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Detailed Translations for primitive from English to Dutch

primitive:

primitive adj

  1. primitive (crude)

primitive [the ~] nom

  1. the primitive (savage)
    de wilde

Translation Matrix for primitive:

NounRelated TranslationsOther Translations
wilde primitive; savage
- primitive person
AdjectiveRelated TranslationsOther Translations
laagstaand crude; primitive base; low
primitief crude; primitive
- archaic; crude; naive; rude

Related Words for "primitive":

  • primitiveness, primitives, primitively

Synonyms for "primitive":


Related Definitions for "primitive":

  1. used of preliterate or tribal or nonindustrial societies1
    • primitive societies1
  2. little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type1
    • primitive mammals1
    • the okapi is a short-necked primitive cousin of the giraffe1
  3. belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness1
    • primitive movies of the 1890s1
    • primitive living conditions in the Appalachian mountains1
  4. of or created by one without formal training; simple or naive in style1
    • primitive art such as that by Grandma Moses is often colorful and striking1
  5. a word serving as the basis for inflected or derived forms1
    • `pick' is the primitive from which `picket' is derived1
  6. a mathematical expression from which another expression is derived1
  7. a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization1
  8. A collection of points that are grouped to make simple geometry types. Examples include a triangle or a point list.2

Wiktionary Translations for primitive:

primitive
noun
  1. -
adjective
  1. one of the adjectival senses
primitive
adjective
  1. alle kortste translatievectors in de richting van de hoofdassen van de rotatiesymmetrie hebbend.
  2. de drie kortste niet in hetzelfde vlak liggende translatievectors als ribben van de eenheidscel hebbend.

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