English-French translations for rudiment

• rudiment
  Il l'amène aux rudiments de la lecture et du calcul. It leads him or her to the rudiments of reading and of arithmetic.
  Dans ce cas il est tenu de respecter les rudiments des principes de guerre juste, y compris la proportionnalité. In that case, the rudiments of the just war principles, including proportionality, must be adhered to.
  L'accord contractuel actuel avec le Turkménistan ne permet qu'un dialogue bilatéral rudimentaire. The current contractual arrangement with Turkmenistan provides for only a rudimentary bilateral dialogue.
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Definition of rudiment

• A fundamental principle or skill, especially in a field of learning
• Something in an undeveloped form
• A body part that no longer has a function
• To ground; to settle in first principles

Examples

• Well be learning the rudiments of thermodynamics next week.
• I have the rudiments of an escape plan.

Related words

• rudimentary
• rudiments
• rudimental
• rudimentarily
• rudimentally
• rudiments of knowledge