how to pronounce primordial

/pɹɪˈmɔːɹdiːəl/

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primordial is pronounced in four syllables

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An example use of primordial in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… Earth arose in a primordial soup of …”

meanings of primordial

adjective:

Characteristic of the earliest stage of the development of an organism, or relating to a primordium.
Primeval.
First, earliest or original.

noun:

A first principle or element.

primordial frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word primordial occurs in english on average 1.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics primordial can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that primordial can be often used in the following areas:

1) education, science, and technology;

2) life, nature, and living environment;