prima

See also: Prima, primá, príma, primă, and přímá

English

Etymology

Derived from Italian prima, derived from Latin prīma.

Pronunciation

• enPR: prē′mə
• IPA^(key): /ˈpɹiː.mə/
• Rhymes: -iːmə
• Hyphenation: pri‧ma

Adjective

prima (not comparable)

1. most important

Related terms

• alla prima
• prima ballerina
• prima donna
• prima faciality
• prima facie
• prima materia
• prima scriptura

Translations

most important

Finnish: tärkein (fi)

Noun

prima (plural primas)

1. Short for prima ballerina.

Anagrams

• Pamir, Priam

Asturian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

prima f (plural primes)

1. cousin, female equivalent of primu

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈpɾi.mə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈpɾi.ma]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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• Rhymes: -ima
• Hyphenation: pri‧ma

Noun

prima f (plural primes)

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

Adjective

prima

1. feminine singular of prim

Further reading

• “prima”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “prima”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “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.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈprɪma]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: pri‧ma

Adjective

prima (indeclinable)

1. (informal) nice, great

Interjection

prima

1. nice

Related terms

• primární
• primář
• primářka
• primátor
• primátorka

Further reading

• “prima”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “prima”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Alternative forms

• (informal, slang) priem

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian prima (“first, best”), which together with secunda and tertia denoted the three classes of wares. The latter two fell out of use, but prima stayed, although with a changed meaning.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpri.maː/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: pri‧ma

Adjective

prima (not comparable)

1. excellent

   Dat is een prima wijntje.

   That's an excellent wine.

2. (informal) OK, satisfactory, reasonably good; not exceptional

   De wijn was prima, hoor.

   The wine was all right.

Adverb

prima (not comparable)

1. good, fine

   Ik vind het helemaal prima.

   That's completely fine with me.

Derived terms

• dikke prima

Esperanto

Etymology

From primo +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈprima/
• Rhymes: -ima
• Hyphenation: pri‧ma

Adjective

prima (accusative singular priman, plural primaj, accusative plural primajn)(mathematics)

2. prime (element)

   prima faktoro ― prime factor

4. prime (ideal)

   La idealo de ĉiuj obloj de kvar ne estas prima, ĉar ses oble dek apartenas al ĝi, sed nek ses, nek dek estas obloj de kvar. ― The ideal of all multiples of four is not prime, because six times ten belongs to it, but neither six, nor ten are multiples of four.

6. relatively prime (elements)

   Dek kaj dudek unu ne estas primaj, sed ili estas primaj inter si. ― Ten and twenty-one are not prime, but they are prime to each other.

Related terms

• sense 1: primo
• sense 2: idealo
• sense 3: entjero, ringo, divizoro, inversigebla

See also

• interprimuma

References

• “prima”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-present

Franco-Provençal

Adjective

prima

1. feminine singular of prim

French

Pronunciation

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Verb

prima

1. third-person singular past historic of primer

Anagrams

• parmi
• Priam

Galician

Etymology 1

Noun

prima f (plural primas)

1. female equivalent of primo (“cousin”)

   Synonym: curmá

Related terms

• primo

Etymology 2

Noun

prima f (plural primas)

1. bonus

Etymology 3

Verb

prima

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

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian prima.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpʁiːma]

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Adjective

prima (strong nominative masculine singular primaer, not comparable)

1. (colloquial) great, super

   Synonyms: toll, klasse, schnieke

Further reading

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

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch prima and priem, ultimately from Latin primus.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

prima (comparative lebih prima, superlative paling prima)

1. prime:
   1. first
   2. (mathematics) having exactly two integral factors: itself and unity (1 in the case of integers)
2. prima

Further reading

• “prima”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Italian

Alternative forms

• 1ª (abbreviation)

Etymology

See primo.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

prima f

1. feminine singular of primo

Adverb

prima

1. before

   Antonym: dopo

   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

Related terms

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

Descendants

• Dutch: prima
• German: prima
• Norwegian Bokmål: prima

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

Derived from Portuguese prima.

Noun

prima

1. cousin (daughter of the uncle)

Ladin

Adjective

prima

1. feminine singular of prim