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Definition: Primaeval |
PrimaevalAdjective1. 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 "primaeval" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1615. (references) |
Synonyms: PrimaevalSynonyms: aboriginal (adj), primal (adj), primeval (adj), primordial (adj). (additional references) |
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| "Primaeval" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Primaeval" is used about 6 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 6 | 143,867 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "primaeval"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | i qëmotshëm (old time, primeval, primordial, vintage), i lashtë (age-old, ancient, antique, early, grey, grey headed, Hoar, hoary, old, old world, primeval, primordial), i hershëm (early, forehanded, forward, old time, original, precocious, primeval, young), i dikurshëm (ancient, of yore, old time, primeval, quondam, whilom). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | في أول الزمان (primeval), قدمي (pedal, pedicure, primeval), أولي (elementary, first, fundamental, incipient, overriding, premonitory, primal, primary, prime, primeval, rudimentary, ultimate, virgin), بدائي (aboriginal, embryonic, primal, primeval, primitive, primordial, pristine, rudimentary). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | вековен (age-old, century-old, eternal, immemorial, secular), първобитен (primal, primitive, pristine), предисторически (prehistoric, primitive), девствен (chaste, maiden, pristine, pure, vestal, virgin, virginal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | primordial (primary, prime, primordial), primitif (primal, primeval, primitive, pristine), des premièrs âges. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | eredeti (aboriginal, genuine, initial, native, novel, original, primal, primary, prime, primeval, primordial, pristine, true, unsophisticated), ősi (aboriginal, ancestral, ancient, immemorial, primal, primeval, primordial, pristine). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | primordiale (primeval, primordial), primitivo (original, primal, primeval, primitive, rude, savage, wild). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | imaevalpray primitivo (barbaric, early, first, forehand, former, larrikin, low-lived, origin, primal, primary, prime, primeval, primitive, primordial, pristine, savage, whilom, wilding). (various references) первобытный (barbaric, primal, primeval, primitive, primordial, pristine). (various references) iskonski (pristine, seminal). (various references) primitivo (a b c, a.b.c., abc, aboriginal, early, initial, original, primal, primeval, primitive), prístino (primeval, pristine), virgen (Madonna, primeval, virgin). (various references) primitiv (primitive, uncivilised, uncivilized), urtids- (primeval, primordial), urtida (prehistoric, primeval). (various references) первісний (aboriginal, antecedent, archetypal, barbaric, initial, original, originary, primal, prime, primeval, primitive). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: verapamil. | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-e-i-l-m-p-r-v" | |
-1 letter: primeval. | |
-2 letters: impaler, impearl, lempira, palaver, palmier, prevail, reavail, vampire, velaria. | |
-3 letters: aerial, ampler, earlap, impala, impale, lamiae, larvae, limper, mailer, marvel, palier, palmar, palmer, prelim, primal, realia, remail, revamp, rimple, vamper. | |
-4 letters: aimer, aiver, alarm, alive, ample, areal, ariel, arval, avail, email, ervil, impel, laari, lamer, lamia, larva, laver, limpa, liver, livre, maile. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-e-i-l-m-p-r-v" | |
+1 letter: verapamils. | |
+4 letters: comparatively. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 72 69 6D 61 65 76 61 6C |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. .-. .. -- .- . ...- .- .-.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01110010 01101001 01101101 01100001 01100101 01110110 01100001 01101100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P r i m a e v a l |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0072 0069 006D 0061 0065 0076 0061 006C |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)508475796771886778 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Anagrams 7. Orthography 8. Bibliography |
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