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Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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I. primit|if (primitive) [pʀimitif, iv] ADJ

1. primitif (d'origine):

primitif (primitive) budget, différence
initial
primitif (primitive) projet, état
original

2. primitif ANTHROPOL:

primitif (primitive) société, art
primitive
tout ce qui est primitif et sauvage
all that is primitive and savage

3. primitif (peu évolué):

primitif (primitive) plante, animal, langue
primitive

4. primitif (rudimentaire):

primitif (primitive) outil, moyen, méthode
primitive

5. primitif (simpliste):

primitif (primitive) personne
primitive
primitif (primitive) raisonnement
crude

6. primitif MATH:

primitif (primitive) fonction
primitive

7. primitif PHYS:

primitif (primitive) couleur
primary

8. primitif LING:

primitif (primitive) temps
basic

II. primit|if (primitive) [pʀimitif, iv] N m (f)

1. primitif dated ANTHROPOL:

primitif (primitive) personne
primitive

2. primitif (personne fruste):

primitif (primitive)
uncouth person

III. primit|if N m

primit|if m ART:

les primitifs italiens/flamands
Italian/Flemish Primitives

IV. primitive N f

primitive f MATH:

primitive
primitive
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French
primitive
primitif m
primitive
primitif/-ive m/f
primitive
primitif/-ive
primeval condition, force, creative
primitif/-ive
primeval instinct, innocence, terror
primitif/-ive
primordial
primitif/-ive
primordial life
la vie à l'état primitif
benighted
arriéré, primitif/-ive
earthy vigour
primitif/-ive
primal quality, feeling, myth
primitif/-ive
wild and woolly plan, theory:
primitif/-ive, rudimentaire
reversion to type (of plant, animal)
réversion f au type primitif
to revert to type
retourner or revenir au type primitif

in the PONS Dictionary

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I. primitif (-ive) [pʀimitif, -iv] ADJ

1. primitif (originel):

primitif (-ive)
original
primitif (-ive) sentiment, passion
initial
état primitif
original state
les sept couleurs primitives
the seven colours of the spectrum Brit
les sept couleurs primitives
to seven colors of the spectrum Am
les terrains primitifs GEO
primeval formations

2. primitif (initial) préoccupation, projet:

primitif (-ive)
original
primitif (-ive) MED
early
concept primitif
basic concept
proposition primitive
basic proposition
cancer primitif
cancer at an early stage

3. primitif SOCIOL:

primitif (-ive)
primitive
homme primitif
primitive man

4. primitif (rudimentaire):

primitif (-ive) installation, procédé
primitive

5. primitif pej (fruste):

primitif (-ive) esprit, personne
unsophisticated

6. primitif LING:

langue primitive
primitive language
mot primitif
primitive word
sens primitif d'un mot
original sense of a word
concept primitif
basic concept
les temps primitifs d'un verbe
the basic tenses of a verb

II. primitif (-ive) [pʀimitif, -iv] N m, f ART

primitif (-ive) (peintre)
primitive
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French
French
primal
primitif(-ive)
primeval
primitif(-ive)
primitive
primitif(-ive)
natural state
primitif(-ive)
native village
primitif(-ive)
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primitif (-ive) [pʀimitif, -iv] ADJ

1. primitif (originel):

primitif (-ive)
original

2. primitif SOCIOL:

primitif (-ive)
primitive
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English
French
French
primeval
primitif(-ive)
primal
primitif(-ive)
primitive
primitif(-ive)
native village
primitif(-ive)
natural state
primitif(-ive)
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