English-Finnish translations for primitive

• alkukantainen
• alkeellinen
  Tämä alkeellinen käsitys viestinnästä ilmenee edelleen Euroopan unionin johtajien esittämistä mielipiteistä. This is a primitive concept that is still prevalent in the opinions expressed by Europe’s leaders.
  Tiedän, että Luxemburgin suurherttuakunnalla on asukaslukuun nähden enemmän jäseniä täällä kuin suurilla jäsenvaltioilla, mutta laskutoimitus on alkeellinen ja ennenaikainen. I know that by head of population the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg has more representatives here than the large countries, but that is a primitive and premature method of calculation.
  alkeelliset tiedot
• alkukantainen ihminen
• kantasana
• primitiivi
• primitiivinen
• yksinkertainen ihminen

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