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prima
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p?i?m?/
Adjective
prima (not comparable)
- most important
Related terms
- prima ballerina
- prima donna
- prima facie
Translations
Anagrams
- Pamir, Priam
Asturian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?p?ima]
Noun
prima f (plural primes)
- cousin, female equivalent of primu
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /?p?i.m?/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /?p?i.ma/
- Rhymes: -ima
Noun
prima f (plural primes)
- premium (a bonus paid in addition to normal payments)
Adjective
prima
- feminine singular of prim
Further reading
- “prima” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “prima” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “prima” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “prima” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?pr?ma]
Adjective
prima
- (informal) nice, great
Usage notes
This adjective is inflexible and there is no declension.
Interjection
prima
- nice
Related terms
- primární
- primá?
- primá?ka
- primátor
- primátorka
Dutch
Pronunciation
Adjective
prima (not comparable)
- excellent, fine
French
Verb
prima
- third-person singular past historic of primer
Anagrams
- parmi
- Priam
Galician
Etymology 1
Noun
prima f (plural primas)
- female cousin
Synonyms
- curmá
Related terms
- primo
Etymology 2
Noun
prima f (plural primas)
- bonus
Etymology 3
Verb
prima
- third-person singular present indicative of primar
- second-person singular imperative of primar
German
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Adjective
prima (not comparable)
- great, super
- Synonyms: toll, klasse, schnieke
Further reading
- “prima” in Duden online
Italian
Alternative forms
- (abbreviation) 1ª
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?pri.ma/
Adjective
prima f
- feminine singular of primo
Adverb
prima
- before
- Antonym: dopo
- once, formerly
- beforehand, in advance
- earlier, sooner
Noun
prima f (plural prime)
- the first
- an opening night; a premier
- the first year at school
Related terms
- di prima
- il prima possibile
- prima del tempo
- prima di tutto
- primadonna
- prima o poi
- primatista
- primato
- quanto prima
Descendants
- Norwegian Bokmål: prima
Kabuverdianu
Etymology
From Portuguese prima.
Noun
prima
- cousin (daughter of the uncle)
Ladin
Adjective
prima
- feminine singular of prim
Latin
Numeral
pr?ma
- nominative feminine singular of pr?mus
- vocative feminine singular of pr?mus
- nominative neuter plural of pr?mus
- accusative neuter plural of pr?mus
- vocative neuter plural of pr?mus
Numeral
pr?m?
- ablative feminine singular of pr?mus
References
- prima in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- prima in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Italian prima (“before, once, at first, earlier”), feminine singular of primo (“first, initial, main”), from Latin pr?mus (“first”), from earlier pr?smos, from Proto-Italic *priisemos (“foremost, first”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *preh?- (“before, in front”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?pri?ma/
- Rhymes: -i?ma
- Hyphenation: pri?ma
Adverb
prima
- Only used in a prima vista (“sight-read”)
Anagrams
- rimpa
Occitan
Etymology
Shortened from Vulgar Latin *pr?mav?ra. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?primo]
Noun
prima f (plural primas)
- spring (seasons)
See also
Papiamentu
Etymology
From Portuguese prima and Spanish prima and Kabuverdianu prima.
Noun
prima
- cousin (daughter of the uncle)
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin pr?ma, feminine of pr?mus (“first”), from Proto-Indo-European *per-.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /?p?i.ma/, /?p?i.m?/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /?p?i.m?/
Noun
prima f (plural primas)
- female equivalent of primo: a female cousin
- (music) an instrument’s thinnest string
- (Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy) the first canonical hour
Adjective
prima (plural primas, not comparable)
- (of birds of prey) female
Related terms
- obra prima
- matéria-prima
- primário
- primeiro
- primo
Romanian
Pronunciation
- (adjective) IPA(key): /?pri.ma/
- (verb) IPA(key): /pri?ma/
Etymology 1
Adjective
prima
- definite nominative feminine singular of prim
- definite accusative feminine singular of prim
Synonyms
- întâia (întâiul)
Antonyms
- ultima (ultimul)
Etymology 2
From French primer.
Verb
a prima (third-person singular present primeaz?, past participle primat) 1st conj.
- to prevail, to take precedent
Conjugation
Spanish
Etymology 1
From Latin primus.
Noun
prima f (plural primas, masculine primo, masculine plural primos)
- female equivalent of primo (“female cousin”)
Usage notes
The noun primo is like most Spanish nouns with a human referent. The masculine forms are used when the referent is known to be male, a group of males, a group of mixed or unknown gender, or an individual of unknown or unspecified gender. The feminine forms are used if the referent is known to be female or a group of females.
Hyponyms
Etymology 2
From primo.
Noun
prima f (plural primas)
- bonus
- Synonyms: bonificación, bono, premio
- premium (amount to be paid for an insurance policy)
- (music) the highest-pitched string on a string instrument
Derived terms
- cazaprimas
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
prima
- Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of primar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of primar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of primar.
Swedish
Etymology
Latin prima, from Latin primus (“first”).
Adjective
prima (not inflected)
- excellent; top quality
Anagrams
- impar
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prime
English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from French prime, from Latin primus (“first”), from earlier pr?smos < *pr?semos < Proto-Italic *priisemos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“beyond, before”). Doublet of primo.
Pronunciation
- enPR: pr?m, IPA(key): /p?a??m/
- Hyphenation: prime
- Rhymes: -a?m
Adjective
prime (not comparable)
- First in importance, degree, or rank.
- Synonyms: greatest, main, most important, primary, principal, top
- First in time, order, or sequence.
- Synonyms: earliest, first, original
- First in excellence, quality, or value.
- Synonyms: excellent, top quality
- (mathematics, lay) Having exactly two integral factors: itself and unity (1 in the case of integers).
- (mathematics, technical) Such that if it divides a product, it divides one of the multiplicands.
- (mathematics) Having its complement closed under multiplication: said only of ideals.
- Marked or distinguished by the prime symbol.
- Early; blooming; being in the first stage.
- (obsolete) Lecherous, lewd, lustful.
Synonyms
- (having no nontrivial factors): indivisible
Hyponyms
- biprime
- pseudoprime
- semiprime
- (having exactly two integral factors): coprime
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
prime (plural primes)
- (historical) The first hour of daylight; the first canonical hour.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, London: William Ponsonbie, Book 2, Canto 9, p. 314,[1]
- His larum bell might lowd and wyde be hard,
- When cause requyrd, but neuer out of time;
- Early and late it rong, at euening and at prime.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, London: William Ponsonbie, Book 2, Canto 9, p. 314,[1]
- (Christianity) The religious service appointed to this hour.
- (obsolete) The early morning generally.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, London: William Ponsonbie, Book 1, Canto 6, p. 81,[2]
- They all as glad, as birdes of ioyous Pryme […]
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, London: William Ponsonbie, Book 1, Canto 6, p. 81,[2]
- (now rare) The earliest stage of something.
- 1593, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiasticall Politie, London, 1604, Book 1, p. 69,[3]
- To this end we see how quickly sundry artes Mechanical were found out in the very prime of the world.
- 1645, Edmund Waller, “To a very young Lady” (earlier title: “To my young Lady Lucy Sidney”) in Poems, &c. Written upon Several Occasions, and to Several Persons, London: H. Herringman, 1686, p. 101,[4]
- Hope waits upon the flowry prime,
- 1593, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiasticall Politie, London, 1604, Book 1, p. 69,[3]
- The most active, thriving, or successful stage or period.
- c. 1609, William Shakespeare, Sonnet 12,[5]
- When I do count the clock that tells the time,
- And see the brave day sunk in hideous night;
- When I behold the violet past prime,
- And sable curls all silver’d o'er with white;
- 1813, John Chetwode Eustace, A Tour through Italy, London: J. Mawman, Volume 1, Chapter 10, pp. 225-226,[6]
- None but foreigners, excluded by their religion from the cemeteries of the country, are deposited here […] . The far greater part had been cut off in their prime, by unexpected disease or fatal accident.
- 1965, Bob Dylan, Like a Rolling Stone
- Once upon a time you dressed so fine. You threw the bums a dime in your prime, didn’t you?
- c. 1609, William Shakespeare, Sonnet 12,[5]
- The chief or best individual or part.
- 1726, Jonathan Swift, “To a Lady, who desired the author to write some verses upon her in the heroic style” in The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift, London: W. Bowyer et al., Volume 7, p. 396,[7]
- Give no more to ev’ry guest
- Than he’s able to digest:
- Give him always of the prime;
- And but a little at a time.
- 1726, Jonathan Swift, “To a Lady, who desired the author to write some verses upon her in the heroic style” in The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift, London: W. Bowyer et al., Volume 7, p. 396,[7]
- (music) The first note or tone of a musical scale.
- (fencing) The first defensive position, with the sword hand held at head height, and the tip of the sword at head height.
- (algebra, number theory) A prime element of a mathematical structure, particularly a prime number.
- (card games) A four-card hand containing one card of each suit in the game of primero; the opposite of a flush in poker.
- (backgammon) Six consecutive blocks, which prevent the opponent's pieces from passing.
- The symbol ? used to indicate feet, minutes, derivation and other measures and mathematical operations.
- (chemistry, obsolete) Any number expressing the combining weight or equivalent of any particular element; so called because these numbers were respectively reduced to their lowest relative terms on the fixed standard of hydrogen as 1.
- An inch, as composed of twelve seconds in the duodecimal system.
- (obsolete) The priming in a flintlock.
- 1743, Robert Drury, The Pleasant, and Surprizing Adventures of Mr. Robert Drury, during his Fifteen Years Captivity on the Island of Madagascar, London, pp. 95–96,[8]
- […] he pull’d the Trigger, but Providence being pleas’d to preserve me for some other Purpose, the Cock snapp’d, and miss’d Fire. Whether the Prime was wet in the Pan, or by what other Miracle it was I escap’d his Fury, I cannot say […]
- 1743, Robert Drury, The Pleasant, and Surprizing Adventures of Mr. Robert Drury, during his Fifteen Years Captivity on the Island of Madagascar, London, pp. 95–96,[8]
- (film) Contraction of prime lens, a film lens
- Tomlinson, Shawn M. (2015) Going Pro for $200 & How to Choose a Prime Lens, ?ISBN: “By the time I shifted to my first autofocus film SLR with the Pentax PZ-10, primes were considered things of the past”
Synonyms
- (early morning generally): See Thesaurus:early morning or Thesaurus:morning
- (most active, thriving, or successful stage or period): bloom, blossom, efflorescence, flower, flush, heyday, peak
- (chief or best individual or part): choice, prize, quality, select
- (algebra: prime element of a mathematical structure): prime number (when an integer)
Antonyms
- (algebra: prime element of a mathematical structure): composite
Hyponyms
Derived terms
- primality
Translations
Etymology 2
Related to primage and primus.
Pronunciation
- enPR: pr?m, IPA(key): /p?a??m/
- Rhymes: -a?m
- Hyphenation: prime
Verb
prime (third-person singular simple present primes, present participle priming, simple past and past participle primed)
- (transitive) To prepare a mechanism for its main work.
- You'll have to press this button twice to prime the fuel pump.
- (transitive) To apply a coat of primer paint to.
- I need to prime these handrails before we can apply the finish coat.
- (obsolete, intransitive) To be renewed.
- (intransitive) To serve as priming for the charge of a gun.
- (intransitive, of a steam boiler) To work so that foaming occurs from too violent ebullition, which causes water to become mixed with, and be carried along with, the steam that is formed.
- To apply priming to (a musket or cannon); to apply a primer to (a metallic cartridge).
- To prepare; to make ready; to instruct beforehand; to coach.
- to prime a witness
- The boys are primed for mischief.
- (Britain, dialect, obsolete) To trim or prune.
- to prime trees
- (mathematics) To mark with a prime mark.
Synonyms
- (to apply a coat of primer paint to): ground, undercoat
Translations
Etymology 3
From French prime (“reward, prize, bonus”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p?i?m/
- Rhymes: -i?m
Noun
prime (plural primes)
- (cycling) An intermediate sprint within a race, usually offering a prize and/or points.
- 1997 Arnie Baker, Smart Cycling: Successful Training and Racing for Riders of All Levels
- Most primes are won with gaps on the field; most sprints are in bunches.
- 1997 Arnie Baker, Smart Cycling: Successful Training and Racing for Riders of All Levels
Derived terms
- primer
Related terms
Anagrams
- Priem, emirp, imper.
Albanian
Etymology
From proj (“to guard, defend”).
Noun
prime f pl (definite plural primet)
- remedies
Related terms
- proj
References
French
Etymology
From the feminine of Old French prim, prin, from Latin pr?mus, from earlier pr?smos < *pr?semos < Proto-Italic *priisemos.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p?im/
- Rhymes: -im
Adjective
prime (plural primes)
- first thing
Derived terms
- de prime abord
Noun
prime f (plural primes)
- reward; prize; bonus
- premium (insurance policy)
Derived terms
- chasseur de primes
- en prime
- prime de départ
- prime de bienvenue
Further reading
- “prime” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- imper
Interlingua
Adjective
prime
- first
Italian
Adjective
prime
- feminine plural of primo
Anagrams
- premi
Latin
Numeral
pr?me
- vocative masculine singular of pr?mus
References
- prime in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- prime in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?pri.me]
Adjective
prime
- nominative feminine plural of prim
- accusative feminine plural of prim
- nominative neuter plural of prim
- accusative neuter plural of prim
Spanish
Verb
prime
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of primar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of primar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of primar.
Tarantino
Adjective
prime
- first
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