prima

• IPA^(key): /pɹiːmə/

prima (not comparable)

1. most important

• prima ballerina
• prima donna
• prima facie

• Pamir, Priam

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɾima]

prima f (plural primes)

1. cousin, feminine 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.
• “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.

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prima

1. (informal) nice, great

This adjective is inflexible and there is no declension.

prima

1. nice

• primární
• primář
• primářka
• primátor
• primátorka

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prima (not comparable)

1. excellent, fine

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

prima (not comparable)

1. great, super

   Synonyms: toll, klasse, schnieke

• prima in Duden online

• (abbreviation) 1ª

• IPA^(key): /ˈpriː.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

From Portuguese prima.

prima

1. cousin (daughter of the uncle)

prima

1. feminine singular of prim

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

1. first

• 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)
    

Shortened from Vulgar Latin *prīmavēra. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

• IPA^(key): [ˈprimo]

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-.

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

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

prima (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 feminine singular of prim
2. definite accusative feminine singular of prim

• întâia (întâiul)

• ultima (ultimul)

From Latin primus

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

1. feminine equivalent of primo (female) cousin

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.

From primo

prima f (plural primas)

1. bonus

   Synonyms: bonificación, bono, premio

2. premium (amount to be paid for an insurance policy)

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.

prima (not inflected)

1. excellent; top quality