elementair
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French élémentaire, from Latin elementārius. Equivalent to element + -air.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌeːləmɛnˈtɛːr/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: ele‧men‧tair
- Rhymes: -ɛːr
Adjective
elementair (comparative elementairder, superlative elementairst)
- elementary (relating to the basic, essential or fundamental part of something)
- elementary (relating to a subatomic particle)
Declension
| Declension of elementair | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | elementair | |||
| inflected | elementaire | |||
| comparative | elementairder | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | elementair | elementairder | het elementairst het elementairste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | elementaire | elementairdere | elementairste |
| n. sing. | elementair | elementairder | elementairste | |
| plural | elementaire | elementairdere | elementairste | |
| definite | elementaire | elementairdere | elementairste | |
| partitive | elementairs | elementairders | — | |
Descendants
- → Indonesian: elementer