elementær

Danish

Etymology

From French élémentaire, from Latin elementārius, derived from the noun elementum (“basic principle; alphabet”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eləmɛntɛˀr/, [eləmɛnˈtˢɛˀɐ̯]

Adjective

elementær (neuter elementært, plural and definite singular attributive elementære)

  1. elementary ((relating to the basic, essential or fundamental part of something)
  2. basic

Inflection

Inflection of elementær
positive comparative superlative
indefinite common singular elementær elementærere elementærst2
indefinite neuter singular elementært elementærere elementærst2
plural elementære elementærere elementærst2
definite attributive1 elementære elementærere elementærste

1 When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2 The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Synonyms

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

elementær (neuter singular elementært, definite singular and plural elementære)

  1. elementary

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

elementær (neuter singular elementært, definite singular and plural elementære)

  1. elementary
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