primo
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian primo (“first”). Doublet of prime.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɹiː.moʊ/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -iːmoʊ
Noun
primo (plural primos)
- (music) The principal part of a duet.
Antonyms
- secundo
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.
- 2014 January 30, Seth Kugel, “Wintertime Bargains in Budapest”, in The New York Times:
- I had to contort a bit to see during Act I, but the theater was not full — opera tickets, even at such prices, are a luxury for many Hungarians — so during the first intermission I moved to a primo orchestra seat, with not just the knowledge but the assistance of an usher.
- 2010, Marie Kanger-Born, Confessions of a Chicago Punk Bystander (page 16)
Anagrams
- impro
Cebuano
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish primo, from Latin (consobrinus) primus.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: pri‧mo
Noun
primo
- (dated) male first cousin; male full cousin
Synonyms
- igtagsa
Related terms
- ig-agaw
Esperanto
Noun
primo (accusative singular primon, plural primoj, accusative plural primojn)
- (mathematics) prime number
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pʁi.mo/
Audio (file)
Adverb
primo
- first (before anything else)
- Synonym: premièrement
Further reading
- “primo”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician
Etymology 1
From Old Portuguese primo, from Latin (cōnsōbrīnus) prīmus.
Noun
primo m (plural primos, feminine prima, feminine plural primas)
- male cousin
Synonyms
- curmán
Etymology 2
From Latin prīmus.
Adjective
primo m (feminine singular prima, masculine plural primos, feminine plural primas)
- first
- (mathematics) prime
Synonyms
- (prime): número primo
Noun
primo m (plural primos)
- (mathematics) prime number
Synonyms
- número primo
Verb
primo
- first-person singular present indicative of primar
Italian
| 10 | ||||
| ← 0 | 1 | 2 → | 10 → | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cardinal: uno, un Ordinal: primo Ordinal abbreviation: 1º Adverbial: una volta Multiplier: singolo Distributive: singolarmente | ||||
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Alternative forms
- 1º m, 1ª f (abbreviation, in general)
- I (abbreviation, in names of monarchs and popes)
Etymology
From Latin prīmus, from earlier prīsmos < *prīsemos < Proto-Italic *priisemos.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpri.mo/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -imo
- Hyphenation: prì‧mo
Adjective
primo (feminine prima, masculine plural primi, feminine plural prime, superlative primissimo)
- (ordinal number) first
- initial
- main, principal
- (mathematics) prime
- numero primo ― prime number
Derived terms
- primamente
- primissimo (“very first”)
Noun
primo m (plural primi, feminine prima)
- first, first one
- former (first of aforementioned two items)
Related terms
- in primo luogo
- materia prima
- numero primo
- primario
- primate
- primato
- primattore
- primavera
- primeggiare
- primitivo
- primizia
- primogenito
- primordiale
- primordio
- primula
Descendants
- → English: primo
Noun
primo m (plural primi)
- (cooking) Clipping of primo piatto; first course, starter
- Coordinate term: secondo
Anagrams
- pormi, rompi
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpriː.moː/, [ˈpriːmoː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpri.mo/, [ˈpriːmo]
Audio (Classical) (file)
Etymology 1
From prīmus (“first”) + -ō.
Alternative forms
- prīmum
Adverb
prīmō (not comparable)
- first, firstly, first of all, first up, at first, before all else
Etymology 2
Inflected form of prīmus (“first”).
Adjective
prīmō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of prīmus
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
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpɾĩ.mu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpɾi.mo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈpɾi.mu/
Etymology 1
From Old Portuguese primo, from Latin (cōnsōbrīnus) prīmus.
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.
Noun
primo m (plural primos)
- prime (number)
Romanian
Etymology
From Italian primo or French primo.
Adverb
primo
- firstly, first
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɾimo/ [ˈpɾi.mo]
- Rhymes: -imo
- Syllabification: pri‧mo
Etymology 1
Inherited from Latin (cōnsobrīnus) prīmus.
Noun
primo m (plural primos, feminine prima, feminine plural primas)
- cousin (of male or unspecified gender)
Usage notes
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.
Hyponyms
- primo cuarto
- primo hermano
- primo quinto
- primo segundo
- primo tercero
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Latin prīmus, from earlier prīsmos < *prīsemos < Proto-Italic *priisemos.
Adjective
primo (feminine 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
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
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Derived terms
- materia prima
- número primo
Noun
primo m (plural primos)
- (mathematics) prime number
- Synonym: número primo
Noun
primo m (plural primos)
- (colloquial) sucker, gullible person
- Synonym: pardillo
Derived terms
- hacer el primo
- primada
- primazo
Verb
primo
- first-person singular present indicative of premir
- first-person singular present indicative of primar
Further reading
- “primo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish primo, from Latin (cōnsobrīnus) prīmus.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: pri‧mo
- IPA(key): /ˈpɾimo/, [ˈpɾi.mo]
Noun
primo (Baybayin spelling ᜉ᜔ᜇᜒᜋᜓ)
- (archaic) cousin
- Synonym: pinsan
- (archaic) friend
- Synonym: kaibigan
Further reading
- “primo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018