rudiments — RUDIMENTS. s. m. p. Les premiers principes des Sciences & des autres Arts liberaux. Il veut parler de geometrie & d algebre, & il n en a pas les premiers rudiments, il n en sçait pas les premiers rudiments. à peine sçait il les premiers rudiments … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
rudiments — ● rudiments nom masculin pluriel Notions élémentaires qui forment la base de l enseignement ou de l étude d une science, d un art : Apprendre les rudiments de la grammaire. ● rudiments (synonymes) nom masculin pluriel Notions élémentaires qui… … Encyclopédie Universelle
rudiments — [n] fundamentals ABCs*, basics, beginnings, elements, essentials, first principles, foundation, guts*, heart, nitty gritty, principles; concepts 668,687,826,829 … New thesaurus
rudiments — ru|di|ments [ˈru:dımənts] n [plural] [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: rudimentum beginning , from rudis; RUDE] formal the most basic parts of a subject, which you learn first = ↑basics rudiments of ▪ the rudiments of windsurfing … Dictionary of contemporary English
rudiments — [[t]ru͟ːdɪmənts[/t]] N PLURAL: usu the N of n When you learn the rudiments of something, you learn the simplest or most essential things about it. She helped to build a house, learning the rudiments of brick laying as she went along. Syn: basics … English dictionary
rudiments — UK [ˈruːdɪmənts] / US [ˈrudəmənts] noun the rudiments (of something) basic skills, or the simple facts about a subject I know the rudiments of chess, but I m not very good … English dictionary
rudiments — ru|di|ments [ rudəmənts ] noun the rudiments (of something) basic skills, or the simple facts about a subject … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
rudiments — noun (plural) formal the most basic parts of a subject, which you learn first (+ of): the rudiments of tennis … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
rudiments — plural noun the rudiments of sign language Syn: basics, fundamentals, essentials, first principles, foundation; informal nuts and bolts, ABCs … Thesaurus of popular words
rudiments — [ˈruːdɪmənts] noun the rudiments of sth the basic skills or information that are needed for an activity or subject[/ex] … Dictionary for writing and speaking English