primordial

primitif, primordial

Qui appartient à un passé très lointain, notamment aux premiers temps du monde.

En anglais simple : Belonging to the very distant past, especially the earliest history of the world.

• Life began in the primordial oceans.
• The film imagines a primordial world full of strange creatures.
• Scientists study how living things emerged from primordial soup.

Synonymes : primeval, prehistoric

Expressions courantes : primordial soup, primordial ocean, primordial world

primordial, originel

Qui existait en premier, avant que d'autres choses se développent à partir de lui.

En anglais simple : Existing first, before other things developed from it.

• The theory begins with primordial matter.
• They searched for the primordial source of the tradition.
• The model describes the universe in its primordial state.

Synonymes : original, initial, earliest

Expressions courantes : primordial state, primordial matter, primordial source

primordial

Qui concerne le premier stade de développement d'un être vivant ou d'une de ses parties.

En anglais simple : Related to the first stage of growth of a living thing or one of its parts.

• The image shows a primordial leaf.
• Primordial cells can develop into more specialized cells.
• The researchers examined primordial tissue in the embryo.

Synonymes : rudimentary

Expressions courantes : primordial cell, primordial leaf, primordial tissue

primordial

Se dit d'éléments ou de formes d'éléments présents sur Terre depuis sa formation.

En anglais simple : Describing elements or forms of elements that have existed on Earth since it formed.

• Uranium contains primordial isotopes.
• The rocks preserve traces of primordial elements.
• Some primordial nuclides have survived because they decay very slowly.

Expressions courantes : primordial isotope, primordial nuclide, primordial element

principe premier, élément primordial

Principe ou élément de base à partir duquel d'autres choses se développent.

En anglais simple : A basic principle or element from which other things develop.

• The philosopher treated water as a primordial.
• These primordials form the basis of his theory.
• She sought a single primordial behind all existence.

Synonymes : first principle, basic element

Expressions courantes : a primordial, fundamental primordial

état primordial

Tout premier état d'une chose, avant qu'elle change ou se développe.

En anglais simple : The earliest condition of something, before it changed or developed.

• The essay explores the primordial before all change.
• He imagined returning to the primordial.
• Her theory describes how order emerged from the primordial.

Synonymes : original state

Expressions courantes : the primordial, return to the primordial