English-French translations for fundamental

• fondamental
  La santé est un droit fondamental. Health is a fundamental right.
  C’est tout à fait fondamental. That is absolutely fundamental.
  Il s'agit d'un droit humain fondamental. It is a fundamental human right.
• abc
• fondamentaux
  Nous devons toutefois nous souvenir des principes fondamentaux. However, we must remember the fundamentals.
  Les problèmes fondamentaux demeurent. The fundamental problems remain.
  Il manque des éléments fondamentaux. Fundamental elements are missing.
• fondement
  Je pense que cette position reste le fondement de notre politique. In my view, this position remains fundamental to our policies.
  Les droits fondamentaux sont le fondement même de l'Union européenne. Fundamental rights is about the very foundations of the European Union.

Definition of fundamental

• A leading or primary principle, rule, law, or article, which serves as the groundwork of a system; an essential part
• The lowest frequency of a periodic waveform
• Pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation

Examples

• one of the fundamentals of linear algebra
• a fundamental truth;   a fundamental axiom
• A need for belonging seems fundamental to humans

Related words

• fundamentally
• fundamentalist
• fundamentalism
• fundamentals
• fundamentality
• fundamentalistic
• antifundamentalist
• antifundamentalism
• fundamental particle