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Italian

rudimentale

/rudimenˈtale/adjectiveC1
Extended vocabulary · Vocabulary rank 23,159

Meaning

rudimentary, crude

  • basic, primitive, or undeveloped
  • imperfectly developed or improvised

In a sentence

Hanno costruito un rifugio rudimentale con rami e teli.

They built a crude shelter with branches and tarps.

Aveva solo una conoscenza rudimentale del software.

She had only a rudimentary knowledge of the software.

Questi primi prototipi erano ancora troppo rudimentali.

These early prototypes were still too rudimentary.

Word forms (4)
WordWord forms
rudimentalemasculine · singular
rudimentalefeminine · singular
rudimentalimasculine · plural
rudimentalifeminine · plural

Usage notes

  • Invariable for gender in the singular (-e) and plural (-i).

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