"primordial" meaning in French

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Adjective

IPA: /pʁi.mɔʁ.djal/ Forms: primordiale [feminine], primordiaux [masculine, plural], primordiales [feminine, plural]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin prīmōrdiālis (“of the beginning”). Etymology templates: {{ety|fr|:lbor|la:prīmōrdiālis<t:of the beginning>}} [Appendix:Glossary#learned_borrowing|Learned borrowing]] from", "terms" : [ { "gloss" : "of the beginning", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "prīmōrdium", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "la" }, { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "is_uncertain" : true, "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*h₂élis", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "grow", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*h₂el-", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-is", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-ālis", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ālis", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "prīmōrdiālis", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "lbor" } ], "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "primordial", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fr" }" data-lang="fr" data-title="primordial">, {{lbor|fr|la|prīmōrdiālis||of the beginning}} Learned borrowing from Latin prīmōrdiālis (“of the beginning”) Head templates: {{fr-adj}} primordial (feminine primordiale, masculine plural primordiaux, feminine plural primordiales)
  1. primordial, primitive, original Synonyms: originel, primitif
    Sense id: en-primordial-fr-adj-T~H-kdKQ Categories (other): French terms with collocations, French entries with etymon, French entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of French entries with etymon: 74 26 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 60 40 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 69 31 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 74 26
  2. vital, essential, paramount, of paramount importance Synonyms: capital, essentiel
    Sense id: en-primordial-fr-adj-jvRJjYXR Categories (other): French entries with etymon, Pages using etymon with no ID Disambiguation of French entries with etymon: 74 26 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 69 31
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: primordialement

Inflected forms

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