The first centuries of superluminal space exploration proved that neighbouring space was mostly desert as other life discovered was in a primordial state.
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Primordial
//pɹaɪˈmɔɹ.di.əl//
Synonyms for "primordial" (48 found)
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Synonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
3 entriesderived
16 entriesetymologically related_to
2 entrieshas context
1 entriesrelated to
11 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
40 translations across 24 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- най-ранен adj (earliest)
- първоначален adj (earliest)
Catalan
1 entries- primordial adj (earliest)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 原始的 adj (earliest)
Dutch
2 entries- oer adj (earliest)
- oorspronkelijk adj (earliest)
Esperanto
1 entries- praa adj (primeval)
Finnish
2 entries- alku adj (earliest)
- alkuperäinen adj (earliest)
French
1 entries- primordial adj (earliest)
Galician
1 entries- primordial adj (earliest)
Georgian
4 entries- დასაბამიერი adj (earliest)
- თავდაპირველი adj (earliest)
- ოდინდელი adj (earliest)
- პირველყოფილი adj (earliest)
German
4 entries- Frühzeit adj (earliest)
- Ur adj (earliest)
- primordial adj (earliest)
- ursprünglich adj (earliest)
Greek
3 entries- αρχέγονος adj (earliest)
- πρωταρχικός adj (earliest)
- πρωτογενής noun (first principle or element)
Hebrew
1 entries- בְּרֵאשִׁיתִי adj (earliest)
Hungarian
1 entries- ősi adj (earliest)
Icelandic
3 entries- frum adj (earliest)
- upphafs adj (earliest)
- upprunalegur adj (earliest)
Italian
1 entries- primordiale adj (earliest)
Japanese
1 entries- 原初の adj (earliest)
Kazakh
1 entries- әдепкі adj (earliest)
Polish
2 entries- pierwotny adj (earliest)
- początkowy adj (earliest)
Portuguese
1 entries- primordial adj (earliest)
Russian
1 entries- изнача́льный adj (earliest)
Spanish
1 entries- primordial adj (earliest)
Swedish
1 entries- ursprunglig adj (earliest)
Turkish
3 entries- esasî adj (earliest)
- ilk adj (earliest)
- kökensel adj (earliest)
Ukrainian
1 entries- пе́рві́сний adj (earliest)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
Lemaitre proposed that the universe began as a single primordial atom of energy, something hot and dense that exploded, causing space to expand outward.
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Elsila and her team will look for the molecules, such as formaldehyde or hydrogen cyanide, that form amino acids to shed light on the primordial chemistry of the solar system.
Source: tatoeba (8410036)
Bennu is a primordial artifact preserved in the vacuum of space.
Source: tatoeba (9165099)
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