elementary

Betekenis (Engels)

Adj

1. Relating to the basic, essential or fundamental part of something.
2. Very simple.
3. Relating to an elementary school.
4. Fundamental: serving as a building block for more complicated structures or processes.
5. Fundamental: serving as a building block for more complicated structures or processes.
6. Fundamental: serving as a building block for more complicated structures or processes.
7. Fundamental: serving as a building block for more complicated structures or processes.
8. Fundamental: serving as a building block for more complicated structures or processes.
9. Straightforward, employing only basic techniques; not requiring substantial knowledge (of some particular domain, object, etc.).
10. Straightforward, employing only basic techniques; not requiring substantial knowledge (of some particular domain, object, etc.).
11. (archaic) Sublunary; not celestial; belonging to the sublunary sphere, to which the four classical elements (earth, air, fire and water) were confined; composed of or pertaining to these four elements.

Noun

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, informal, uncountable) Ellipsis of elementary school.
2. (countable) A supernatural being associated with the elements.

Concepten

elementair

aanvankelijk

eenvoudig

eerstegraads

lineair

rudimentair

Synoniemen

primary

basic

elemental

fundamental

simple

initial

rudimentary

first

1st

beginning

primer

abecedarian

at the beginning

uncomplicated

preliminary

unproblematic

essential

obvious

open-and-shut

plain

preparatory

primal

primordial

run-of-the-mill

simplified

soft

tentative

undemanding

underlying

vanilla

working

truistic

all-encompassing

basal

cardinal

constitutive

cushy

easy

facile

fiducial

grassroots

inchoate

initiative

introduction

lower

material

no-frills

Vertalingen

élémentaire

elementare

elemental

elementar

στοιχειώδης

elementar

primaire

basit

grundlegend

rudimentar

básico

seretayî

سهرهتایی

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/(ˌ)ɛlɪˈmɛnt(ə)ɹɪ/

Etymologie (Engels)

Verwant aan Frans: élémentaire

In summary

From Middle English elementare, from Latin elementārius (“elementary”), from elementum (“one of the four elements of antiquity; fundamentals”) + -ārius (adjective-forming suffix). Cognate with French élémentaire. By surface analysis, element + -ary.

Zinnen

He served as Professor of Elementary and Secondary Education .

Hij diende als professor elementair en voortgezet onderwijs.