English-Thai Dictionary

primitive

ADJ ที่ เป็นพื้น ฐาน  fundamental ti-pen-puean-tan

 

primitive

ADJ แบบ ดั้งเดิม  archaic primeval beab-dang-doem

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PRIMITIVE

a.[L. primitivus; from primus, first. ] 1. Pertaining to the beginning or origin; original; first; as the primitive state of Adam; primitive innocence; primitive ages; the primitive church; the primitive christian church or institutions; the primitive fathers.
2. Formal; affectedly solemn; imitating the supposed gravity of old times.
3. Original; primary; radical; not derived; as a primitive verb in grammar.
Primitive rocks, in geology, rocks supposed to be first formed, being irregularly crystallized, and aggregated without a cement, and containing no organic remains; as granite, gneiss, etc.

 

PRIMITIVE

n.An original word; a word not derived from another.

 

PRIMITIVELY

adv. Originally; at first. 1. Primarily; not derivatively.
2. According to the original rule or ancient practice.

 

PRIMITIVENESS

n.State of being original; antiquity; conformity to antiquity.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PRIMITIVE

Prim "i *tive, a. Etym: [L. primitivus, fr. primus the first: cf. F.primitif. See Prime, a.]

 

1. Of or pertaining to the beginning or origin, or to early times; original; primordial; primeval; first; as, primitive innocence; the primitive church. "Our primitive great sire. " Milton.

 

2. Of or pertaining to a former time; old-fashioned; characterized by simplicity; as, a primitive style of dress.

 

3. Original; primary; radical; not derived; as, primitive verb in grammar. Primitive axes of coördinate (Geom.), that system of axes to which the points of a magnitude are first referred, with reference to a second set or system, to which they are afterward referred. -- Primitive chord (Mus. ), that chord, the lowest note of which is of the same literal denomination as the fundamental base of the harmony; -- opposed to derivative. Moore (Encyc. of Music ). -- Primitive circle (Spherical Projection ), the circle cut from the sphere to be projected, by the primitive plane. -- Primitive colors (Paint. ), primary colors. See under Color. -- Primitive Fathers (Eccl.), the acknowledged Christian writers who flourished before the Council of Nice, A. D. 325. Shipley. -- Primitive groove (Anat. ), a depression or groove in the epiblast of the primitive streak. It is not connected with the medullary groove, which appears later and in front of it. -- Primitive plane (Spherical Projection ), the plane upon which the projections are made, generally coinciding with some principal circle of the sphere, as the equator or a meridian. -- Primitive rocks (Geol.), primary rocks. See under Primary. -- Primitive sheath. (Anat. ) See Neurilemma. -- Primitive streak or trace (Anat. ), an opaque and thickened band where the mesoblast first appears in the vertebrate blastoderm.

 

Syn. -- First; original; radical; pristine; ancient; primeval; antiquated; old-fashioned.

 

PRIMITIVE

PRIMITIVE Prim "i *tive, n.

 

Defn: An original or primary word; a word not derived from another; - - opposed to derivative.

 

PRIMITIVELY

PRIMITIVELY Prim "i *tive *ly, adv.

 

1. Originally; at first.

 

2. Primarily; not derivatively.

 

3. According to the original rule or ancient practice; in the ancient style. South.

 

PRIMITIVENESS

PRIMITIVENESS Prim "i *tive *ness, n.

 

Defn: The quality or state of being primitive; conformity to primitive style or practice.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

primitive

prim i tive |ˈprimətiv ˈprɪmədɪv | ▶adjective 1 relating to, denoting, or preserving the character of an early stage in the evolutionary or historical development of something: primitive mammals | a name corrupted from primitive German. • relating to or denoting a preliterate, nonindustrial society or culture characterized by simple social and economic organization: primitive people. • having a quality or style that offers an extremely basic level of comfort, convenience, or efficiency: the accommodations at the camp were a bit primitive. • (of behavior, thought, or emotion ) apparently originating in unconscious needs or desires and unaffected by objective reasoning: the primitive responses we share with many animals. • of or denoting a simple, direct style of art that deliberately rejects sophisticated artistic techniques. 2 not developed or derived from anything else: the primitive material of the universe. • Linguistics denoting a word, base, or root from which another is historically derived. • Mathematics (of an algebraic or geometric expression ) from which another is derived, or which is not itself derived from another. 3 Biology (of a part or structure ) in the first or early stage of formation or growth; rudimentary. See also primitive streak. ▶noun 1 a person belonging to a preliterate, nonindustrial society or culture. 2 a pre-Renaissance painter. • a modern painter who imitates the pre-Renaissance style. • an artist employing a simple, naive style that deliberately rejects subtlety or conventional techniques. • a painting by a primitive artist, or an object in a primitive style. 3 Linguistics a word, base, or root from which another is historically derived. • Mathematics an algebraic or geometric expression from which another is derived; a curve of which another is the polar or reciprocal. • Computing a simple operation or procedure of a limited set from which complex operations or procedures may be constructed, esp. a simple geometric shape that may be generated in computer graphics by such an operation or procedure. DERIVATIVES prim i tive ly adverb, prim i tive ness noun, prim i tiv i ty |ˌpriməˈtivətē |noun ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘original, not derivative ’): from Old French primitif, -ive, from Latin primitivus ‘first of its kind, ’ from primus ‘first. ’

 

primitive cell

prim i tive cell ▶noun Crystallography the smallest possible unit cell of a lattice, having lattice points at each of its eight vertices only.

 

Primitive Methodist

Prim i tive Meth o dist ▶noun historical a member of a society of Methodists that was formed in 1811 and joined the united Methodist Church in 1932.

 

primitive streak

prim i tive streak ▶noun Embryology the faint streak that is the earliest trace of the embryo in the fertilized ovum of a higher vertebrate.

 

Oxford Dictionary

primitive

primi |tive |ˈprɪmɪtɪv | ▶adjective 1 relating to, denoting, or preserving the character of an early stage in the evolutionary or historical development of something: primitive mammals | Primitive Germanic. • relating to or denoting a preliterate, non-industrial society or culture characterized by simple social and economic organization: primitive people. • (of behaviour or emotion ) apparently originating in unconscious needs or desires and unaffected by objective reasoning: the primitive responses we share with many animals. • of or denoting a simple, naive style of art that deliberately rejects sophisticated artistic techniques. 2 very basic or unsophisticated in terms of comfort, convenience, or efficiency: the accommodation at the camp was a bit primitive. 3 not developed or derived from anything else: primitive material of the universe. • Linguistics denoting a word, base, or root from which another is historically derived. • Mathematics (of an algebraic or geometric expression ) from which another is derived, or which is not itself derived from another. 4 Biology (of a part or structure ) in the first or early stage of formation or growth; rudimentary. See also primitive streak. ▶noun 1 a person belonging to a preliterate, non-industrial society. 2 a pre-Renaissance painter, or one who imitates the pre-Renaissance style. • an artist deliberately employing a simple, naive style. • a painting by a primitive artist, or an object in a primitive style. 3 Linguistics a word, base, or root from which another is historically derived. • Mathematics an algebraic or geometric expression from which another is derived; a curve of which another is the polar or reciprocal. • Computing any of a set of basic geometric shapes which may be generated in computer graphics. DERIVATIVES primitively adverb, primitiveness noun ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘original, not derivative ’): from Old French primitif, -ive, from Latin primitivus ‘first of its kind ’, from primus ‘first ’.

 

primitive cell

primi |tive cell ▶noun Crystallography the smallest possible unit cell of a lattice, having lattice points at each of its eight vertices only.

 

Primitive Methodist

Primitive Meth ¦od |ist ▶noun historical a member of a society of Methodists which was formed in 1811 and joined the united Methodist Church in 1932.

 

primitive streak

primi |tive streak ▶noun Embryology the faint streak which is the earliest trace of the embryo in the fertilized ovum of a higher vertebrate.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

primitive

primitive adjective 1 primitive times: ancient, earliest, first, prehistoric, antediluvian, primordial, primeval, primal. ANTONYMS modern, recent. 2 primitive peoples: uncivilized, barbarian, barbaric, barbarous, savage, ignorant, uncultivated. ANTONYMS civilized. 3 primitive tools: crude, simple, rough, rough and ready, basic, rudimentary, unrefined, unsophisticated, rude, makeshift. ANTONYMS sophisticated, advanced. 4 primitive art: simple, natural, unsophisticated, unaffected, undeveloped, unpretentious. ANTONYMS sophisticated, refined.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

primitive

primitive adjective 1 primitive times | some of these primitive insects learned to fly: ancient, earliest, first, prehistoric, antediluvian, antique, primordial, primeval, primal, primary, lower, original, proto-, ur-; aboriginal, indigenous; rare autochthonous, autochthonic, primigenial. ANTONYMS modern, recent; developed. 2 idealization of the way of life of primitive peoples must be avoided: preliterate, non-industrial; simple, unsophisticated. ANTONYMS advanced, literate, industrial. 3 the quarrier worked with primitive tools: crude, simple, rough, basic, elementary, rough-hewn, rudimentary, undeveloped, unrefined, unsophisticated, rude, rough and ready, makeshift; old-fashioned, obsolete, archaic. ANTONYMS sophisticated, advanced. 4 primitive art: simple, natural, unsophisticated, naive, unaffected, undeveloped, childlike, innocent, artless, unpretentious; untaught, untrained, untutored. ANTONYMS sophisticated, refined.

 

French Dictionary

primitivement

primitivement adv. adverbe À l ’origine. : Primitivement, les colons s ’étaient établis ici.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

primitive

prim i tive /prɪ́mətɪv /〖prime (最初 )itive (の )〗形容詞 more ～; most ～1 〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗原始的な , 未開の ▸ a primitive mode of life 原始的な生活様式 2 〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗原始 (時代 )の, (発達 )初期の , 太古の ▸ primitive people 原始人 ▸ primitive fish 古代魚 3 単純な , 手の込んでいない (crude ); 古くさい , 野暮ったい ▸ a primitive device 単純な [古くさい ]装置 ▸ primitive reactions 素朴な反応 .4 根本の ; 語源 [語根 ]の .5 〘生物 〙初生の , 原始の ; 〘地 〙始原期の .名詞 C 1 原始人 ; 素朴な人 .2 素朴な絵を描く画家 .3 ルネッサンス期以前の画家 [彫刻家 ]; その作品 .4 〘数 〙原始関数 .5 〘言 〙語根語 , 祖語 .～ly 副詞 原始的に, 素朴に .～ness 名詞