rudimentary

English

Etymology

From rudiment +‎ -ary.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɹuːdɪˈmɛntəɹi/, /ˌɹuːdɪˈmɛnt͡ʃɹi/

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Adjective

rudimentary (comparative more rudimentary, superlative most rudimentary)

1. Of or relating to one or more rudiments.

   I have only a rudimentary grasp of chemistry.

2. Basic; minimal; with less than, or only the minimum, necessary.

   Synonyms: modest, stripped down; rudimental, undeveloped; see also Thesaurus:bare-bones, Thesaurus:crude

   His grasp of rudimentary English allowed him at least to do the shopping.

   His rudimentary driving skills meant that he was a danger on the road.

   • 2009 October 2, John Vidal, “'Tilting at windmills: the boy who harnessed the wind'”, in The Guardian‎^[1], →ISSN:

     Using a tractor fan, shock absorbers, PVC pipes, a bicycle frame and anything else he could lay his hands on, he then built a rudimentary wooden tower, plonked his home-made generator on the top, and eventually got one, and then four bulbs to light up.

   • 2017 April 6, Samira Shackle, “On the frontline with Karachi’s ambulance drivers”, in The Guardian‎^[2]:

     Safdar, in his rudimentary ambulance, has been at the frontline of the shifting conflicts consuming his city, placing himself at huge personal risk for very little money.

Derived terms

• rudimentarily
• rudimentariness

Related terms

• rudiment

Translations

of or relating to rudiments

• Catalan: rudimentari (ca)
• Finnish: alkeellinen (fi), alkeis- (fi), perus- (fi), rudimentaarinen, alustava (fi)
• French: rudimentaire (fr)
• Greek: στοιχειώδης (el) (stoicheiódis)
• Manx: bunneydagh
• Persian: ابتدایی (fa) (ebtedâyi)
• Polish: podstawowy (pl), elementarny (pl)
• Portuguese: rudimentar (pt)
• Russian: рудимента́рный (ru) (rudimentárnyj)
• Spanish: rudimentario (es), rudimental (es)

basic; minimal

• Catalan: rudimentari (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 基本的 (zh) (jīběn de)

• Czech: základní (cs) m
• Danish: elementær, simpel, fundamental, basal (da), simpel
• Dutch: rudimentair (nl)
• Esperanto: rudimenta
• Finnish: puutteellinen (fi) (having flaws); auttava (fi) (of language); alkeellinen (fi), alkeis- (fi)
• French: rudimentaire (fr)
• German: rudimentär (de), elementar (de), grundlegend (de), ansatzhaft, bruchstückhaft (de)
• Greek: υποτυπώδης (el) (ypotypódis), στοιχειώδης (el) (stoicheiódis)
• Indonesian: rudimenter
• Manx: bunneydagh
• Persian: مختصر (fa) (moxtasar)
• Polish: ograniczony (pl), minimalny (pl), rudymentarny (pl)
• Portuguese: rudimentar (pt)
• Russian: зача́точный (ru) (začátočnyj), рудимента́рный (ru) (rudimentárnyj), элемента́рный (ru) (elementárnyj)
• Spanish: rudimental (es), rudimentario (es), elemental (es)

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Translations to be checked

• Danish: ^{(please verify)} rudimentær (da)
• Icelandic: ^{(please verify)} frumstæður, ^{(please verify)} vanþróaður
• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 기본적인 (gibonjeogin)
• Romanian: ^{(please verify)} rudimentar (ro)
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} rudimentario (es)
• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} rudimentär (sv)

Noun

rudimentary (plural rudimentaries)

1. (zoology, usually in the plural) One of the rudimentary mammae of boars.