rudimentary
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rudimentary
- /ˌɹuːdɪˈmɛntəɹi/ US
- /ˌɹuːdɪˈmɛnt͡ʃɹi/ US
Where it comes from
From rudiment + -ary (adjectival suffix), perhaps after New Latin rudīmentārius, from Classical Latin rudīmentum (“first attempt; beginning”) + -ārius (adjectival suffix). Compare French rudimentaire.
adjective more rudimentary · most rudimentary
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Of or relating to one or more rudiments; of the nature of an early stage.
The state of moral and social feeling, prevalent in legendary Greece, exhibits a scene in harmony with the rudimentary political fabric just described.
Similar: immature, imperfect, rudimental, undeveloped
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Basic; minimal; with less than, or only the minimum, necessary.
I have only a rudimentary grasp of chemistry.
Similar: modest, stripped down, rudimental, austere, bare, bare-bones, bargain, basic, cheap, default, discreet, economy
noun rudimentaries
- One of the rudimentary (adjective sense 1) mammae of boars. A litter of nine pigs was farrowed, four of the boars having rudimentaries, and one lacking them, while three of the sows lacked rudimentaries and the fourth possessed them.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: uncomplete, incomplete, basic, undeveloped, fundamental, underlying, vestigial, low-tech, minimal, simple, minimum, substandard, little, poor, austere, crude
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adj of or relating to rudiments
| Español | rudimentario, rudimental |
|---|---|
| Português | rudimentar |
| Français | rudimentaire |
| Ελληνικά | στοιχειώδης stoicheiódis |
| Русский | рудимента́рный rudimentárnyj |
adj basic; minimal
| Español | rudimental, rudimentario, elemental |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 基本的 jīběn de |
| Português | rudimentar |
| Français | rudimentaire |
| Deutsch | rudimentär, elementar, grundlegend, ansatzhaft, bruchstückhaft |
| Ελληνικά | υποτυπώδης ypotypódis, στοιχειώδης stoicheiódis |
| Русский | зача́точный začátočnyj, рудимента́рный rudimentárnyj, элемента́рный elementárnyj |
| Tiếng Việt | cơ bản |
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title = {rudimentary},
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