rudimentary
/ˌɹuːdɪˈmɛntəɹi/
rudimentary adjective: of or relating to one or more rudiments; of the nature of an early stage.
Adjective
rudimentary (comparative more rudimentary, superlative most rudimentary)
- Of or relating to one or more rudiments; of the nature of an early stage.
- The state of moral and social feeling, prevalent in legendary Greece, exhibits a scene in harmony with the rudimentary political fabric just described.1846, George Grote, “State of Society and Manners as Exhibited in Grecian Legend”, in History of Greece, volume II, London: John Murray, […], →OCLC, part I (Continuation of Legendary Greece), page 107
- Synonyms:
- immature, imperfect, rudimental, undeveloped
- Basic; minimal; with less than, or only the minimum, necessary.
- I have only a rudimentary grasp of chemistry.
- His grasp of rudimentary English allowed him at least to do the shopping.
- Synonyms:
- modest, stripped down, rudimental, austere, bare, bare-bones, bargain, basic, cheap, default
Noun
rudimentary (plural rudimentaries)
- One of the rudimentary (adjective sense 1) mammae of boars.
- A litter of nine pigs was farrowed, four of the boars having rudimentaries, and one lacking them, while three of the sows lacked rudimentaries and the fourth possessed them.1916 May 5, Edward N. Wentworth, “Rudimentary Mammæ in Swine a Sex-Limited Character”, in Science, volume XLIII (New Series), New York, N.Y.: The Science Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 648, column 1
rudimentary meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam
rudimentary in Hindi
- rudimentary, beginning, elementary
- प्रारंभिक prārambhik
rudimentary in Tamil
- பயனற்ற, வளர்ச்சியடையாத, வளர்ச்சியற்ற, உறுப்பு வளர்ச்சி பெறாத, தொடக்க நிலையிலுள்ள, வளர்ச்சியடையாவுறுப்புக்குரிய
rudimentary in Urdu
- بنیادی, ابتدائی
rudimentary in Malayalam
- അടിസ്ഥാനമായ, പ്രാഥമികമായ, മൗലികമായ, വികസിക്കാത്ത, പൂർണ്ണവികാസം പ്രാപിച്ചിട്ടില്ലാത്ത, ആരംഭദശയിലുള്ള
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- rudimentary in Sanskrit
- तन्मात्र tanmātra
- rudimentary in Indonesian
- rudimenter
- rudimentary in Persian
- ابتدایی ebtedâyi, مختصر moxtasar
- rudimentary in Vietnamese
- cơ bản
Examples of rudimentary in a sentence
- His rudimentary driving skills meant that he was a danger on the road.
- Safdar, in his rudimentary ambulance, has been at the frontline of the shifting conflicts consuming his city, placing himself at huge personal risk for very little money.2017 April 6, Samira Shackle, “On the frontline with Karachi’s ambulance drivers”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London...
Synonyms of rudimentary
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Forms of rudimentary
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more rudimentary |
| superlative | most rudimentary |
| Noun | |
| plural | rudimentaries |
Origin of rudimentary
From rudiment + -ary (adjectival suffix), perhaps after New Latin rudīmentārius, from Classical Latin rudīmentum (“first attempt; beginning”) + -ārius (adjectival suffix). Compare French rudimentaire.
Words formed from rudimentary
Questions about rudimentary
- What does rudimentary mean?
- Rudimentary means of or relating to one or more rudiments; of the nature of an early stage.
- What is rudimentary in Hindi?
- Rudimentary in Hindi is प्रारंभिक (prārambhik). See Rudimentary meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use rudimentary in a sentence?
- His rudimentary driving skills meant that he was a danger on the road.
- What part of speech is rudimentary?
- Rudimentary can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce rudimentary?
- Rudimentary is pronounced /ˌɹuːdɪˈmɛntəɹi/ (US).
Words near rudimentary in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: rudimentary (page history and authors); प्रारंभिक (Hindi) (page history and authors); rudimentary (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); rudimentary (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); rudimentary (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); तन्मात्र (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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