fundamental

English

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

Etymology

From Late Latin fundamentalis, from Latin fundamentum (“foundation”), from fundare (“to lay the foundation (of something), to found”), from fundus (“bottom”)

Pronunciation

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Noun

fundamental (plural fundamentals)

1. A leading or primary principle, rule, law, or article, which serves as the groundwork of a system; essential part, as, the fundamentals of linear algebra.

Translations

a leading or primary principle, rule, law, or article

Armenian: հիմունք (hy) (himunk’) Catalan: fonamental (ca) f. Croatian: ȍsnova (hr) f., tèmelj (hr) m. Czech: zásadní (cs) French: fondement (fr)

German: Grundlage (de) f. Italian: fondamentale (it) m. Japanese: 基本 (きほん, kihon) Navajo: áʼádaatʼéhígíí Norwegian: fundamental (no)

Adjective

fundamental (comparative more fundamental, superlative most fundamental)

1. Pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation. Hence: Essential, as an element, principle, or law; important; original; elementary; as, a fundamental truth; a fundamental axiom.

   One of the fundamental reasons I can't give birth is that I am, in fact, a man.

Derived terms

• fundamentalism
• fundamentalist
• fundamentality
• fundamentalness
• fundamental analysis

Related terms

• fundament

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:bare-bones

Translations

pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation

Bengali: মৌলিক (bn) (moulik) Bulgarian: фундаментален (bg) Catalan: fonamental (ca) Chinese: 基本 (jīběn) Danish: fundamental (da), grundlæggende (da) Dutch: fundamenteel (nl) Esperanto: fundamenta (eo) Estonian: põhi- (et) Finnish: perustavalaatuinen French: fondamental (fr)

Galician: fundamental (gl) German: grundlegend (de), fundamental (de) Italian: fondamentale (it) Japanese: 基本的な (きほんてきな, kihontekina) Maltese: fundamentali (mt), fondamentali (mt) Persian: بنیادی (fa) Portuguese: fundamental (pt) Romanian: fundamental (ro) m. and n., de bază (ro) Serbo-Croatian: fȕndamentālan (sh), ȍsnovān (sh), tȅmēljnī (sh) Spanish: fundamental (es)

External links

• fundamental in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• fundamental in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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Danish

Etymology

From fundament +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /fɔndaməntaːl/, [fɔnd̥amənˈtˢæːˀl]

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Adjective

fundamental (neuter fundamentalt, definite and plural fundamentale)

1. basic, fundamental

Synonyms

• afgørende
• basal
• grundliggende, grundlæggende

Derived terms

• fundamentalisme
• fundamentalist

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Galician

Adjective

fundamental m. and f. (plural fundamentais)

1. fundamental

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German

Adjective

fundamental (comparative fundamentaler, superlative am fundamentalsten)

1. fundamental

Declension

positive forms of fundamental

gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		er ist fundamental	sie ist fundamental	es ist fundamental	sie sind fundamental
strong declension (without article)	nominative	fundamentaler	fundamentale	fundamentales	fundamentale
	genitive	fundamentalen	fundamentaler	fundamentalen	fundamentaler
	dative	fundamentalem	fundamentaler	fundamentalem	fundamentalen
	accusative	fundamentalen	fundamentale	fundamentales	fundamentale
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der fundamentale	die fundamentale	das fundamentale	die fundamentalen
	genitive	des fundamentalen	der fundamentalen	des fundamentalen	der fundamentalen
	dative	dem fundamentalen	der fundamentalen	dem fundamentalen	den fundamentalen
	accusative	den fundamentalen	die fundamentale	das fundamentale	die fundamentalen
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein fundamentaler	eine fundamentale	ein fundamentales	(keine) fundamentalen
	genitive	eines fundamentalen	einer fundamentalen	eines fundamentalen	(keiner) fundamentalen
	dative	einem fundamentalen	einer fundamentalen	einem fundamentalen	(keinen) fundamentalen
	accusative	einen fundamentalen	eine fundamentale	ein fundamentales	(keine) fundamentalen

comparative forms of fundamental

gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		er ist [[{{{2}}}]]	sie ist [[{{{2}}}]]	es ist [[{{{2}}}]]	sie sind [[{{{2}}}]]
strong declension (without article)	nominative	[[{{{2}}}er]]	[[{{{2}}}e]]	[[{{{2}}}es]]	[[{{{2}}}e]]
	genitive	[[{{{2}}}en]]	[[{{{2}}}er]]	[[{{{2}}}en]]	[[{{{2}}}er]]
	dative	[[{{{2}}}em]]	[[{{{2}}}er]]	[[{{{2}}}em]]	[[{{{2}}}en]]
	accusative	[[{{{2}}}en]]	[[{{{2}}}e]]	[[{{{2}}}es]]	[[{{{2}}}e]]
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der [[{{{2}}}e]]	die [[{{{2}}}e]]	das [[{{{2}}}e]]	die [[{{{2}}}en]]
	genitive	des [[{{{2}}}en]]	der [[{{{2}}}en]]	des [[{{{2}}}en]]	der [[{{{2}}}en]]
	dative	dem [[{{{2}}}en]]	der [[{{{2}}}en]]	dem [[{{{2}}}en]]	den [[{{{2}}}en]]
	accusative	den [[{{{2}}}en]]	die [[{{{2}}}e]]	das [[{{{2}}}e]]	die [[{{{2}}}en]]
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein [[{{{2}}}er]]	eine [[{{{2}}}e]]	ein [[{{{2}}}es]]	(keine) [[{{{2}}}en]]
	genitive	eines [[{{{2}}}en]]	einer [[{{{2}}}en]]	eines [[{{{2}}}en]]	(keiner) [[{{{2}}}en]]
	dative	einem [[{{{2}}}en]]	einer [[{{{2}}}en]]	einem [[{{{2}}}en]]	(keinen) [[{{{2}}}en]]
	accusative	einen [[{{{2}}}en]]	eine [[{{{2}}}e]]	ein [[{{{2}}}es]]	(keine) [[{{{2}}}en]]

superlative forms of fundamental

gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		er ist am [[{{{3}}}en]]	sie ist am [[{{{3}}}en]]	es ist am [[{{{3}}}en]]	sie sind am [[{{{3}}}en]]
strong declension (without article)	nominative	[[{{{3}}}er]]	[[{{{3}}}e]]	[[{{{3}}}es]]	[[{{{3}}}e]]
	genitive	[[{{{3}}}en]]	[[{{{3}}}er]]	[[{{{3}}}en]]	[[{{{3}}}er]]
	dative	[[{{{3}}}em]]	[[{{{3}}}er]]	[[{{{3}}}em]]	[[{{{3}}}en]]
	accusative	[[{{{3}}}en]]	[[{{{3}}}e]]	[[{{{3}}}es]]	[[{{{3}}}e]]
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der [[{{{3}}}e]]	die [[{{{3}}}e]]	das [[{{{3}}}e]]	die [[{{{3}}}en]]
	genitive	des [[{{{3}}}en]]	der [[{{{3}}}en]]	des [[{{{3}}}en]]	der [[{{{3}}}en]]
	dative	dem [[{{{3}}}en]]	der [[{{{3}}}en]]	dem [[{{{3}}}en]]	den [[{{{3}}}en]]
	accusative	den [[{{{3}}}en]]	die [[{{{3}}}e]]	das [[{{{3}}}e]]	die [[{{{3}}}en]]
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein [[{{{3}}}er]]	eine [[{{{3}}}e]]	ein [[{{{3}}}es]]	(keine) [[{{{3}}}en]]
	genitive	eines [[{{{3}}}en]]	einer [[{{{3}}}en]]	eines [[{{{3}}}en]]	(keiner) [[{{{3}}}en]]
	dative	einem [[{{{3}}}en]]	einer [[{{{3}}}en]]	einem [[{{{3}}}en]]	(keinen) [[{{{3}}}en]]
	accusative	einen [[{{{3}}}en]]	eine [[{{{3}}}e]]	ein [[{{{3}}}es]]	(keine) [[{{{3}}}en]]

Synonyms

• grundlegend

Derived terms

• Fundamentalismus, Fundamentalist

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Portuguese

Adjective

fundamental m. and f. (plural fundamentais; uncomparable)

1. fundamental

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Romanian

Etymology

From French fondamental, from Latin fundamentalis

Pronunciation

• IPA: [fundamenˈtal]

Adjective

fundamental ^{4 nom/acc forms}

1. fundamental

Declension

declension of fundamental

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	fundamental		fundamentală	fundamentali	fundamentale
	definite	fundamentalul		fundamentala	fundamentalii	fundamentalele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	fundamental		fundamentale	fundamentali	fundamentale
	definite	fundamentalului		fundamentalei	fundamentalilor	fundamentalelor

Related terms

• fundament
• fundamenta
• fundamentabil
• fundamentare
• fundamentat

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Spanish

Adjective

fundamental m. and f. (plural fundamentales)

1. fundamental

Related terms

• fundamentar
• fundamento
• fundar