a prima vista

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian a prima vista.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aː ˌpri.maː ˌvis.taː/

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Adverb

a prima vista

1. at first sight
2. (music) Sight-read.

Synonyms

• (sight-read): à-vuespel

Italian

Etymology

Literally, “at first sight”.

Prepositional phrase

a prima vista

1. at first sight

Anagrams

• impiastrava

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Italian a prima vista, meaning "at first glance". First part from Italian a (“in, at, to”), in most cases from Latin ad (“to, towards, up to, at”), from Proto-Italic *ad (“toward, to, on, up to, for”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd (“to, at”), in certain cases, from Latin a (“from, away from, out of”), from ab (“from, away from, out of, down from”), from Proto-Italic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off”). Middle part from Italian prima (“before”), feminine singular of primo (“first”), from Latin prīmus (“first”), from earlier prīsmos, from Proto-Italic *priisemos (“foremost, first”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- (“before”). Last part from Italian vista (“sight, vision”), from Vulgar Latin *visita, from Latin vīsa, inflected form of vīsus (“looking”), perfect passive participle of videō (“I see, perceive”), from Proto-Italic *widēō (“see”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aprɪmaˈvɪsta/

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• Rhymes: -ɪsta
• Hyphenation: a‧pri‧ma‧vis‧ta

Adverb

a prima vista

1. (music) sight-read; to perform a musical piece while reading it for the first time, without rehearsal.

   Synonym: prima vista

   synge og spille 'a prima vista'

   sing and play without rehearsal

Derived terms

• primavistaspill (“a play that take place without rehearsal”)

References

• prima vista “a prima vista” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “a_prima_vista” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “a prima vista” in Store norske leksikon