fundamental

English

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for fundamental in
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Etymology

From Late Latin fundamentalis, from Latin fundamentum (foundation), from fundare (to lay the foundation (of something), to found), from fundus (bottom), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰ-mn.

Pronunciation

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Noun

fundamental (plural fundamentals)

  1. (usually in the plural) A leading or primary principle, rule, law, or article, which serves as the groundwork of a system; an essential part
    one of the fundamentals of linear algebra
  2. (physics) The lowest frequency of a periodic waveform.
  3. (music) The lowest partial of a complex tone.

Translations

Adjective

fundamental (comparative more fundamental, superlative most fundamental)

  1. Pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation.
  2. Essential, as an element, principle, or law; important; original; elementary.
    a fundamental truth;   a fundamental axiom
    A need for belonging seems fundamental to humans.
    • 2013 June 28, Joris Luyendijk, “Our banks are out of control”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 3, page 21:
      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.

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Hyponyms

  • not-quite-as-fundamental
  • quite-as-fundamental

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Danish

Etymology

From fundament + -al.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɔndaməntaːl/, [fɔnd̥amənˈtˢæːˀl]
  • (file)

Adjective

fundamental

  1. basic, fundamental

Inflection

Inflection of fundamental
Positive Comparative Superlative
Common singular fundamental 2
Neuter singular fundamentalt 2
Plural fundamentale 2
Definite attributive1 fundamentale
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

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Galician

Adjective

fundamental m or f (plural fundamentais)

  1. fundamental

German

Etymology

From Latin fundāmentālis. Fundament + -al.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [fʊndamɛnˈtaːl]
  • (file)

Adjective

fundamental (comparative fundamentaler, superlative am fundamentalsten)

  1. fundamental

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌfũ.da.mẽ.ˈtaw/, /fũ.ˌda.mẽ.ˈtaw/

Adjective

fundamental m or f (plural fundamentais, comparable)

  1. fundamental; essential (pertaining to the basic part or notion of something)

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Romanian

Etymology

From French fondamental, from Latin fundamentalis

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌfun.da.menˈtal/

Adjective

fundamental m or n (feminine singular fundamentală, masculine plural fundamentali, feminine and neuter plural fundamentale)

  1. fundamental

Declension

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Spanish

Adjective

fundamental (plural fundamentales)

  1. fundamental
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