adj
Meaning 1
Being the first in time or in history.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- primal man
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
primal
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈpɹaɪməl/
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rhymes with -aɪməl
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adj
Meaning 2
Of greatest importance; primary.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Being one of the pieces of meat initially separated from the carcass during butchering, prior to division into smaller cuts.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Qualifier: meat trade
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
A primal cut (of meat).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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verb
Meaning 5
To take part in primal therapy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Topics: mathematics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 6
having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- aboriginal forests
- primal eras before the appearance of life on earth
- the forest primeval
- primordial matter
- primordial forms of life
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: aboriginal, primeval, primaeval, primordial
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 7
serving as an essential component
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a cardinal rule
- the central cause of the problem
- an example that was fundamental to the argument
- computers are fundamental to modern industrial structure
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cardinal, central, fundamental, key
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Probably partly from Medieval Latin prīmālis, from Latin prīmus (“first”) + -ālis, and partly from prime + -al.
Across languages
Translations
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: първичен (pǎrvičen) — Being the first in time, or history
- Esperanto: praa — Being the first in time, or history
- Finnish: alkukantainen — Being the first in time, or history
- Galician: primeiro — Being the first in time, or history
- Māori: taketake — Being the first in time, or history
- Polish: pierwotny — Being the first in time, or history
- Russian: перви́чный (pervíčnyj) — Being the first in time, or history
- Russian: изнача́льный (iznačálʹnyj) — Being the first in time, or history
- Spanish: primigenio — Being the first in time, or history
- Turkish: ilkel — Being the first in time, or history
- Bulgarian: основен (osnoven) — Being of greatest importance; primary
- Bulgarian: най-важен (naj-važen) — Being of greatest importance; primary
- Finnish: tärkein — Being of greatest importance; primary
- Finnish: perus- — Being of greatest importance; primary
- Hungarian: elsődleges — Being of greatest importance; primary
- Spanish: primordial — Being of greatest importance; primary