primordial

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /pɹaɪˈmɔː.di.əl/
• (America) IPA: /pɹaɪˈmɔɹ.di.əl/

Adjective

primordial (not comparable)

1. first, earliest or original

   • the primordial facts of our intelligent nature

2. (biology) characteristic of the earliest stage of the development of an organism, or relating to a primordium

   a primordial leaf; a primordial cell

3. primeval

Translations

• French: primordial
• German: ursprünglich, Ur-, Frühzeit-, primordial
• Italian: primordiale
• Portuguese: primordial
• Russian: изнача́льный
• Spanish: primordial

Noun

primordial (plural primordials)

1. A first principle or element.

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