See also: Prim, prím, Prìm, prím-, and přím

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  • IPA(key): /pɹɪm/, [pʰɹ̠̊ɪm]
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  • Rhymes: -ɪm

Etymology 1 edit

From Provençal prim (delicate, excellent), from Old French prim, prin, from Latin primus (first). Doublet of prime.

Adjective edit

prim (comparative primmer, superlative primmest)

  1. prudish, straight-laced
    • 1986, John le Carré, A Perfect Spy:
      God damn it, what does she want of me, this sad, beautiful bridgeplayer of the Fifth Floor, with her air of lost love and her prim carnality? After seven years of her, Brotherhood still had no idea. He'd be out touring the stations, he'd be in Bongabonga land. He'd not speak or write to her for months. Yet he'd hardly unpacked his toothbrush before she was in his arms, demanding him with her sad and hungry eyes.
  2. formal; precise; affectedly neat or nice
    prim regularity; a prim person
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prim (third-person singular simple present prims, present participle primming, simple past and past participle primmed)

  1. (dated) To make affectedly precise or proper.
  2. (dated) To dress or act smartly.

Etymology 2 edit

Unkown; see privet.

Noun edit

prim

  1. (botany) privet

Catalan edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Latin prīmus,[1] from earlier prīsmos from *prīsemos from Proto-Italic *priisemos.

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prim (feminine prima, masculine plural prims, feminine plural primes)

  1. thin, skinny

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References edit

  1. ^ prim”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

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Etymology edit

From Latin prīmus.

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prim m (feminine singular prima, masculine plural primi, feminine plural primes)

  1. first

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Etymology edit

From Latin prīma (first; first hour).

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prīm ?

  1. (historical) Prime, the first hour or tide (3-hour period) after dawn
  2. (Christianity) Prime, the divine office appointed for the hour in the liturgy

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Etymology edit

Inherited from Latin prīmus, from earlier prīsmos < *prīsemos < Proto-Italic *priisemos.

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prim m or n (feminine singular primă, masculine plural primi, feminine and neuter plural prime)

  1. prime, first
    Synonym: întâi
    Antonym: ultim

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Turkish edit

Etymology edit

From Ottoman Turkish پریم (prim), from French prime.

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prim (definite accusative primi, plural primler)

  1. prize
  2. premium

References edit

  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “prim”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013) The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

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prim (nominative plural prims)

  1. beginning

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