; synchronically analyzable as Fundament +? -al.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f?ndam?n?ta?l/
- Hyphenation: fun?da?men?tal
Adjective
fundamental (comparative fundamentaler, superlative am fundamentalsten)
- fundamental
Declension
Synonyms
- grundlegend
Derived terms
- Fundamentalismus, Fundamentalist
Related terms
- Fundamentalerkenntnis, Fundamentalentscheidung, Fundamentalgesetz, Fundamentalsatz
Further reading
- “fundamental” in Duden online
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Latin fundamentalis
Adjective
fundamental (masculine and feminine fundamental, neuter fundamentalt, definite singular and plural fundamentale)
- fundamental, basic
Related terms
- fundament
References
- “fundamental” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “fundamental” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Latin fundamentalis
Adjective
fundamental (masculine and feminine fundamental, neuter fundamentalt, definite singular and plural fundamentale)
- fundamental, basic
Related terms
- fundament
References
- “fundamental” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin fund?ment?lis.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /?f?.da.m?.?taw/, /f?.?da.m?.?taw/
- Hyphenation: fun?da?men?tal
Adjective
fundamental m or f (plural fundamentais, comparable)
- fundamental; essential (pertaining to the basic part or notion of something)
- Synonyms: essencial, básico
Derived terms
- fundamentalismo
- fundamentalista
- fundamentalmente
Further reading
- “fundamental” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
- “fundamental” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Romanian
Etymology
From French fondamental, from Latin fundamentalis
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?fun.da.men?tal/
Adjective
fundamental m or n (feminine singular fundamental?, masculine plural fundamentali, feminine and neuter plural fundamentale)
- fundamental
Declension
Related terms
References
- fundamental in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin fund?ment?lis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fundamen?tal/, [f?n?.d?a.m?n??t?al]
- Hyphenation: fun?da?men?tal
Adjective
fundamental (plural fundamentales)
- fundamental
Derived terms
- fundamentalismo
- fundamentalista
- fundamentalmente
- interacción fundamental
Related terms
- fundamentar
- fundamento
- fundar
Further reading
- “fundamental” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
Swedish
Adjective
fundamental (not comparable)
- fundamental
Declension
References
- fundamental in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- fundamental in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
fundamental From the web:
- what fundamental means
- what fundamentals to look for in a stock
- what is fundamental
direction
English
Etymology
From Middle English direccioun, from Old French direccion, from Latin d?r?cti?. Equivalent to direct +? -ion
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /d(a)????k.??n/
- Rhymes: -?k??n
Noun
direction (countable and uncountable, plural directions)
- A theoretical line (physically or mentally) followed from a point of origin or towards a destination. May be relative (e.g. up, left, outbound, dorsal), geographical (e.g. north), rotational (e.g. clockwise), or with respect to an object or location (e.g. toward Boston).
- 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, The House Behind the Cedars, Chapter I,
- Just before Warwick reached Liberty Point, a young woman came down Front Street from the direction of the market-house. When their paths converged, Warwick kept on down Front Street behind her, it having been already his intention to walk in this direction.
- 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, The House Behind the Cedars, Chapter I,
- A general trend for future action.
- Guidance, instruction.
- The work of the director in cinema or theater; the skill of directing a film, play etc.
- (dated) The body of persons who guide or manage a matter; the directorate.
- (archaic) A person's address.
- 1796, Matthew Lewis, The Monk, Folio Society 1985, page 218:
- Her aunt Leonella was still at Cordova, and she knew not her direction.
- 1796, Matthew Lewis, The Monk, Folio Society 1985, page 218:
Derived terms
Related terms
- direct
Translations
Anagrams
- cretinoid
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin d?r?cti?, d?r?cti?nem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /di.??k.sj??/
Noun
direction f (plural directions)
- (spatial) direction
- (figuratively) direction
- government
- (figuratively) the director of the administration/organisation
- (occasional, figurative) the territory administered by a government
Derived terms
- direction assistée
Related terms
- directeur
- diriger
Descendants
- ? Turkish: direksiyon
Further reading
- “direction” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Interlingua
Noun
direction (plural directiones)
- direction (orientation, point where one is headed)
- direction, leadership, control, supervision
direction From the web:
- what direction does the nile river flow
- what direction am i facing
- what direction does the sunrise
- what direction does the earth rotate
- what direction is the wind blowing
- what direction does the sunset
- what direction is an undefined slope
- what direction does the moon rise
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