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Fundamental Definition

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English

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Etymology

From Late Latin fundamentalis < Latin fundamentum (“foundation”) < fundare (“to lay the foundation (of something), to found”) < fundus (“bottom”)

Pronunciation

Noun

fundamental (plural fundamentals)

  1. A leading or primary principle, rule, law, or article, which serves as the groundwork of a system; essential part, as, the fundamentals of linear algebra.

Adjective

fundamental (comparative more fundamental, superlative most fundamental)

  1. Pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation. Hence: Essential, as an element, principle, or law; important; original; elementary; as, a fundamental truth; a fundamental axiom.

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Translations

pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation

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Danish

Etymology

From fundament +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

Adjective

fundamental (neuter fundamentalt, definite and plural fundamentale)

  1. basic, fundamental

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Galician

Adjective

fundamental m. and f. (plural fundamentais)

  1. fundamental

German

Adjective

fundamental (comparative [[]], superlative am [[]])

  1. fundamental

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Portuguese

Adjective

fundamental m. and f. (plural fundamentais; uncomparable)

  1. fundamental

Romanian

Etymology

From French fondamental < Latin fundamentalis

Pronunciation

Adjective

fundamental 4 nom/acc forms

  1. fundamental

Declension

declension of fundamental
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/ accusative indefinite fundamental fundamental fundamentală fundamentali fundamentale fundamentale
definite fundamentalul fundamentalul fundamentala fundamentalii fundamentalele fundamentalele
genitive/ dative indefinite fundamental fundamental fundamentale fundamentali fundamentale fundamentale
definite fundamentalului fundamentalului fundamentalei fundamentalilor fundamentalelor fundamentalelor

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Spanish

Adjective

fundamental m. and f. (plural fundamentales)

  1. fundamental

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