say it: el-uh-MEN-tuhl
elemental is an adjective meaning "relating to or being an element". It carries 3 recorded senses.
relating to or being an element
“elemental sulphur”
relating to severe atmospheric conditions
“a race against hail or cold rains or some other elemental catastrophe”
of or being the essential or basic part
“an elementary need for love and nurturing”
“a basal reader”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for elemental come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.