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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
primordial
English
Etymology
From the Latin pr?m?rdi?lis (“of the beginning”). Confer primordium and -al.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /p?a??m??.di.?l/
- (US) IPA(key): /p?a??m??.di.?l/
Adjective
primordial (not comparable)
- first, earliest or original
- the primordial facts of our intelligent nature
- (biology) characteristic of the earliest stage of the development of an organism, or relating to a primordium
- a primordial leaf; a primordial cell
- primeval
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
primordial (plural primordials)
- A first principle or element.
Translations
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin pr?m?rdi?lis (“of the beginning”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p?i.m??.djal/
Adjective
primordial (feminine singular primordiale, masculine plural primordiaux, feminine plural primordiales)
- primordial, primitive, original
- vital, essential, paramount, of paramount importance
Further reading
- “primordial” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
German
Pronunciation
Adjective
primordial (not comparable)
- primordial
Declension
Further reading
- “primordial” in Duden online
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin pr?m?rdi?lis (“of the beginning”).
Adjective
primordial m or f (plural primordiais, comparable)
- primordial (first, earliest or original)
- Synonym: primeiro
- primary, main, paramount
- 1982, Bernardo Soares, Livro do Desassossego, Vol.II
- Em mim o que há de primordial é o hábito e o jeito de sonhar.
- Synonyms: capital, essencial, importante
- 1982, Bernardo Soares, Livro do Desassossego, Vol.II
Derived terms
- primordialmente
Related terms
- primórdio
Further reading
- “primordial” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Romanian
Etymology
From French primordial
Adjective
primordial m or n (feminine singular primordial?, masculine plural primordiali, feminine and neuter plural primordiale)
- primeval
Declension
Related terms
- primordialitate
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin pr?m?rdi?lis (“of the beginning”). Cognate with English primordial.
Adjective
primordial (plural primordiales)
- primordial
- primary, paramount
Related terms
- primordio
Further reading
- “primordial” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
primordial From the web:
- what primordial means
- what primordial germ cells do
- what's primordial soup
- what primordial means in spanish
- what primordial nucleosynthesis
- what primordial fireball
- what's primordial god
- what primordial waters
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