prima

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See also: Prima, primá, príma, primă, and přímá

English[edit]

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prima (not comparable)

  1. most important

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Asturian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɾima/, [ˈpɾi.ma]

Noun[edit]

prima f (plural primes)

  1. cousin, female equivalent of primu

Catalan[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

prima f (plural primes)

  1. premium (a bonus paid in addition to normal payments)

Adjective[edit]

prima

  1. feminine singular of prim

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Czech[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈprɪma]
  • Audio(file)

Adjective[edit]

prima (indeclinable)

  1. (informal) nice, great

Interjection[edit]

prima

  1. nice

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Further reading[edit]

  • prima in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • prima in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Italian prima (“first, best”), which together with secunda and tertia denoted the three classes of wares. The latter two fell out of use, but prima stayed, although with a changed meaning.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

prima (not comparable)

  1. excellent
    Dat is een prima wijntje.
    That's an excellent wine.

Adverb[edit]

prima (not comparable)

  1. good, fine
    Ik vind het helemaal prima.
    That's completely fine with me.

French[edit]

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prima

  1. third-person singular past historic of primer

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Galician[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Noun[edit]

prima f (plural primas)

  1. female equivalent of primo (“cousin”)
    Synonym: curmá
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Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

prima f (plural primas)

  1. bonus

Etymology 3[edit]

Verb[edit]

prima

  1. inflection of primar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Italian prima.

Pronunciation[edit]

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prima (strong nominative masculine singular primaer, not comparable)

  1. (colloquial) great, super
    Synonyms: toll, klasse, schnieke

Further reading[edit]

  • “prima” in Duden online
  • “prima” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Indonesian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Dutch prima, from Italian prima, from Latin [Term?].

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈpri.ma/
  • Rhymes: -ma
  • Hyphenation: pri‧ma

Adjective[edit]

prima

  1. prime:
    1. first
    2. (mathematics) having exactly two integral factors: itself and unity (1 in the case of integers).
  2. prima

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Italian[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

See primo.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈpri.ma/
  • Rhymes: -ima
  • Hyphenation: prì‧ma

Adjective[edit]

prima f

  1. feminine singular of primo

Adverb[edit]

prima

  1. before
    Antonym: dopo
    Pensa prima di parlare. ― Think before you speak.
  2. once, formerly
  3. beforehand, in advance
  4. earlier, sooner

Noun[edit]

prima f (plural prime)

  1. the first
  2. an opening night; a premier
  3. the first year at school

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Descendants[edit]

  • Norwegian Bokmål: prima

Kabuverdianu[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Portuguese prima.

Noun[edit]

prima

  1. cousin (daughter of the uncle)

Ladin[edit]

Adjective[edit]

prima

  1. feminine singular of prim

Latin[edit]

Numeral[edit]

prīma

  1. inflection of prīmus:
    1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Numeral[edit]

prīmā

  1. ablative feminine singular of prīmus
    prīmā lūce ― at first light, at daybreak

References[edit]

  • prima in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 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.
    • at daybreak: prima luce
    • from one's entry into civil life: ab ineunte (prima) aetate (De Or. 1. 21. 97)
    • to teach children the rudiments: pueros elementa (prima) docere
    • premises; consequences: prima (superiora); consequentia (Fin. 4. 19. 54)

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Italian prima (“before, once, at first, earlier”), feminine singular of primo (“first, initial, main”), from Latin prīmus (“first”), from earlier prīsmos, from Proto-Italic *priisemos (“foremost, first”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- (“before, in front”).

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Adverb[edit]

prima

  1. Only used in a prima vista (“sight-read”)

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Occitan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Shortened from Old Occitan primavera, from Late Latin prīma vēra (“early spring”). Cf. the unshortened Gascon form primavèra.

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Noun[edit]

prima f (plural primas)

  1. spring (seasons)

See also[edit]

Seasons in Occitan · sasons (layout · text) · category
prima (“spring”) estiu (“summer”) auton (“autumn”) ivèrn (“winter”)

Papiamentu[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Portuguese prima and Spanish prima and Kabuverdianu prima.

Noun[edit]

prima

  1. cousin (daughter of the uncle)

Portuguese[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Latin prīma, feminine of prīmus (“first”), from Proto-Indo-European *per-.

Pronunciation[edit]

 

Noun[edit]

prima f (plural primas)

  1. female equivalent of primo: a female cousin
  2. (music) an instrument’s thinnest string
  3. (Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy) the first canonical hour

Adjective[edit]

prima m or f (plural primas, not comparable)

  1. (of birds of prey) female
    Açor-prima.
    Female goshawk.
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Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

prima

  1. inflection of premir:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Romanian[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from French primer.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

a prima (third-person singular present primează, past participle primat) 1st conj.

  1. to prevail, to take precedent
    • 1991 June, Ion Ciocanu, “Poezia lui Vladimir Cavarnali [Poetry of Vladimir Cavarnali]”, in Limba română [Romanian language], number 2, Chișinău, page 108:
      Cavarnali a cultivat o poezie de atmosferă, profund interiorizată, în care primează stările sufletești ale personajului liric.
      Cavarnali cultivated an atmospheric, profoundly internalised poetry, in which prevail the states of mind of the lyrical character.
Conjugation[edit]
    conjugation of prima (first conjugation, -ez- infix)
infinitive a prima
gerund primând
past participle primat
number singular plural
person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present primez primezi primează primăm primați primează
imperfect primam primai prima primam primați primau
simple perfect primai primași primă primarăm primarăți primară
pluperfect primasem primaseși primase primaserăm primaserăți primaseră
subjunctive eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present să primez să primezi să primeze să primăm să primați să primeze
imperative — tu — — voi —
affirmative primează primați
negative nu prima nu primați

Etymology 2[edit]

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Adjective[edit]

prima

  1. definite nominative/accusative feminine singular of prim

Further reading[edit]

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from Italian prima.

Noun[edit]

prima f (Cyrillic spelling прима)

  1. (music) unison

Further reading[edit]

  • “prima” in Hrvatski jezični portal
  • “prima” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb[edit]

prima (Cyrillic spelling прима)

  1. third-person singular present of primati

Spanish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɾima/ [ˈpɾi.ma]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ima
  • Syllabification: pri‧ma

Etymology 1[edit]

Inherited from Latin prīma.

Noun[edit]

prima f (plural primas, masculine primo, masculine plural primos)

  1. female equivalent of primo (“female cousin”)
Hyponyms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From primo.

Noun[edit]

prima f (plural primas)

  1. bonus
    Synonyms: bonificación, bono, premio
  2. premium (amount to be paid for an insurance policy)
  3. (music) the highest-pitched string on a string instrument
    • 1888, Eduardo Acevedo Díaz, Ismael:
      Oíase como un ruido de alborozo en la enramada, donde un cantor unía las notas de su voz bronca a las de la prima y la bordona, atrayendo al sitio algunas mozas de trenza y pollera corta, y no pocas comadres de edad madura.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Derived terms[edit]

Adjective[edit]

prima f

  1. feminine singular of primo

Etymology 3[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb[edit]

prima

  1. inflection of premir:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative
  2. inflection of primar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading[edit]

Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Latin prima, from Latin primus (“first”).

Adjective[edit]

prima (not inflected)

  1. excellent; top quality

Anagrams[edit]

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