primo
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɹiː.moʊ/
Antonyms
Adjective
primo (not comparable)
- (colloquial) Best; first-class.
- 2010, Marie Kanger-Born, Confessions of a Chicago Punk Bystander (page 16)
- We strung Christmas lights around the ceiling to frame it. The final touches of coolness were my two spinning disco lights in the front room. That apartment was like my canvas and it was a primo party spot.
- 2010, Marie Kanger-Born, Confessions of a Chicago Punk Bystander (page 16)
Cebuano
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish primo, from Latin (consobrinus) primus.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: pri‧mo
Synonyms
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pʁi.mo/
Synonyms
Further reading
- “primo” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Galician
Etymology 1
From Old Portuguese primo, from Latin (cōnsōbrīnus) prīmus.
Synonyms
Synonyms
- (prime): número primo
Synonyms
Italian
< 0º | 1º | 2º > |
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Cardinal : uno Ordinal : primo | ||
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin prīmus, from earlier prīsmos < *prīsemos < Proto-Italic *priisemos.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpri.mo/, [ˈpr̺iː.mo]
- Hyphenation: prì‧mo
- Rhymes: -imo
Derived terms
- primissimo (“very first”)
Noun
Related terms
Descendants
- → English: primo
See also
- Appendix:Italian numbers
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpriː.moː/
Audio (Classical) (file)
Alternative forms
Etymology 2
Inflected form of prīmus (“first”).
Adjective
prīmō
References
- primo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- primo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- primo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) at the first opportunity: primo quoque tempore
- (ambiguous) at the beginning of spring: ineunte, primo vere
- (ambiguous) at the first opportunity: primo quoque tempore
Portuguese
Etymology 1
From Old Portuguese primo, from Latin (cōnsōbrīnus) prīmus.
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈpɾi.mu/
Noun
primo m (plural primos, feminine prima, feminine plural primas)
- male cousin (son of a person’s uncle or aunt)
Etymology 2
From Latin prīmus, from earlier prīsmos < *prīsemos < Proto-Italic *priisemos.
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈpɾi.mu/
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɾimo/
Etymology 1
From Latin (cōnsōbrīnus) prīmus.
Noun
primo m (plural primos, feminine prima, feminine plural primas)
- cousin (of male or unspecified gender)
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 Latin prīmus, from earlier prīsmos < *prīsemos < Proto-Italic *priisemos.
Adjective
primo (feminine singular prima, masculine plural primos, feminine plural primas)
- first
- Synonym: primero
- (mathematics) prime
- 2002, Martin Gardner (translation by Luis Bou García), Huevos, nudos y otras mistificaciones matemáticas, page 207:
- Todos ellos son impares, excepto el 2, que es reputado como «el más primo» de todos los primos
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