"primeval" meaning in English

See primeval in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˌpɹaɪˈmi.vəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-primeval.wav Forms: more primeval [comparative], most primeval [superlative]
enPR: "prīm'ēvəl Etymology: From Latin primaevus (“in the first or earliest period of life”) + -al, from primus (“first”) + aevum (“time, age”); see prime and age. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*per-|*h₂ey-|id1=before|id2=life}}, {{suffix|en|primaevus|al|lang1=la|t1=in the first or earliest period of life}} Latin primaevus (“in the first or earliest period of life”) + -al Head templates: {{en-adj}} primeval (comparative more primeval, superlative most primeval)
  1. Belonging to the first ages. Translations (belonging to the first ages): ἀρχαῖος (arkhaîos) (Ancient Greek), праисторически (praistoričeski) (Bulgarian), primigeni [masculine] (Catalan), 原始的 (yuánshǐ de) (Chinese Mandarin), pravěký [masculine] (Czech), pA-A-w-t:y-X6 (pꜣwtj) (Egyptian), alku- (Finnish), iki- (Finnish), primitif [masculine] (French), primixéneo [masculine] (Galician), პირველყოფილი (ṗirvelq̇opili) (Georgian), urzeitlich (German), αρχέγονος (archégonos) (Greek), ימי קדם (Y'mei Qedem) (Hebrew), príomhaoiseach (Irish), cianaosta (Irish), primordiale (Italian), 原生 (gensei) (alt: げんせい) (Japanese), 原始 (genshi) (alt: げんし) (Japanese), bun-eashagh (Manx), pradawny (Polish), pradziejowy (Polish), prastary (Polish), przedwieczny (Polish), primevo (Portuguese), первобы́тный (pervobýtnyj) (Russian), àrsaidh (Scottish Gaelic), seantaidh (Scottish Gaelic), primigenio (Spanish), primevo (Spanish), urtids- (Swedish), urtida (Swedish), ka-noon-noonan (Tagalog), noong-unang-panahon (Tagalog), прада́вній (pradávnij) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-primeval-en-adj-dao~AVSp Disambiguation of 'belonging to the first ages': 99 0 1
  2. Primary; original. Translations (primary; original): първичен (pǎrvičen) (Bulgarian), alkuperäinen (Finnish), originel (French), ursprünglich (German), Ur- (German), original (Occitan), pierwotny (Polish), первозда́нный (pervozdánnyj) (Russian), первонача́льный (pervonačálʹnyj) (Russian), primario (Spanish), originario (Spanish), пе́рві́сний (pérvísnyj) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-primeval-en-adj-~tN9brPc Disambiguation of 'primary; original': 0 93 7
  3. Primitive. Translations (primitive): първобитен (pǎrvobiten) (Bulgarian), alkeellinen (Finnish), primitif (French), einfach (German), primitiv (German), primitiu (Occitan), prymitywny (Polish), примити́вный (primitívnyj) (Russian), primitivo (Spanish), primevo (Spanish), приміти́вний (prymitývnyj) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: primaeval, primæval Derived forms: forest primeval, primeval forest, primevality, primevally, primevalness, primeval soup

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "1827 July, “Asiatic Society of Calcutta”, in The Oriental Herald, and Journal of General Literature, volume XIV, number 43, London: Printed for the editor, and sold by all booksellers [printed by J. R. Gordon, 147, Strand], →OCLC, page 147:",
          "text": "A letter from Mr. [Brian Houghton] Hodgson to Mr. Bayley, was then read, giving an outline of the theocracy of the Buddha system of Nepal. […] According to the information now communicated, the northern Buddhas acknowledge four sets of divine beings, or of superhuman objects of veneration. The first of these is, contrary to the generally supposed atheistical tendency of the faith, one primæval and uncreated deity. This first Buddha manifested five of his attributes, as five secondary Buddhas; in one of whom, Amitabha, or the 'immeasurably splendid,' in Prakrit and Pali, Amitabo, we recognise the Amito of the Japanese.",
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      "lang": "Finnish",
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      "roman": "ṗirvelq̇opili",
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      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "belonging to the first ages",
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      "sense": "belonging to the first ages",
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "belonging to the first ages",
      "word": "pradziejowy"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "belonging to the first ages",
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "belonging to the first ages",
      "word": "przedwieczny"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "belonging to the first ages",
      "word": "primevo"
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      "word": "первобы́тный"
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      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "belonging to the first ages",
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "belonging to the first ages",
      "word": "primigenio"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "belonging to the first ages",
      "word": "primevo"
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      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "belonging to the first ages",
      "word": "urtids-"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "belonging to the first ages",
      "word": "urtida"
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      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "belonging to the first ages",
      "word": "ka-noon-noonan"
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      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "belonging to the first ages",
      "word": "noong-unang-panahon"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pradávnij",
      "sense": "belonging to the first ages",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "прада́вній"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pǎrvičen",
      "sense": "primary; original",
      "word": "първичен"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "primary; original",
      "word": "alkuperäinen"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "primary; original",
      "word": "originel"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "primary; original",
      "word": "ursprünglich"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
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      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "primary; original",
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "primary; original",
      "word": "pierwotny"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pervozdánnyj",
      "sense": "primary; original",
      "word": "первозда́нный"
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pervonačálʹnyj",
      "sense": "primary; original",
      "word": "первонача́льный"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "primary; original",
      "word": "primario"
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      "lang": "Spanish",
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pérvísnyj",
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      "word": "пе́рві́сний"
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "pǎrvobiten",
      "sense": "primitive",
      "word": "първобитен"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "primitive",
      "word": "alkeellinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "primitive",
      "word": "primitif"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "primitive",
      "word": "einfach"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "primitive",
      "word": "primitiv"
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      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "primitive",
      "word": "primitiu"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "primitive",
      "word": "prymitywny"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "primitívnyj",
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      "word": "примити́вный"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "primitive",
      "word": "primitivo"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "primitive",
      "word": "primevo"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "prymitývnyj",
      "sense": "primitive",
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      "word": "приміти́вний"
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}

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