We'll be learning the rudiments of thermodynamics next week.
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Rudiment
//ˈɹuːdɪmənt//
Synonyms for "rudiment" (70 found)
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Closest matches (14)
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13 entriesTranslations
31 translations across 14 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- начала noun (fundamental principle or skill)
- рудиментарен орган noun (biology: body part that has no function left)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 基本原理 noun (fundamental principle or skill)
Czech
1 entries- základ noun (fundamental principle or skill)
Dutch
1 entries- rudiment noun (biology: body part that has no function left)
Esperanto
1 entries- bazo noun (fundamental principle or skill)
Finnish
4 entries- alkeet noun (fundamental principle or skill)
- perusajatus noun (sthg. in undeveloped form)
- peruskuvio noun (sthg. in undeveloped form)
- perusteet noun (fundamental principle or skill)
French
3 entries- rudiment noun (fundamental principle or skill)
- rudiment noun (sthg. in undeveloped form)
- rudiment noun (biology: body part that has no function left)
German
4 entries- Ansatz noun (sthg. in undeveloped form)
- Grundlage noun (fundamental principle or skill)
- Rudiment noun (fundamental principle or skill)
- Überbleibsel noun (biology: body part that has no function left)
Irish
3 entries- aibítir noun (fundamental principle or skill)
- buntús noun (fundamental principle or skill)
- uraiceacht noun (fundamental principle or skill)
Japanese
1 entries- 基本原理 noun (fundamental principle or skill)
Latin
1 entries- rudimentum noun (fundamental principle or skill)
Persian
1 entries- مبادی noun (fundamental principle or skill)
Russian
2 entries- осно́вы noun (fundamental principle or skill)
- рудиме́нт noun (biology: body part that has no function left)
Spanish
3 entries- rudimento noun (fundamental principle or skill)
- rudimento noun (sthg. in undeveloped form)
- rudimento noun (biology: body part that has no function left)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
This boy is forest-born, / And hath been tutored in the rudiments / Of many desperate studies.
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The very emphasis on reading readiness and on the methods employed to teach children the rudiments of reading has meant that the other, the higher, levels of reading have tended to be slighted.
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I have the rudiments of an escape plan.
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