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==English==
{{webster 1913}}

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# A leading or primary principle, rule, law, or article, which serves as the groundwork of a system; essential part, as, the fundamentals of linear algebra.

====Adjective====
{{en-adj}}

# Pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation. Hence: Essential, as an element, principle, or law; important; original; elementary; as, a fundamental truth; a fundamental axiom.

===Derived terms===
* [[fundamentalism]]
* [[fundamentalist]]
* [[fundamentality]]
* [[fundamentalness]]
* [[fundamental analysis]]

===Related terms===
* [[fundament]]

===Synonyms===
* See also [[Thesaurus:bare-bones]]

===Adverbs for Fundamental===

definitely; indispensably; radically; significantly; essentially; ineradically; inherently; intrinsically; virtually; substantially; absolutely; fairly; basically; undeniably.

===Thesaurus===
[[AF]], [[ab ovo]], [[abecedarian]], [[aboriginal]], [[antenatal]], [[audio frequency]], [[austere]], [[autochthonous]], [[axiom]], [[bare]], [[basal]], [[base]], [[basement]], [[basic]], [[basilar]], [[basis]], [[bearing wall]], [[bed]], [[bedding]], [[bedrock]], [[beginning]], [[bench mark]], [[bottom]], [[budding]], [[cardinal]], [[cardinal point]], [[center]], [[central]], [[chaste]], [[chief thing]], [[climax]], [[component]], [[constituent]], [[constitutional]], [[constitutive]], [[core]], [[cornerstone]], [[creative]], [[crisis]], [[critical]], [[critical point]], [[crucial]], [[crux]], [[dominant]], [[element]], [[elemental]], [[elementary]], [[elements]], [[elixir]], [[embryonic]], [[essence]], [[essential]], [[essential matter]], [[factor]], [[fetal]], [[first]], [[floor]], [[flooring]], [[flower]], [[focal]], [[focus]], [[fond]], [[footing]], [[formative]], [[foundation]], [[foundational]], [[frequency]], [[fundament]], [[fundamental tone]], [[generative]], [[genetic]], [[germinal]], [[gestatory]], [[gist]], [[grammar]], [[gravamen]], [[great point]], [[ground]], [[grounds]], [[groundwork]], [[gut]], [[hardpan]], [[harmonic]], [[heart]], [[high point]], [[homely]], [[homespun]], [[homogeneous]], [[hypostasis]], [[important]], [[important thing]], [[in embryo]], [[in its infancy]], [[in ovo]], [[in the bud]], [[inaugural]], [[inceptive]], [[inchoate]], [[inchoative]], [[incipient]], [[incunabular]], [[indispensable]], [[indivisible]], [[infant]], [[infantile]], [[inherent]], [[initial]], [[initiative]], [[initiatory]], [[inner essence]], [[intonation]], [[intrinsic]], [[introductory]], [[inventive]], [[irreducible]], [[issue]], [[kernel]], [[keystone]], [[landmark]], [[law]], [[life-and-death]], [[life-or-death]], [[main]], [[main point]], [[main thing]], [[marrow]], [[material]], [[material point]], [[meat]], [[mere]], [[milestone]], [[monolithic]], [[monotone]], [[monotony]], [[nascent]], [[natal]], [[necessary]], [[needful]], [[nub]], [[nucleus]], [[nuts and bolts]], [[of a piece]], [[of the essence]], [[of vital importance]], [[organic]], [[original]], [[overtone]], [[paramount]], [[part and parcel]], [[partial]], [[partial tone]], [[parturient]], [[pavement]], [[pitch]], [[pith]], [[pivot]], [[plain]], [[postnatal]], [[postulate]], [[pregnant]], [[prenatal]], [[primal]], [[primary]], [[prime]], [[primeval]], [[primitive]], [[primogenial]], [[primordial]], [[principal]], [[principium]], [[principle]], [[principles]], [[pristine]], [[procreative]], [[protogenic]], [[pure]], [[pure and simple]], [[quid]], [[quiddity]], [[quintessence]], [[quintessential]], [[radical]], [[real issue]], [[requisite]], [[riprap]], [[rock bottom]], [[rudiment]], [[rudimental]], [[rudimentary]], [[rudiments]], [[rule]], [[salient point]], [[sap]], [[seat]], [[seminal]], [[severe]], [[sill]], [[simon-pure]], [[simple]], [[sine qua non]], [[single]], [[solid ground]], [[solid rock]], [[soul]], [[spare]], [[spirit]], [[stark]], [[stereobate]], [[stuff]], [[stylobate]], [[substance]], [[substantial]], [[substantive]], [[substantive point]], [[substratum]], [[substruction]], [[substructure]], [[terra firma]], [[the bottom line]], [[the nitty-gritty]], [[the point]], [[theorem]], [[tone]], [[tonelessness]], [[turning point]], [[unadorned]], [[uncluttered]], [[underbuilding]], [[undercarriage]], [[undergirding]], [[underlying]], [[underpinning]], [[understruction]], [[understructure]], [[undifferenced]], [[undifferentiated]], [[uniform]], [[ur]], [[vital]]

===Etymology===
From {{etyl|Late Latin}} {{term|fundamentalis||}} < {{etyl|la}} {{term|fundamentum|lang=la||foundation}} < {{term|fundare|lang=la||to lay the foundation (of something), to found}} < {{term|fundus|lang=la||bottom}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|en-us-fundamental.ogg|Audio (US)}}

==Translations==
====Noun====
{{trans-top|a leading or primary principle, rule, law, or article}}
* Armenian: {{t-|hy|հիմունք|tr=himunk’}}
* Croatian: {{t-|hr|osnova|f|alt=ȍsnova}}, {{t-|hr|temelj|m|alt=tèmelj}}
* Czech: {{t-|cs|zásadní}}
* French: {{t+|fr|fondement}}
* German: {{t+|de|Grundlage|f}}
{{trans-mid}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|fondamentale|m}}
* Japanese: [[基本]] (きほん, ''kihon'')
* Navajo: {{tø|nv|áʼádaatʼéhígíí}}
* Norwegian: {{t-|no|fundamental}}
{{trans-bottom}}

====Adjective====
{{trans-top|pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation}}
* Bengali: {{t-|bn|মৌলিক|tr=moulik|sc=Beng|xs=Bengali}}
* Chinese: [[基本]] ([[jīběn]])
* Croatian: {{t-|hr|fundamentalan|alt=fȕndamentālan}}, {{t-|hr|osnovan|alt=ȍsnovān}}, {{t-|hr|temeljni|alt=tȅmēljnī}}
* Danish: {{t|da|fundamental}}, {{t|da|grundlæggende}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|fundamenteel}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|põhi-}}
{{trans-mid}}
* Finnish: [[perustavalaatuinen]]
* [[Galician]]: {{t-|gl|fundamental|xs=Galician}}
* German: {{t+|de|grundlegend}}, {{t+|de|fundamental}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|fondamentale}}
* Japanese: [[基本的な]] (きほんてきな, ''kihontekina'')
* Maltese: {{t-|mt|fundamentali|xs=Maltese}}, {{t-|mt|fondamentali|xs=Maltese}}
* Romanian: {{t|ro|fundamental|m|n}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|fundamental}}
{{trans-bottom}}

===External links===
* {{R:Webster 1913}}
* {{R:Century 1911}}

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==Danish==

===Etymology===
From {{suffix|fundament|al|lang=da}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|/fɔndaməntaːl/|[fɔnd̥amənˈtˢæːˀl]|lang=da}}
* {{audio|Da-fundamental.ogg|Audio}}

====Adjective====
{{infl|da|adjective|neuter|fundamentalt|definite and plural|fundamentale}}

# [[basic]], {{l|en|fundamental}}

===Synonyms===
* [[afgørende]]
* [[basal]]
* [[grundliggende]], [[grundlæggende]]

===Derived terms===
* [[fundamentalisme]]
* [[fundamentalist]]

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==Galician==

====Adjective====
{{gl-adj|f=fundamental|pl=fundamentais}}

# [[#English|fundamental]]

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==German==

====Adjective====
{{de-adj|comparative=|superlative=}}

# [[fundamental#English|fundamental]]

===Synonyms===
* [[grundlegend]]

===Derived terms===
* [[Fundamentalismus]], [[Fundamentalist]]

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==Portuguese==

====Adjective====
{{pt-adj|fundamenta|l|comp=no}}

# [[#English|fundamental]]

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==Romanian==

===Etymology===
From {{etyl|fr|ro}} {{term|fondamental|lang=fr}} < {{etyl|la|ro}} {{term|fundamentalis|lang=la}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|[fundamenˈtal]|lang=ro}}

====Adjective====
{{ro-adj|4}}

# [[#English|fundamental]]

====Declension====
{{ro-adj-4}}

===Related terms===
* [[fundament]]
* [[fundamenta]]
* [[fundamentabil]]
* [[fundamentare]]
* [[fundamentat]]

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==Spanish==

====Adjective====
{{es-adj|pl=fundamentales}}

# [[#English|fundamental]]

===Related terms===
* [[fundamentar]]
* [[fundamento]]
* [[fundar]]