"primitive" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈpɹɪmɪtɪv/ Audio: en-us-primitive.ogg Forms: more primitive [comparative], most primitive [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɪmɪtɪv Etymology: From Middle English primitif, from Old French primitif, from Latin prīmitīvus (“first or earliest of its kind”), from prīmus (“first”); see prime. Doublet of primitivo. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|primitif}} Middle English primitif, {{der|en|fro|primitif}} Old French primitif, {{der|en|la|prīmitīvus||first or earliest of its kind}} Latin prīmitīvus (“first or earliest of its kind”), {{doublet|en|primitivo}} Doublet of primitivo Head templates: {{en-adj}} primitive (comparative more primitive, superlative most primitive)
  1. Of or pertaining to the beginning or origin, or to early times; original; primordial; primeval; first.
    Sense id: en-primitive-en-adj-LOeg00tJ
  2. Of or pertaining to or harking back to a former time; old-fashioned; characterized by simplicity. Synonyms: backwards
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  3. Of or pertaining to or harking back to a former time; old-fashioned; characterized by simplicity.
    Relating to an art style characterized by asymmetrical shapes and faded colors.
    Synonyms: backwards
    Sense id: en-primitive-en-adj-dS2C0605 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Cornish translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 11 11 1 4 3 11 20 2 0 1 18 11 2 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 2 11 11 3 4 3 15 18 2 1 1 13 10 2 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Cornish translations: 2 11 11 3 4 3 15 18 2 1 1 14 10 2 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 2 12 12 2 3 3 16 20 1 0 1 15 10 1 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 2 11 11 3 4 3 15 18 2 1 1 13 10 2 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 4 10 10 4 5 4 12 16 2 1 1 13 10 3 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 2 11 11 3 4 3 15 18 2 1 1 14 10 2 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 2 11 11 3 4 3 15 18 2 1 1 13 9 2 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 2 11 11 3 4 3 15 18 2 1 1 14 10 2 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 2 11 11 3 4 3 15 18 2 1 1 13 10 2 3
  4. Crude, obsolete.
    Sense id: en-primitive-en-adj-g9rsMLt9
  5. (grammar) Original; primary; radical; not derived. Categories (topical): Grammar Synonyms: radical
    Sense id: en-primitive-en-adj-1IeNNwG9 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  6. (biology) Occurring in or characteristic of an early stage of development or evolution. Categories (topical): Biology
    Sense id: en-primitive-en-adj-t9dTYjYU Topics: biology, natural-sciences
  7. (mathematics) Not derived from another of the same type Categories (topical): Mathematics Synonyms: imprimitive
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  8. (linguistics, dated) most recent common ancestor (often hypothetical) of Tags: dated Categories (topical): Linguistics Synonyms: proto-
    Sense id: en-primitive-en-adj-FT-V7~rj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 7 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Cornish translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 11 11 1 4 3 11 20 2 0 1 18 11 2 3 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 2 11 11 2 2 3 11 33 1 0 1 12 7 1 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 7 entries: 1 9 9 1 2 2 10 13 1 0 0 11 6 1 2 0 1 1 0 3 1 15 9 0 0 0 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 10 10 1 1 2 11 16 1 0 0 11 6 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 1 13 7 0 0 0 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 3 10 10 3 6 2 12 16 3 2 9 11 8 1 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Azerbaijani translations: 3 10 10 3 6 2 12 16 3 2 9 12 8 1 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 2 12 12 4 4 3 14 18 2 1 1 13 9 2 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 2 11 11 3 4 3 14 18 2 1 1 14 10 2 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 2 11 11 3 4 3 15 18 2 1 1 13 10 2 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Cornish translations: 2 11 11 3 4 3 15 18 2 1 1 14 10 2 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 3 9 9 3 6 3 12 15 3 5 7 11 8 2 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 2 11 11 2 3 3 14 26 2 1 1 13 9 1 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 3 12 12 3 3 3 14 19 2 0 1 13 9 1 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 2 12 12 2 3 3 16 20 1 0 1 15 10 1 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 2 11 11 3 4 3 13 22 2 1 1 13 9 2 3 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 3 12 12 3 3 3 14 19 2 0 1 14 9 1 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 2 11 11 3 4 3 14 18 2 1 1 14 10 2 3 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 2 11 11 3 3 3 13 23 2 1 1 12 9 2 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 3 8 8 4 6 4 12 16 2 1 1 17 12 3 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 3 7 7 3 7 3 10 16 3 1 6 15 11 3 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 2 12 12 2 3 3 15 21 1 0 1 14 10 1 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 2 12 12 2 3 3 15 21 1 0 1 14 10 1 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 2 11 11 3 4 3 15 18 2 1 1 13 10 2 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 2 12 12 2 3 3 15 21 1 0 1 14 10 1 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 4 10 10 4 5 4 12 16 2 1 1 13 10 3 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 2 12 12 4 4 3 13 17 2 1 2 13 9 2 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 4 10 10 3 6 2 12 16 3 2 8 11 8 1 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 2 11 11 3 4 3 14 18 2 1 1 14 10 2 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 2 12 12 2 3 3 14 25 1 0 1 13 9 1 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 3 10 10 3 6 3 12 16 3 2 9 12 8 1 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 2 13 13 2 3 3 14 20 1 0 1 15 9 1 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 2 11 11 3 4 3 15 18 2 1 1 14 10 2 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 2 11 11 3 4 3 15 18 2 1 1 13 9 2 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 2 11 11 3 4 3 15 18 2 1 1 14 10 2 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 2 11 11 3 4 3 15 18 2 1 1 13 10 2 3 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: primative [obsolete] Translations (old-fashioned; characterized by simplicity): prymitywny (Polish)

Noun

IPA: /ˈpɹɪmɪtɪv/ Audio: en-us-primitive.ogg Forms: primitives [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪmɪtɪv Etymology: From Middle English primitif, from Old French primitif, from Latin prīmitīvus (“first or earliest of its kind”), from prīmus (“first”); see prime. Doublet of primitivo. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|primitif}} Middle English primitif, {{der|en|fro|primitif}} Old French primitif, {{der|en|la|prīmitīvus||first or earliest of its kind}} Latin prīmitīvus (“first or earliest of its kind”), {{doublet|en|primitivo}} Doublet of primitivo Head templates: {{en-noun}} primitive (plural primitives)
  1. (linguistics) An original or primary word; a word not derived from another, as opposed to derivative. Categories (topical): Linguistics Synonyms (word): primitive word, radical, radical word Translations (linguistics: word not derived from another): kantasana (Finnish), primitif [masculine] (French), Wortstamm & Stamm (German), Stammwort (German), Urwort (German), ursprüngliches Wort (German), Wurzelwort (German), Wortwurzel & Wurzel (German), Primitivum (German), Radicalwort (German), Radix (German), primitivum [neuter] (Latin), vocabulum primitivum [neuter] (Latin), vox primitiva [feminine] (Latin), radix [feminine] (Latin), примити́в (primitív) [masculine] (Russian), primitivo [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-primitive-en-noun-Os-6eiQV Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences Disambiguation of 'word': 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 Disambiguation of 'linguistics: word not derived from another': 76 1 1 4 4 10 5
  2. A member of a primitive society. Translations (member from a primitive society): alkukantainen ihminen (Finnish), primitif [masculine] (French), primitive [feminine] (French), πρωτόγονος (protógonos) [masculine] (Greek), primitivo [masculine] (Portuguese), первобы́тный челове́к (pervobýtnyj čelovék) [masculine] (Russian), ilkel insan (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-primitive-en-noun-hYpA~Kaa Disambiguation of 'member from a primitive society': 10 58 5 3 3 16 5
  3. A simple-minded person. Translations (simple-minded person): примитив (primitiv) [masculine] (Bulgarian), yksinkertainen ihminen (Finnish), primitivo [masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-primitive-en-noun-HE3GzmAz Disambiguation of 'simple-minded person': 3 2 91 1 1 0 2
  4. (programming) A data type that is built into the programming language, as opposed to more complex structures. Categories (topical): Programming Translations (computing: data type): primitiivi (Finnish), perustietotyyppi (Finnish), primitive [feminine] (French), αρχέγονος (archégonos) [masculine] (Greek), αρχέγονος τύπος δεδομένων (archégonos týpos dedoménon) [masculine] (Greek), prymityw [masculine] (Polish), primitiva [feminine] (Portuguese), примити́в (primitív) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-primitive-en-noun-xUtK8ZGm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 7 entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Cornish translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 11 11 1 4 3 11 20 2 0 1 18 11 2 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 7 entries: 1 9 9 1 2 2 10 13 1 0 0 11 6 1 2 0 1 1 0 3 1 15 9 0 0 0 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 2 11 11 3 4 3 15 18 2 1 1 13 10 2 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Cornish translations: 2 11 11 3 4 3 15 18 2 1 1 14 10 2 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 2 12 12 2 3 3 16 20 1 0 1 15 10 1 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 3 8 8 4 6 4 12 16 2 1 1 17 12 3 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 3 7 7 3 7 3 10 16 3 1 6 15 11 3 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 2 11 11 3 4 3 15 18 2 1 1 13 10 2 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 4 10 10 4 5 4 12 16 2 1 1 13 10 3 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 2 11 11 3 4 3 15 18 2 1 1 14 10 2 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 2 11 11 3 4 3 15 18 2 1 1 13 9 2 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 2 11 11 3 4 3 15 18 2 1 1 14 10 2 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 2 11 11 3 4 3 15 18 2 1 1 13 10 2 3 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences Disambiguation of 'computing: data type': 1 0 1 71 20 2 4
  5. (programming) Any of the simplest elements (instructions, statements, etc.) available in a programming language. Categories (topical): Programming Translations (computing: simplest elements): primitiva komando (Esperanto)
    Sense id: en-primitive-en-noun-jYqbxNY4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 11 11 1 4 3 11 20 2 0 1 18 11 2 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 2 12 12 2 3 3 16 20 1 0 1 15 10 1 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 3 8 8 4 6 4 12 16 2 1 1 17 12 3 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 3 7 7 3 7 3 10 16 3 1 6 15 11 3 4 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences Disambiguation of 'computing: simplest elements': 2 1 2 35 53 3 5
  6. A basic geometric shape from which more complex shapes can be constructed.
    Sense id: en-primitive-en-noun-Hj812MaO
  7. (mathematics) A function whose derivative is a given function; an antiderivative. Categories (topical): Functions, Mathematics
    Sense id: en-primitive-en-noun-gVv-X6LT Topics: mathematics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: primative [obsolete] Derived forms: modern primitive

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "protógonos",
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          ],
          "word": "πρωτόγονος"
        },
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          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "member from a primitive society",
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        {
          "_dis1": "10 58 5 3 3 16 5",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "pervobýtnyj čelovék",
          "sense": "member from a primitive society",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "первобы́тный челове́к"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 58 5 3 3 16 5",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "member from a primitive society",
          "word": "ilkel insan"
        }
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        {
          "_dis1": "3 2 91 1 1 0 2",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "primitiv",
          "sense": "simple-minded person",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "примитив"
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        {
          "_dis1": "3 2 91 1 1 0 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "simple-minded person",
          "word": "yksinkertainen ihminen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 2 91 1 1 0 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "simple-minded person",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "primitivo"
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