English-Estonian translations for primitive

Definition of primitive

• An original or primary word; a word not derived from another, as opposed to
• A simple-minded person
• Any of the simplest elements available in a programming language
• A function whose derivative is a given function; an antiderivative
• Of or pertaining to the beginning or origin, or to early times; original; primordial; primeval; first
• Of or pertaining to or harking back to a former time; old-fashioned; characterized by simplicity
• Crude, obsolete
• Original; primary; radical; not derived
• Occurring in or characteristic of an early stage of development or evolution
• most recent common ancestor of

Synonyms

• radical

Examples

• primitive innocence;   the primitive church
• a primitive style of dress
• primitive ideas
• a primitive verb

Related words

• primitiveness
• primitively
• primitive type
• Primitive Irish
• primitive root
• primitive element
• primitive polynomial
• primitive state
• primitive art