From the Latin prīmōrdiālis (“of the beginning”). Compare primordium and -al.
primordial (not comparable)
- First, earliest or original.
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).
earliest
- Bulgarian: първоначален (bg) (pǎrvonačalen), най-ранен (naj-ranen)
- Catalan: primordial
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 原始的 (yuánshǐ de)
- Dutch: oorspronkelijk (nl), oer- (nl)
- Finnish: alku- (fi), alkuperäinen (fi)
- French: primordial (fr)
- Galician: primordial (gl) m or f
- Georgian: დასაბამიერი (dasabamieri), პირველყოფილი (ṗirvelq̇opili), თავდაპირველი (tavdaṗirveli), ოდინდელი (odindeli)
- German: ursprünglich (de), Ur- (de), Frühzeit-, primordial (de)
- Greek: αρχέγονος (el) m (archégonos), πρωταρχικός (el) m (protarchikós)
- Hebrew: בְּרֵאשִׁיתִי (he) m (bereshití)
- Hungarian: ősi (hu)
- Icelandic: frum-, upprunalegur (is) m, upphafs-
- Italian: primordiale (it)
- Japanese: 原初の (げんしょの, gensho no)
- Kazakh: әдепкі (ädepkı)
- Polish: pierwotny (pl) m, początkowy (pl)
- Portuguese: primordial (pt)
- Russian: изнача́льный (ru) (iznačálʹnyj)
- Spanish: primordial (es)
- Swedish: ursprunglig (sv)
- Turkish: esasî, ilk (tr), kökensel (tr)
- Ukrainian: пе́рві́сний (pérvísnyj)
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primordial (plural primordials)
- A first principle or element.
first principle or element
- Greek: πρωτογενής (el) m (protogenís)
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Learned borrowing from Latin prīmōrdiālis (“of the beginning”).
primordial (feminine primordiale, masculine plural primordiaux, feminine plural primordiales)
- primordial, primitive, original
- Synonyms: originel, primitif
- vital, essential, paramount, of paramount importance
- Synonyms: capital, essentiel
primordial (strong nominative masculine singular primordialer, not comparable)
- primordial
Positive forms of primordial (uncomparable)
From Latin prīmōrdiālis (“of the beginning”).
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /pɾi.moʁ.d͡ʒiˈaw/ [pɾi.moɦ.d͡ʒɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /pɾi.moʁˈd͡ʒjaw/ [pɾi.moɦˈd͡ʒjaʊ̯]
- (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]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /pɾi.muɾˈdjal/ [pɾi.muɾˈðjaɫ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /pɾi.muɾˈdja.li/ [pɾi.muɾˈðja.li]
- Rhymes: -al, -aw
- Hyphenation: pri‧mor‧di‧al
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:
Borrowed from French primordial.
primordial m or n (feminine singular primordială, masculine plural primordiali, feminine and neuter plural primordiale)
- primeval
Declension of primordial
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From Latin prīmōrdiālis (“of the beginning”). Cognate with English primordial.
- IPA(key): /pɾimoɾˈdjal/ [pɾi.moɾˈð̞jal]
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: pri‧mor‧dial
primordial m or f (masculine and feminine plural primordiales)
- primordial
- primary, paramount