prima

• IPA^(key): /pɹiːmə/
• Rhymes: -iːmə
• Rhymes: -aɪmə

prima (not comparable)

1. most important

• prima ballerina
• prima donna
• prima facie

• Pamir, Priam

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɾima/, [ˈpɾi.ma]

prima f (plural primes)

1. cousin, female equivalent of primu

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

prima f (plural primes)

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

prima

1. feminine singular of prim

• “prima” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “prima”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “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.

• IPA^(key): [ˈprɪma]

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prima

1. (informal) nice, great

This adjective is indeclinable.

prima

1. nice

• primární
• primář
• primářka
• primátor
• primátorka

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈprimaː/

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prima (not comparable)

1. excellent, fine

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prima

1. third-person singular past historic of primer

• parmi
• Priam

prima f (plural primas)

1. female cousin

• curmá

• primo

prima f (plural primas)

1. bonus

prima

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

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• IPA^(key): [ˈpʁiːma]

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prima (strong nominative masculine singular primaer, not comparable)

1. great, super

   Synonyms: toll, klasse, schnieke

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

• 1ª (abbreviation)

See primo.

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

prima f

1. feminine singular of primo

prima

1. before

   Antonym: dopo

   Pensa prima di parlare. ― Think before you speak.

2. once, formerly
3. beforehand, in advance
4. earlier, sooner

prima f (plural prime)

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

• di prima
• il prima possibile
• prima del tempo
• prima di tutto
• primadonna
• prima o poi
• primatista
• primato
• quanto prima

• Norwegian Bokmål: prima

From Portuguese prima.

prima

1. cousin (daughter of the uncle)

prima

1. feminine singular of prim

prīma

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

prīmā

1. ablative feminine singular of prīmus

   prīmā lūce ― at first light, at daybreak

• 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, 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)
    

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”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpriːma/

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• Rhymes: -iːma
• Hyphenation: pri‧ma

prima

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

• rimpa

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈprimo]

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prima f (plural primas)

1. spring (seasons)

From Portuguese prima and Spanish prima and Kabuverdianu prima.

prima

1. cousin (daughter of the uncle)

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

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

prima m or f (plural primas, not comparable)

1. (of birds of prey) female

   Açor-prima.

   Female goshawk.

• obra prima
• matéria-prima
• primário
• primeiro
• primo

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

prima

1. definite nominative/accusative feminine singular of prim

• întâia (întâiul)

• ultima (ultimul)

From French primer.

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

1. to prevail, to take precedent

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

From Latin prīma.

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

1. female equivalent of primo (“female cousin”)

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.

From primo.

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.

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• cazaprimas
• prima de riesgo

prima f

1. feminine singular of primo

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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

• “primo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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

prima (not inflected)

1. excellent; top quality

• impar