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The three great elemental sounds in nature are the sound of rain, the sound of wind in a primeval wood, and the sound of outer ocean on a beach.
Henry Beston

Meaning of "primeval" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PRIMEVAL

From Latin prīmaevus youthful, from prīmus first + aevum age.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PRIMEVAL

primeval  [praɪˈmiːvəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PRIMEVAL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Primeval is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES PRIMEVAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Primeval

Primeval is a British science fiction drama television programme produced for ITV by Impossible Pictures. Created by Adrian Hodges and Tim Haines, who previously created the Walking with... documentary series. Primeval follows a team of scientists tasked with investigating the appearance of temporal anomalies across Great Britain through which prehistoric and futuristic creatures enter the present, as well as trying to prevent end-of-the-world scenarios from occurring. First broadcast in the UK on 10 February 2007, it has since expanded to an international audience. Overall reception of the programme was positive during the first and second series, maintaining a 25% audience share in the United Kingdom during both series to date. Before it was broadcast on 9 August 2008 on BBC America, the programme received generally positive reaction from American critics as well. The third series, which ITV announced on 30 January 2008, began on 28 March 2009. In the US, series 3 premiered on 16 May 2009 on BBC America.

Definition of primeval in the English dictionary

The definition of primeval in the dictionary is of or belonging to the first age or ages, esp of the world.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PRIMEVAL


approval
əˈpruːvəl
coaeval
kəʊˈiːvəl
coeval
kəʊˈiːvəl
disapproval
ˌdɪsəˈpruːvəl
evil
ˈiːvəl
khedival
kɪˈdiːvəl
longaeval
lɒnˈdʒiːvəl
marvel
ˈmɑːvəl
Marvell
ˈmɑːvəl
mediaeval
ˌmɛdɪˈiːvəl
medieval
ˌmɛdɪˈiːvəl
orval
ˈɔːvəl
postmedieval
ˌpəʊstˌmɛdɪˈiːvəl
premedieval
ˌpriːmɛdɪˈiːvəl
primaeval
praɪˈmiːvəl
receival
rɪˈsiːvəl
removal
rɪˈmuːvəl
retrieval
rɪˈtriːvəl
shrieval
ˈʃriːvəl
upheaval
ʌpˈhiːvəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PRIMEVAL

prime factor
prime focus
prime meridian
prime minister
prime ministerial
prime ministership
prime ministry
prime mover
prime number
prime rate
prime time
prime vertical
prime-time
primely
primeness
primer
primero
primers
primeur
primevally

WORDS THAT END LIKE PRIMEVAL

archival
arrival
aval
carnival
confidence interval
festival
film festival
hair removal
information retrieval
interval
Laval
music festival
naval
oval
Perceval
Reval
revival
rival
rounceval
survival

Synonyms and antonyms of primeval in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PRIMEVAL»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «primeval» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of primeval

Translation of «primeval» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PRIMEVAL

Find out the translation of primeval to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of primeval from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «primeval» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

原始
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

primigenio
570 millions of speakers

English

primeval
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अतिप्राचीन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أولي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

первобытный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

primeva
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আদ্য
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

primitif
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Dahulu
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

urzeitlich
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

太古の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

태고의
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Primeval
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đầu tiên
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

புராதனமான
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्राचीन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ilkel
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

primordiale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pierwotny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

первісний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

primitiv
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αρχέγονη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

oeroue
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ursprunglig
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ur
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of primeval

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PRIMEVAL»

The term «primeval» is quite widely used and occupies the 42.166 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PRIMEVAL» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «primeval» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «primeval» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about primeval

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5 QUOTES WITH «PRIMEVAL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word primeval.
1
Henry Beston
The three great elemental sounds in nature are the sound of rain, the sound of wind in a primeval wood, and the sound of outer ocean on a beach.
2
Richard Flanagan
In Tasmania, an island the size of Ireland whose primeval forests astonished 19th-century Europeans, an incomprehensible ecological tragedy is being played out.
3
Stephen Jay Gould
Life began three and a half billion years ago, necessarily about as simple as it could be, because life arose spontaneously from the organic compounds in the primeval oceans.
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Dylan Moran
I think that women just have a primeval instinct to make soup, which they will try to foist on anybody who looks like a likely candidate.
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Barbara Tuchman
The unrecorded past is none other than our old friend, the tree in the primeval forest which fell without being heard.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PRIMEVAL»

Discover the use of primeval in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to primeval and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Primeval History: Babylonian, Biblical, and Enochic: An ...
The book offers a comprehensive analytic comparison between the images of primeval history in Babylonia, in the Hebrew Bible and the parallel Enochic traditions.
Helge Kvanvig, 2011
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Primeval Saints: Studies in the Patriarchs of Genesis
And yet this book is not just about the heroes of Genesis. Throughout, Jordan draws a picture of how Christian culture should be imagined and lived in our own day, from creativity and work to tyranny and freedom.
James B. Jordan, 2001
3
City Primeval
Clement Mansell, knows how easy it is to get away with murder.
Elmore Leonard, 2012
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Creation and Chaos in the Primeval Era and the Eschaton: A ...
Even though available only in German, this work by Gunkel has had a profound influence on modern biblical scholarship.
Hermann Gunkel, 2006
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The Primeval Forest
The Primeval Forest is Schweitzer's own fascinating story of these eventful years—a thrilling tale of his amazingly successful attempt to practice modern medicine and surgery in the face of wild elephant raids, marauding leopards, famine, ...
Albert Schweitzer, 1998
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Primeval: Event Group Thriller #5
Let David Lynn Golemon thrill you with Primeval from the magnificent Event Group series.
David Lynn Golemon, 2014
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Infant Potty Training: A Gentle and Primeval Method Adapted ...
"A resource on infant toilet training including guidelines, medical and anthropological reports, testimonials, history, philosophy, cross-cultural research, and photos from around the world.
Laurie Boucke, 2008
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Primeval: A Rip in Time
Chapter. 20. The street was hectic with activity. In a quiet corner, Abby, Stephen and Claudia pored over a map of the Underground. 'All I'm getting is interference!' snapped Claudia, impatiently throwing her radio receiver away. She frowned at ...
none, 2008
9
Primeval and Other Times
Tokarczuk has said of the novel: "I always wanted to write a book such as this. One that creates and describes a world. it is the story of a world that, like all things living, Is born, develops, and then dies.
Olga Tokarczuk, 2010
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Primeval: Fight for Survival
none, Alicia Brodersen. F! F3-"T s\Tm1|vAL Z It was coming to the end of a long, dull.
none, Alicia Brodersen, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PRIMEVAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term primeval is used in the context of the following news items.
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Looking back at the Broner brothers' World War II service, plus letter …
George Johnston, an Australian war correspondent, called it one of the most merciless and most primeval battles." James Broner returned to ... «MLive.com, Jul 15»
2
Why the Church Needs to Gain Momentum
Just as Paul grounds the origin story for Christ-followers in primeval history, he also lays out the aim or goal of the Christian life: “to gather up all ... «Sojourners, Jul 15»
3
How Grog met Oola
Grog was wandering around the forest primeval looking for something to do. There were no bars since beer hadn't been invented, and even if it ... «Orillia Packet & Times, Jul 15»
4
Sublime, yet accessible
The choreography started out mellow enough, but did not take too long to become frenetic in keeping with the primeval theme of the piece, with ... «Times of Malta, Jul 15»
5
Ben Howard at Grand Arena
... electric riffs, metallic vocals – like serenading shebots were playing hide and seek in a fluorescent primeval forest where trees have eyes. «Artslink.co.za News, Jul 15»
6
Catch Ripper Street Series 3 at 9pm on BBC One This Friday!
... Ripper Street Series 3 premiered in November after being rescued from the trashheap, Primeval-style, and became Amazon's most-watched ... «Doctor Who UK Webzine, Jul 15»
7
麋鹿 Milu
This new animal then galloped to the Kunlun Mountains to seek the advice of the Primeval Lord of Heaven. The Lord was astonished at the ... «CRIENGLISH.com, Jul 15»
8
Amazon's Echo sings siren's song: Buy, buy!
Prime Day was looking positively primeval. But, hey, the shipping was free! Then something caught my eye. The Amazon Echo. At a recent ... «NWAOnline, Jul 15»
9
Manchester Comic Con: Is this Star Wars giant AT-AT the best …
Robert Llewellyn, who starred as robot Kryton in Red Dwarf, will also be present, as will Andrew-Lee Potts from Primeval and Tamara Taylor ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»
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The inspiring story of Hannah Campbell almost killed by a mortar in …
My first memory was of deafening silence. I was in a place somewhere between life and death when something primeval kicked in, making me ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»

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