In her elementary school days, Mary dreamed of becoming a teacher.
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Elementary
//ˌɛlɪˈmɛntəɹi//
Synonyms for "elementary" (150 found)
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1 entriesderived
23 entrieselementarilyelementarinesselementarismelementary algebraelementary cellular automatonelementary chargeelementary equivalenceelementary functionelementary matrixelementary particleelementary schoolelementary schoolerelementary spaceshipelementary substanceelementary symmetric polynomialelementary topos
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12 entriessimilar
3 entriesTranslations
68 translations across 32 languages.
Belarusian
1 entries- элемэнта́рны adj (relating to the basic, essential or fundamental part of something)
Bulgarian
3 entries- елемента́рен adj (relating to the basic, essential or fundamental part of something)
- елемента́рен adj (relating to a subatomic particle)
- нача́лен adj (relating to an elementary school)
Central Kurdish
2 entries- سەرەتایی adj (relating to the basic, essential or fundamental part of something)
- سەرەتایی adj (relating to an elementary school)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 基本 adj (relating to the basic, essential or fundamental part of something)
- 小學的 /小学的 adj (relating to an elementary school)
Danish
3 entries- elementar adj (relating to a subatomic particle)
- elementær adj (relating to the basic, essential or fundamental part of something)
- folkeskole adj (relating to an elementary school)
Dutch
1 entries- elementair adj (relating to the basic, essential or fundamental part of something)
Esperanto
1 entries- elementa adj (relating to the basic, essential or fundamental part of something)
Finnish
4 entries- alkeellinen adj (relating to the basic, essential or fundamental part of something)
- alkeis adj (relating to the basic, essential or fundamental part of something)
- alkeis adj (relating to an elementary school)
- alkeis adj (relating to a subatomic particle)
French
1 entries- élémentaire adj (relating to the basic, essential or fundamental part of something)
Galician
3 entries- elemental adj (relating to the basic, essential or fundamental part of something)
- elemental adj (relating to a subatomic particle)
- primaria adj (relating to an elementary school)
Georgian
1 entries- ელემენტარული adj (relating to the basic, essential or fundamental part of something)
German
1 entries- elementar adj (relating to the basic, essential or fundamental part of something)
Greek
3 entries- στοιχειώδης adj (relating to the basic, essential or fundamental part of something)
- στοιχειώδης adj (relating to an elementary school)
- στοιχειώδης adj (relating to a subatomic particle)
Italian
3 entries- elementare adj (relating to the basic, essential or fundamental part of something)
- elementare adj (relating to an elementary school)
- elementare adj (relating to a subatomic particle)
Japanese
1 entries- 基本的な adj (relating to the basic, essential or fundamental part of something)
Korean
1 entries- 기본적 adj (relating to the basic, essential or fundamental part of something)
Latin
1 entries- elementārius adj (relating to the basic, essential or fundamental part of something)
Māori
1 entries- whakapū adj (relating to the basic, essential or fundamental part of something)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- seretayî adj (relating to the basic, essential or fundamental part of something)
Norwegian
1 entries- enkelt adj (relating to the basic, essential or fundamental part of something)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- elementær adj (relating to the basic, essential or fundamental part of something)
- grunnleggende adj (relating to the basic, essential or fundamental part of something)
Norwegian Nynorsk
3 entries- elementær adj (relating to the basic, essential or fundamental part of something)
- grunnleggande adj (relating to the basic, essential or fundamental part of something)
- grunnleggjande adj (relating to the basic, essential or fundamental part of something)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- eefach adj (relating to the basic, essential or fundamental part of something)
Polish
4 entries- elementarny adj (relating to the basic, essential or fundamental part of something)
- elementarny adj (relating to a subatomic particle)
- podstawowy adj (relating to the basic, essential or fundamental part of something)
- podstawowy adj (relating to an elementary school)
Portuguese
3 entries- elementar adj (relating to the basic, essential or fundamental part of something)
- elementar adj (relating to a subatomic particle)
- fundamental adj (relating to an elementary school)
Romanian
4 entries- elementar adj (relating to the basic, essential or fundamental part of something)
- elementar adj (relating to a subatomic particle)
- elementară (școală) adj (relating to an elementary school)
- fundamental adj (relating to the basic, essential or fundamental part of something)
Russian
3 entries- нача́льный adj (relating to an elementary school)
- элемента́рный adj (relating to the basic, essential or fundamental part of something)
- элемента́рный adj (relating to a subatomic particle)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- sìmplidh adj (relating to the basic, essential or fundamental part of something)
Spanish
4 entries- elemental adj (relating to the basic, essential or fundamental part of something)
- elemental adj (relating to a subatomic particle)
- elementar (disused) adj (relating to the basic, essential or fundamental part of something)
- elementario adj (relating to the basic, essential or fundamental part of something)
Swedish
4 entries- basal adj (relating to the basic, essential or fundamental part of something)
- elementär adj (relating to the basic, essential or fundamental part of something)
- grundlig adj (relating to the basic, essential or fundamental part of something)
- grundläggande adj (relating to the basic, essential or fundamental part of something)
Ukrainian
1 entries- елемента́рний adj (relating to the basic, essential or fundamental part of something)
Uzbek
1 entries- boshlang’ich adj (relating to the basic, essential or fundamental part of something)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
There used to be an elementary school here.
Source: tatoeba (61782)
Do you go to an elementary school?
Source: tatoeba (69210)
I went to elementary school in Nagoya.
Source: tatoeba (261902)
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