Not derived from something else; primary or basic.
No derivat d'una altra cosa; primària o bàsica.
Of or relating to an earliest or original stage or state; primeval.
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Being little evolved from an early ancestral type.
Sent poc evolucionat d'un tipus ancestral primerenc.
Characterized by simplicity or crudity; unsophisticated: primitive weapons. See Synonyms at rude.
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Anthropology Of or relating to a nonindustrial, often tribal culture, especially one that is characterized by a low level of economic complexity: primitive societies.
Antropologia D'una cultura no industrial, sovint tribal, especialment aquella que es caracteritza per un baix nivell de complexitat econòmica: les societats primitives.
Linguistics Serving as the basis for derived or inflected forms: Pick is the primitive word from which picket is derived.
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Linguistics Being a protolanguage: primitive Germanic.
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Relating or belonging to forces of nature; elemental: primitive passions.
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Of or created by an artist without formal training; simple or naive in style.
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Of or relating to the work of an artist from a nonindustrial, often tribal culture, especially a culture that is characterized by a low level of economic complexity.
De o relacionat amb l'obra d'un artista d'una cultura no industrial, sovint tribal, especialment una cultura que es caracteritza per un baix nivell de complexitat econòmica.
Of or relating to late medieval or pre-Renaissance European painters or sculptors.
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Biology Occurring in or characteristic of an early stage of development or evolution.
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Anthropology A person belonging to a nonindustrial, often tribal society, especially a society characterized by a low level of economic complexity.
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An unsophisticated person.
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One that is at a low or early stage of development.
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One belonging to an early stage in the development of an artistic trend, especially a painter of the pre-Renaissance period.
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An artist having or affecting a simple, direct, unschooled style, as of painting.
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A self-taught artist.
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A work of art created by a primitive artist.
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Linguistics A word or word element from which another word is derived by morphological or historical processes or from which inflected forms are derived.
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Linguistics A basic and indivisible unit of linguistic analysis. Also called prime.
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Mathematics An algebraic or geometric expression from which another expression is derived.
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Computer Science A basic or fundamental unit of machine instruction or translation.