rudiment

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• /ˈɹuːdɪmənt/
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From Old French, from Latin rudimentum (“a first attempt, a beginning”), plural rudimenta (“the elements”), from rudis (“rude”); see rude. By surface analysis, rude + -i- + -ment.

31 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: начала (načala) — fundamental principle or skill
• Chinese Mandarin: 基本原理 (jīběn yuánlǐ) — fundamental principle or skill
• Czech: základ — fundamental principle or skill
• Esperanto: bazo — fundamental principle or skill
• Finnish: alkeet — fundamental principle or skill
• Finnish: perusteet — fundamental principle or skill
• French: rudiment — fundamental principle or skill
• German: Grundlage — fundamental principle or skill
• German: Rudiment — fundamental principle or skill
• Irish: aibítir — fundamental principle or skill
• Irish: buntús — fundamental principle or skill
• Irish: uraiceacht — fundamental principle or skill
• Japanese: 基本原理 (kihon genri) — fundamental principle or skill
• Latin: rudimentum — fundamental principle or skill
• Persian: مبادی (mabâdi) — fundamental principle or skill
• Russian: осно́вы (osnóvy) — fundamental principle or skill
• Spanish: rudimento — fundamental principle or skill
• Finnish: perusajatus — sthg. in undeveloped form
• Finnish: peruskuvio — sthg. in undeveloped form
• French: rudiment — sthg. in undeveloped form
• German: Ansatz — sthg. in undeveloped form
• Spanish: rudimento — sthg. in undeveloped form
• Bulgarian: рудиментарен орган — biology: body part that has no function left
• Dutch: rudiment — biology: body part that has no function left
• Finnish: surkastuma — biology: body part that has no function left
• Finnish: rudimentti — biology: body part that has no function left
• French: rudiment — biology: body part that has no function left
• German: Überbleibsel — biology: body part that has no function left
• Russian: рудиме́нт (rudimént) — biology: body part that has no function left
• Spanish: rudimento — biology: body part that has no function left
• Finnish: rudimentti — music: basic drum pattern