elementary

English

Adjective

elementary

1. Relating to the basic, essential or fundamental part of something.
2. Relating to an elementary school.
3. (physics) Relating to a subatomic particle.
   • 2012 March 1, Jeremy Bernstein, “A Palette of Particles”, American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, page 146: 

     The physics of elementary particles in the 20th century was distinguished by the observation of particles whose existence had been predicted by theorists sometimes decades earlier.

4. (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.

Translations

Relating to the basic, essential or fundamental part of something

• Bulgarian: елементарен (bg) (elementaren)
• Chinese

  Mandarin: 基本 (cmn) (jīběn)

• Danish: elementær (da)
• Finnish: perus- (fi), perustava (fi)
• French: élémentaire (fr)
• Greek: στοιχειώδης (el) (stikhiódhis)
• Italian: elementare (it)

• Kurdish:

  Sorani: سه‌ره‌تایی (ku) (saratAyee)

• Norwegian: elementært (no), enkelt (no), grunnleggende (no)
• Polish: podstawowy (pl) m, elementarny (pl) m
• Romanian: elementar (ro) m and n, fundamental (ro) m and n
• Scottish Gaelic: sìmplidh (gd)

Relating to an elementary school

• Bulgarian: начален (bg) (načalen)
• Chinese:

  Simplified: 小学的

• Danish: folkeskole- (da)
• Greek: στοιχειώδης (el) (stikhiódhis)

• Italian: elementare (it)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: سه‌ره‌تایی (ku) (saratAyee)

• Polish: podstawowy (pl) m
• Romanian: elementară (ro) f (școală)

Relating to a subatomic particle

• Bulgarian: елементарен (bg) (elementaren)
• Danish: elementar- (da)
• Greek: στοιχειώδης (el) (stikhiódhis)

• Italian: elementare (it)
• Polish: elementarny (pl) m
• Romanian: elementar (ro) m and n

References

• Oxford English Dictionary, Second Edition, 1989