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fundamental en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • [fɐn.dəˈmen.tɫ̩] (Australia, New-Zealand)
  • (California, Southern) audio
  • [fʌn.dəˈmɛn.tɫ̩] (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˌfɐn.dəˈmen.təl/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
  • /ˌfʌn.dəˈmɛn.təl/ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Middle English foundamental, fundamental, from Late Latin fundāmentālis, from Latin fundāmentum (“foundation”), from fundō (“to lay the foundation (of something), to found”), from fundus (“bottom”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰmḗn. By surface analysis, fundament + -al.

Meanings

  1. Related to a foundation, base, or basis; serving as a foundation.
  2. Essential; extremely important.
    • a fundamental truth; a fundamental axiom; a fundamental element; fundamental principle; fundamental law
    • A need for belonging seems fundamental to humans.
    • Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic […]. Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. […] But the scandals kept coming, […]. A broad section of the political class now recognises the need for change but remains unable to see the necessity of a fundamental overhaul. Instead it offers fixes and patches. 2013 June 28, Joris Luyendijk, “Our banks are out of control”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 3, page 21:

Forms

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more fundamental Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most fundamental Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

fundamentally · fundamentality · antifundamental · fundamental particle · fundamental theorem of calculus for line integrals · fundamental painting · fundamental theorem of calculus · fundamentalism · first fundamental form · prefundamental · fundamental interaction · fundamental data · fundamentalistic · fundamentalist · fundamental science · fundamental constant · fundamental theorem of arithmetic · algebraic fundamental group · fundamental theorem · fundamental unit · fundamental force · fundamental group · nonfundamental · fundamentalness · fundamental analysis · unfundamental · fundamental frequency · bifundamental · fundamental right · fundamental niche

Relateds

fundament

Synonyms

elementary · underlying · groundlaying

Translations (81)

tl batayan (pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation) · bg осно́вен (pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation) · az əsaslı (pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation) · ml മൗലിക (pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation) · pl fundamentalny (pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation) · cmn 基本 (pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation) · qu tiksi (pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation) · izh osnovnoi (pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation) · th เบื้องต้น (pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation) · es cimental (pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation) · fa اساسی (pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation) · yue 基本 (pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation) · uk фундамента́льний (pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation) · tg асосӣ (pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation) · ko 기본적 (pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation) · fa بنیادی (pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation) · pl podstawowy (pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation) · ml അടിസ്ഥാന (pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation) · nb grunnleggende (pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation) · cs základní (pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation) · lv fundamentāls (pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation) · ka ფუნდამენტური (pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation) · nb fundamental (pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation) · el θεμελιώδης (pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation) · ka ფუნდამენტალური (pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation) · fi olennainen (pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation) · es fundamental (pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation) · nn fundamental (pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation) · ru основополага́ющий (pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation) · ro de bază (pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation) · ru суще́ственный (pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation) · sh ȍsnovān (pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation) · uk підставо́вий (pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation) · hu alapvető (pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation) · de grundsätzlich (pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation) · ka ძირითადი (pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation) · uk основни́й (pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation) · sv fundamental (pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation) · th พื้นฐาน (pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation) · et põhi- (pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation) · pt fundamental (pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation) · sh tȅmēljnī (pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation) · tr esas (pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation) · mt fundamentali (pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation) · kk негізгі (pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation) · ru фундамента́льный (pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation) · da fundamental (pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation) · mt fondamentali (pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation) · ja 基本的な (pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation) · fi perus- (pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation) · ar أَسَاسِيّ (pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation) · ro fundamental (pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation) · ka ფუძემდებელი (pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation) · ru основно́й (pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation) · be фундамента́льны (pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation) · kk іргелі (pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation) · ca fonamental (pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation) · ka არსებითი (pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation) · tr ana (pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation) · it fondamentale (pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation) · sv grundläggande (pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation) · fi fundamentaalinen (pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation) · tg бунёдӣ (pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation) · mi whakapū (pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation) · az əsas (pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation) · gl fundamental (pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation) · cs podstatný (pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation) · nl fundamenteel (pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation) · sh fȕndamentālan (pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation) · bn মৌলিক (pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation) · be падставо́вы (pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation) · tr temel (pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation) · eo fundamenta (pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation) · az fundamental (pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation) · be асно́ўны (pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation) · bg фундамента́лен (pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation) · da grundlæggende (pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation) · de fundamental (pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation) · fi perustavanlaatuinen (pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation) · de grundlegend (pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation) · fr fondamental (pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation)

fundamental en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • [fɐn.dəˈmen.tɫ̩] (Australia, New-Zealand)
  • (California, Southern) audio
  • [fʌn.dəˈmɛn.tɫ̩] (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˌfɐn.dəˈmen.təl/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
  • /ˌfʌn.dəˈmɛn.təl/ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Middle English foundamental, fundamental, from Late Latin fundāmentālis, from Latin fundāmentum (“foundation”), from fundō (“to lay the foundation (of something), to found”), from fundus (“bottom”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰmḗn. By surface analysis, fundament + -al.

Meanings

  1. (qualifier:generic, singular) A basic truth, elementary concept, principle, rule, or law. An individual fundamental will often serve as a building block used to form a complex idea.
    • Personal leadership is a fundamental of successful government. 1928, Franklin D. Roosevelt, The Happy Warrior Alfred E. Smith, Houghton Mifflin, →OCLC, →OL, page 28:
  2. (plural, qualifier:generic) A collection of essential component ideas that are often grouped together to serve as the foundational basis of a complex idea.
    • Absolute or Ultimate Truth... may be for ever unattainable... the fundamentals of to-day... may in the fullness of time be displaced by still more fundamental conceptions. 1920, Frederick Soddy, Science and life: Aberdeen addresses, p. 159. Lecture to the Aberdeen University Christian Union, Marischal College, "Matter, Energy, Consciousness and Spirit" (Apr 25, 1919)
    • one of the fundamentals of linear algebra
    • When any one offers me a compleat Catalogue of his Fundamentals, he does not unreaſonably demand me to quit mine for nothing[…] 1722, John Locke, The Works of John Locke ...: With Alphabetical Tables ..., page 572:
  3. The lowest frequency of a periodic waveform.
  4. The lowest partial of a complex tone.

Forms

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fundamentals Number=Plur lexicographic

Translations (33)

sh ȍsnova (a leading or primary principle, rule, law, or article) · fr fondement (a leading or primary principle, rule, law, or article) · ko 기본 (a leading or primary principle, rule, law, or article) · fi peruskivi (a leading or primary principle, rule, law, or article) · ka საფუძველი (a leading or primary principle, rule, law, or article) · cs zásadní (a leading or primary principle, rule, law, or article) · cmn 基本 (a leading or primary principle, rule, law, or article) · ru осно́вы (a leading or primary principle, rule, law, or article) · no fundamental (a leading or primary principle, rule, law, or article) · de Grundlage (a leading or primary principle, rule, law, or article) · gl fundamento (a leading or primary principle, rule, law, or article) · uk при́нцип (a leading or primary principle, rule, law, or article) · nb grunnleggende (a leading or primary principle, rule, law, or article) · bg при́нцип (a leading or primary principle, rule, law, or article) · ca fonamental (a leading or primary principle, rule, law, or article) · ka ძირითადი წესი (a leading or primary principle, rule, law, or article) · it fondamento (a leading or primary principle, rule, law, or article) · uk осно́ва (a leading or primary principle, rule, law, or article) · fi fundamentti (a leading or primary principle, rule, law, or article) · pt fundamento (a leading or primary principle, rule, law, or article) · kk негіз (a leading or primary principle, rule, law, or article) · sh tèmelj (a leading or primary principle, rule, law, or article) · el θεμέλιο (a leading or primary principle, rule, law, or article) · mi tūāpapa (a leading or primary principle, rule, law, or article) · fi perusteet (a leading or primary principle, rule, law, or article) · ro fundament (a leading or primary principle, rule, law, or article) · bg осно́ва (a leading or primary principle, rule, law, or article) · fi perusta (a leading or primary principle, rule, law, or article) · ru при́нцип (a leading or primary principle, rule, law, or article) · mhr тӱҥ (a leading or primary principle, rule, law, or article) · hy հիմունք (a leading or primary principle, rule, law, or article) · nv áʼádaatʼéhígíí (a leading or primary principle, rule, law, or article) · ja 基本 (a leading or primary principle, rule, law, or article)