primordial
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Etymology edit
From the Latin prīmōrdiālis (“of the beginning”). Compare primordium and -al.
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- (UK) IPA(key): /pɹaɪˈmɔː.di.əl/
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- (US) IPA(key): /pɹaɪˈmɔɹ.di.əl/
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- (General Australian) IPA(key): /pɹɑɪˈmoː.di.əl/
Adjective edit
primordial (not comparable)
- first, earliest or original
- 1859–1860, William Hamilton, edited by H[enry] L[ongueville] Mansel and John Veitch, Lectures on Metaphysics and Logic […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to IV), Edinburgh, London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC:
- the primordial facts of our intelligent nature
- 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light:Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, page 9:
- As an archetypal image of primordial unity, the cosmic egg suggests that there is unity and fragmentation, eternity and time.
- (biology) characteristic of the earliest stage of the development of an organism, or relating to a primordium
- a primordial leaf; a primordial cell
- primeval
- Of an element or isotope: occurring primordially (on Earth) (i.e. inherited from when the Earth was formed); because it is stable, or radioactive but so long-lived that some is left over from when the Earth was formed. For example, primordial radioisotopes (T = half-life in years) include uranium-235 (T = 7×108), potassium-40 (T = 1.25×109), uranium-238 (T = 4.5×109), and thorium-232 (T = 1.4×1010).
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primordial (plural primordials)
- A first principle or element.
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French edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin prīmōrdiālis (“of the beginning”).
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primordial (feminine primordiale, masculine plural primordiaux, feminine plural primordiales)
- primordial, primitive, original
- vital, essential, paramount, of paramount importance
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- “primordial”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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primordial (strong nominative masculine singular primordialer, not comparable)
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- “primordial” in Duden online
- “primordial” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From Latin prīmōrdiālis (“of the beginning”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /pɾi.moʁ.d͡ʒiˈaw/ [pɾi.moɦ.d͡ʒɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /pɾi.moʁˈd͡ʒjaw/ [pɾi.moɦˈd͡ʒjaʊ̯]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /pɾi.moɾ.d͡ʒiˈaw/ [pɾi.moɾ.d͡ʒɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /pɾi.moɾˈd͡ʒjaw/ [pɾi.moɾˈd͡ʒjaʊ̯]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /pɾi.moʁ.d͡ʒiˈaw/ [pɾi.moʁ.d͡ʒɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /pɾi.moʁˈd͡ʒjaw/ [pɾi.moʁˈd͡ʒjaʊ̯]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /pɾi.moɻ.d͡ʒiˈaw/ [pɾi.moɻ.d͡ʒɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /pɾi.moɻˈd͡ʒjaw/ [pɾi.moɻˈd͡ʒjaʊ̯]
Adjective edit
primordial m or f (plural primordiais)
- primordial (first, earliest or original)
- Synonym: primeiro
- primary, main, paramount
- Synonyms: capital, essencial, importante
- 1982, Bernardo Soares, Livro do Desassossego, Vol.II:
- Em mim o que há de primordial é o hábito e o jeito de sonhar.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from French primordial.
Adjective edit
primordial m or n (feminine singular primordială, masculine plural primordiali, feminine and neuter plural primordiale)
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
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indefinite | primordial | primordială | primordiali | primordiale | ||
definite | primordialul | primordiala | primordialii | primordialele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | primordial | primordiale | primordiali | primordiale | ||
definite | primordialului | primordialei | primordialilor | primordialelor |
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Etymology edit
From Latin prīmōrdiālis (“of the beginning”). Cognate with English primordial.
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Adjective edit
primordial m or f (masculine and feminine plural primordiales)
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Further reading edit
- “primordial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014