primordial

Signification (Anglais)

Adj

1. (not-comparable) First, earliest or original.
2. (not-comparable) Characteristic of the earliest stage of the development of an organism, or relating to a primordium.
3. (not-comparable) Primeval.
4. (not-comparable) 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).

Noun

1. A first principle or element.
2. A primordial condition or state.

Concepts

primordial

primitif

premier

1st

première

à l’origine

au début

aborigène

initiale

initial

Synonymes

primeval

primitive

aboriginal

primal

original

pristine

primary

initial

primaeval

radical

indigenous

native

savage

ancient

real

supreme

true

underived

atavist

age-old

archaic

earliest

elemental

elementary

first

1st

fundamental

inceptive

initially

initiatory

originally

originative

paramount

Traductions

primordiale

ursprünglich

ilk

1st

primordial

oorspronkelijk

primitivo

αρχέγονος

primordial

primordial

primitivo

πρωτογενής

uranfänglich

primitivo

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/pɹaɪˈmɔː.di.əl/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From the Latin prīmōrdiālis (“of the beginning”). Compare primordium and -al.