prima

See also: primá

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɹiːmə/

Adjective

prima (not comparable)

  1. most important

Translations

Anagrams

Asturian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpɾima]

Noun

prima f (plural primes)

  1. cousin, feminine equivalent of primu

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /ˈpɾi.mə/
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈpɾi.ma/
  • Rhymes: -ima

Adjective

prima

  1. feminine singular of prim

Noun

prima f (plural primes)

  1. bonus

Czech

Pronunciation

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Adjective

prima

  1. (informal) nice, great

Usage notes

This adjective is inflexible and there is no declension.

Interjection

prima

  1. nice

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Adjective

prima (not comparable)

  1. excellent, fine

French

Verb

prima

  1. third-person singular past historic of primer

Anagrams

Galician

Etymology 1

Noun

prima f (plural primas)

  1. female cousin
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Noun

prima f (plural primas)

  1. bonus

Etymology 3

Verb

prima

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

German

Adjective

prima (not comparable)

  1. great, super
    Synonyms: toll, klasse, schnieke

Further reading

Italian

Alternative forms

  • (abbreviation) 1ª

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpriː.ma/

Adjective

prima f

  1. feminine singular of primo

Adverb

prima

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

Noun

prima f (plural prime)

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

Ladin

Adjective

prima

  1. feminine singular of prim

Latin

Ordinal number

prima f (masculine primus, neuter primum, cardinal una)

  1. first

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, 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)

Occitan

Etymology

Latin prima vera

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈprimo]

Noun

prima f (plural primas)

  1. spring (seasons)

See also

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

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpɾi.ma/, /ˈpɾi.mɐ/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈpɾi.mɐ/

Noun

prima f (plural primas)

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

Adjective

prima (plural primas, not comparable)

  1. (of birds of prey) female
    Açor-prima.
    Female goshawk.

Romanian

Pronunciation

  • (adjective) IPA(key): /ˈpri.ma/
  • (verb) IPA(key): /priˈma/

Adjective

prima

  1. definite feminine singular nominative form of prim
  2. definite feminine singular accusative form of prim

Synonyms

Antonyms

Spanish

Etymology 1

From Latin primus

Noun

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

  1. feminine equivalent of primo (female) cousin
Usage notes

The noun primo is like several other 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.

Etymology 2

From primo

Noun

prima f (plural primas)

  1. bonus

Etymology 3

Verb

prima

  1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of primar.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of primar.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of primar.

Swedish

Adjective

prima (not inflected)

  1. excellent; top quality
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