Primal

Definition: Primal

Primal

Adjective

1. Serving as an essential component; "a cardinal rule"; "the central cause of the problem"; "an example that was fundamental to the argument"; "computers are fundamental to modern industrial structure".

2. Having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state; "aboriginal forests"; "primal eras before the appearance of life on earth"; "the forest primeval"; "primordial matter"; "primordial forms of life".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "primal" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Etymology: Primal \Pri"mal\, adjective. [from Late Latin expression primalis, from the Latin expression primus the first. See Prime,]. (Websters 1913)

Synonyms: Primal

Crosswords: Primal

Manx (prime, priming).

Farewell Optimus Primal. (Beast Wars: Transformers; writing credit: Bob Forward; Lawrence G. DiTillio)

The Primal Law (1921)

Primal (2003)

Aliens vs. Predator 2: Primal Hunt (2002)

Carnosaur 3: Primal Species (1996)

Primal Rage (1988)

Movin' On Up (performing artist: Primal Scream)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Primal Leadership: Realizing the Power of Emotional Intelligence [ABRIDGED] [ABRIDGED] (reference)

• The Primal Wound: Understanding the Adopted Child (reference)

• The Primal Cheeseburger (reference)

• The Primal Shrug: A Technique for Straightening Out Your Fouled-Up Life (reference)

• Mean Genes: From Sex to Money to Food, Taming Our Primal Instincts (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Primal Institute Newsletter (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Primal Mind (reference)

• Primal Species (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Primal Young (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Primal Rage (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Light parted from darkness, day from night, earth from the primal waters, and the voice of Paul Robeson was divided from the silence. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "primal": primal pack of bacon ♦ primal screem ♦ primal sketch. Additional references.

Albanian

primitiv (primitive, primordial, wild), parak, themelor (basal, basic, Cardinal, constitutive, essential, fundamental, main, primary, prime, principal, radical, seminal, ultimate, underlying), kryesor (arch, arterial, basal, capital, Cardinal, central, chief, focal, foremost, fundamental, general, governing, grand, great, key, keynote, leading, main, major, pivotal, predominant, premier, primary, prime, principal, topmost, trunk). (various references)

Arabic 

‏أولي (elementary, first, fundamental, incipient, overriding, premonitory, primaeval, primary, prime, primeval, rudimentary, ultimate, virgin), ‏أساسي (absolute, alkaline, basal, base, capital, cardinal, close, constitutional, formal, fundamental, imperative, indispensable, innate, inward, leading, main, major, material, momentous, nub, organic, overriding, paramount, piece de resistance, primary, principal, radical, right, staple, substantial, ultimate, underling), ‏رئيسي (arch, arterial, broad, cardinal, central, chief, foremost, fundamental, head on, key-, leading, main, major, master, masterful, premier, primary, prime, principal, sovereign, staple), ‏بدائي (aboriginal, embryonic, primaeval, primeval, primitive, primordial, pristine, rudimentary). (various references)

Bulgarian 

основен (abecedarian, alkali, alkaline, basal, basic, bottom, capital, essential, fundamental, general, grade, gut, key, key note, main, organic, pivotal, polar, prime, primitive, primordial, principal, radical, rudimental, rudimentary, substantial, thorough, thoroughgoing, tonic, ultimate, underlying), най-важен (central, essential, foremost, leading, main, primary, prime, principal, supreme), първобитен (primaeval, primitive, pristine), прастар. (various references)

Chinese 

最初 (initial, Initials, Outset, Prime). (various references)

Danish

urfantasier (primal fantasies), stykker bacon i forpakninger (primal pack of bacon), første skitse (primal sketch). (various references)

Dutch

primaire schets (primal sketch), bacon in stukken (primal pack of bacon). (various references)

Farsi 

اولیه (Early, Incipient, Preliminary, Prime, Primeval, Rudiment, Rudimentary), بسیارقدیمی . (various references)

Finnish

ruhonosa (meat primal cuts, meat wholesale cuts), ensimmäinen luonnos (primal sketch). (various references)

French

principal (predominant, primary, prime, princedom, principal, provost), primitif (primaeval, primeval, primitive, pristine), premier (preliminary, premier, prime), des premiers âges. (various references)

German

hauptsächlich (chief, chiefly, essentially, generally, main, mainly, major, mostly, notably, overriding, predominant, pre-eminently, primarily, primary, principal, principally). (various references)

Greek 

πρώτοσ (first, foremost, primary, prime), πρωτογενήσ (primordial), αρχικόσ (inceptive, initial, initiatory, original, originative, primary, primitive, primordial, pristine). (various references)

Hebrew 

ק�"ום (aboriginal, advancement, ancient, immemorial, prevention, promotion), ראשו� י (ancient, basic, first, original, primary, prime, primitive, rudimentary). (various references)

Hungarian

eredeti (aboriginal, genuine, initial, native, novel, original, primaeval, primary, prime, primeval, primordial, pristine, true, unsophisticated), fő (chief, leader, leading, preoccupation, prime, to brew, to cook, to seethe, to stew), ős- (palaeo-, prime). (various references)

Italian

principale (boss, capital, chief, employer, foremost, grand, head, leading, main, major, manager, master, overriding, primary, prime, principal, staple, uppermost), primitivo (original, primaeval, primeval, primitive, rude, savage, wild), primario (guiding, head physician, leading, main, paramount, primary, prime). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

プッシュプル増幅器 (placard, plaza, plug, plug compatible, plywood, PO, practical, practice, pragmatism, Prague, Pravda, price, price leadership, pride, primary, primary care, primary health care, prime rate, prime time, priori, priority, privacy, private, private brand, private offering, private room, prize money, Puccini, pudding, push lock, push-button phone, pushing, push-pull amplifier, put). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

プライマル . (various references)

Korean 

최초 (foremost). (various references)

Pig Latin

imalpray

Portuguese

principal (boss, broad, cardinal, central, chief, essential, firm in one's principles, first, flyaway, foremost, head, high, highlight, keynote, king, leading, major, parent, pivotal, preparative, principal, slip-on, substantial), primitivo (barbaric, early, first, forehand, former, larrikin, low-lived, origin, primaeval, primary, prime, primeval, primitive, primordial, pristine, savage, whilom, wilding), primeiro (early, first, fore, forehand, foremost, former, initial, leading, origin, preparative, primary, prime), original (document, manuscript, new, novel, origin, original, primary, primordial, progenitor, queer, unconventional, unhackneyed, unique), fundamental (basal, bottom, central, first, fundamental, primordial, principal, root, subjacent, underlying), essencial (essential, first, fundamental, head, important, main, necessary, pivotal, primordial, principal, root, substantial). (various references)

Romanian

principal (broad, capital, Cardinal, chief, first, front, grand, head, high, leading, main, notional, premier, prime, principal, staple), primitiv (crude, dark, primary, primeval, primitive, primitively, rude), primar (bailiff, elementary, initial, mayor, once removed, primary, primeval, pristine, provost), prim (early, first, foremost, front, fundamental, initial, maiden, one, original, premier, prime). (various references)

Russian 

примитивный (primitive). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

prvobitan (former, original, primary, primordial), osnovni (basal, base, basic, elementary, fundamental, institutional, key, no-frills, primary, prime, primordial, underlying). (various references)

Spanish

principal (arch, capital, Cardinal, chief, chief officer, foremost, grand, great, head, high-end, immediate, large, lead, leading, main, major, most important, predominant, preferred, prime, principal, staple, star, top, trunk, uppermost), primitivo (a b c, a.b.c., abc, aboriginal, early, initial, original, primaeval, primeval, primitive), original (aboriginal, creative, first, inventive, manuscript, master copy, novel, odd, oddity, origin, original, prime, pristine, quaint, queer, quiz, singular), fundamental (basal, basic, bottom, essential, fundamental, keynote, material, root, ultimate, underlying). (various references)

Swedish

primär (primary), viktigast (chief, leading, overriding), huvud- (Cardinal, cephalic, chief, leading, major), grundläggande (basic, constitutive, elemental, essential, fundamental, ultimate, underlying). (various references)

Turkish

ilkel (crude, elementary, embryonic, primeval, primitive, primordial, proto-, rude, rudimental, rudimentary), ilk (early, elementary, first, initial, initiative, initiatory, maiden, preliminary, premier, primary, prime, primitive, primordial, pristine, proto-, the very first), baş (arch, arch-, beginning, beginnings, bow, capital, central, chief, coconut, costard, especial, first, foremost, general, governing, grand, head, heading, in chief, initial, knob, leader, master, nob, noddle, off, outset, potato, premier, primary, prime, principal, sconce, top). (various references)

Ukrainian

головний (arch-, basal, basic, broad, capital, captain, cephalic, chief, governing, grand, head, leading, master, overriding, premier, primary, prime, principal, staple, star), примітивний (primitive, rude), первісний (aboriginal, antecedent, archetypal, barbaric, initial, original, originary, primaeval, prime, primeval, primitive). (various references)

Vietnamese 

chủ yếu (cardinal, central, chief, governing, main, staple), căn bản (primordiality, radically, root, substance). (various references)

primus. (various references)

primalis. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "primal": primalities, primality. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Primal" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Apurimac, frimbal, phragma, piral, Pramila, prema, premeal, pria, priam, primae, primas, primat, primely, primi, primolis, prina, prinal, princl, Prindl, prisma, Privalov, proal, Promax, pyroma. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: limpa, milpa, pilar, prima.

-2 letters: amir, aril, lair, lamp, lari, liar, lima, limp, lipa, lira, mail, mair, marl, pail, pair, palm, pial, pima, pram, prim, rail, rami, ramp, rial.

-3 letters: ail, aim, air, alp, ami, amp, arm, imp, lam, lap, lar, lip, map, mar, mil, mir, pal, pam, par, pia, ram, rap, ria.

+1 letter: impaler, impearl, lempira, palmier, primula.

+2 letters: impalers, impearls, imperial, lampyrid, lempiras, picloram, plumeria, primatal, primeval, primulas, proclaim, proemial, prolamin, proximal.

+3 letters: amplifier, empirical, epidermal, impartial, impearled, imperials, implanter, lampyrids, manipular, marsupial, multipart, palmistry, piclorams, piroplasm, plumerias, pluralism, primality, primarily, primatals, primatial, proclaims, prolamine, prolamins, pyramidal, reimplant, trampling, triumphal, verapamil.

+4 letters: alphameric, amplifiers, complainer, impartible, impartibly, impearling, imperially, impersonal, implanters, importable, improbable, improbably, improvable, marsupials, micropylar, multiparty, multipolar, palindrome, paralogism, parimutuel, parliament, permillage, pilgrimage, piroplasma, piroplasms, plagiarism, planimeter, pluralisms, premarital, premaxilla, premedical, primevally, primordial, prismoidal, procambial, proclaimed, proclaimer, prolamines, pronominal, prostomial, proximally, psalterium, reimplants, resampling, slipstream, spermatial, trampoline, verapamils.

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