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primo

See also: Primo, primó, and přímo

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian primo (“first”). Doublet of prime and primus.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpɹiː.moʊ/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -iːmoʊ

Noun

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primo (plural primos)

  1. (music) The principal part of a duet.
  2. (slang, drugs) Any high-quality drug.
  3. (slang, drugs) A marijuana cigarette that has been laced with cocaine or heroin.

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primo (not comparable)

  1. (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[1]:
      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.

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Cebuano

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish primo, from Latin (cōnsobrīnus) prīmus.

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  • Hyphenation: pri‧mo

Noun

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primo

  1. (dated) male first cousin; male full cousin
    Synonym: igtagsa
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Dutch

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Latin prīmō.

Adverb

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primo

  1. firstly
    Synonym: ten eerste
    Coordinate term: secundo

Etymology 2

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Ellipsis of Latin prīmō diē (“first day”).

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primo

  1. (obsolete) the first day of
    Coordinate term: medio
    primo januari ― the first day of January

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Esperanto

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Esperanto Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈprimo/
  • Rhymes: -imo
  • Hyphenation: pri‧mo

Noun

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primo (accusative singular primon, plural primoj, accusative plural primojn)

  1. (mathematics) prime number

French

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Adverb

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primo

  1. first (before anything else)
    Synonym: premièrement

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Galician

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Etymology 1

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From Old Galician-Portuguese primo, from Latin (cōnsobrīnus) prīmus.

Noun

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primo m (plural primos, feminine prima, feminine plural primas)

  1. male cousin
    Synonym: curmán

Etymology 2

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From Latin prīmus.

Adjective

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primo (feminine prima, masculine plural primos, feminine plural primas)

  1. first
  2. (mathematics) prime
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Noun

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primo m (plural primos)

  1. (mathematics) prime number
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Verb

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primo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of primar

Hiligaynon

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish primo, from Latin (cōnsobrīnus) prīmus.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpɾimo/ [ˈpɾi.mo]
  • Hyphenation: pri‧mo

Noun

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primo (feminine prima)

  1. male cousin (of any degree of cousinhood)

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Italian

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Italian numbers (edit)
10
 ←  0 1 2  →  10  → 
    Cardinal: uno, un
    Ordinal: primo
    Ordinal abbreviation: 1º
    Adverbial: una volta
    Multiplier: singolo
    Distributive: singolarmente
Italian Wikipedia article on 1

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

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primo (feminine prima, masculine plural primi, feminine plural prime, superlative primissimo)

  1. (ordinal number) first
  2. initial
  3. main, principal
  4. (mathematics) prime
    numero primo ― prime number

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Noun

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primo m (plural primi, feminine prima)

  1. first, first one
  2. former (first of aforementioned two items)
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  • → English: primo

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primo m (plural primi)

  1. (cooking) Clipping of primo piatto; first course, starter
    Coordinate term: secondo

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Ladino

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Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Paris):(file)

Etymology 1

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Inherited from Old Spanish primo (“cousin”), from Latin (cōnsobrīnus) prīmus.

Noun

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primo m (Hebrew spelling פרימו)[1]

  1. cousin (of male or unspecified gender)
    • 1940, La boz de Türkiye‎[2], numbers 11–34, page 407:
      Nacido en 1877, nieto del conde Henri d'Avigdor, amigo intimo de Napoleon III, Sir Osmond ajusto a su nombre, aquel de Goldsmid, a la muerte de su primo Sir Julien Goldsmid, donde el era el heredador.
      Born in 1877, grandson to Henri d’Avigdor, close friend of Napoleon III, Sir Osmond added Goldsmid to his name on the death of his cousin Sir Julien Goldsmid, where he was the heir.

Etymology 2

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Inherited from Old Spanish primo (“first”), from Latin prīmus, from earlier prīsmos < *prīsemos < Proto-Italic *priisemos.

Adjective

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primo (Hebrew spelling פרימו)[1]

  1. first
    • 1940, La boz de Türkiye‎[3], numbers 11–34, page 247:
      El primo districto administrativo judio sera establecido cercamente en Natania onde seran transferados todos los servicios publicos que fin ahora se topavan en Tolcarim.
      The first administrative Jewish district shall soon be established in Natania, where all of the public services shall be transferred that up until now were located in Tolcarim.
  2. excellent (pretty good)
    Synonym: ekselente

Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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primo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of premir
  2. first-person singular present indicative of primar

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “primo”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola.

Latin

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Etymology 1

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From prīmus (“first”) +‎ -ō.

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Adverb

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prīmō (not comparable)

  1. first, firstly, first of all, first up, at first, before all else

Etymology 2

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Inflected form of prīmus (“first”).

Adjective

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prīmō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of prīmus

References

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  • “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[4], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) at the first opportunity: primo quoque tempore
    • (ambiguous) at the beginning of spring: ineunte, primo vere

Lombard

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Etymology

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From Latin prīmus.

Adjective

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primo m (feminine prima)

  1. (Old Lombard) the first

Old Galician-Portuguese

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Adjective

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primo m (feminine prima)

  1. (ordinal number) first (first up)
    Synonym: primeiro

Noun

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primo m

  1. cousin

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Old Spanish

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Adjective

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primo m (feminine prima)

  1. (ordinal number) first (first up)
    Synonym: primero
  2. prime (excellent)
  3. extreme (excessive)

Noun

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primo m (plural primos)

  1. cousin

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References

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  • Ralph Steele Boggs et al. (1946) “primo”, in Tentative Dictionary of Medieval Spanish, volume II, Chapel Hill, page 409

Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: pri‧mo

Etymology 1

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    From Old Galician-Portuguese primo, from Latin (cōnsobrīnus) prīmus.

    Noun

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    primo m (plural primos, feminine prima, feminine plural primas)

    1. male cousin (son of a person’s uncle or aunt)
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    Etymology 2

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

    Noun

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    primo m (plural primos)

    1. prime (number)

    Etymology 3

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    Verb

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    primo

    1. first-person singular present indicative of premir

    Romanian

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from Italian primo or French primo.

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    primo

    1. firstly, first

    Spanish

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    Pronunciation

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    Etymology 1

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    Inherited from Latin (cōnsobrīnus) prīmus.

    Noun

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    primo m (plural primos, feminine prima, feminine plural primas)

    1. cousin (of male or unspecified gender)
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    Etymology 2

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

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    primo (feminine prima, masculine plural primos, feminine plural primas)

    1. first
      Synonym: primero
    2. (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
        All of them are odd numbers, except for 2, which is considered "the primest" of all prime numbers.
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    Noun

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    primo m (plural primos)

    1. (mathematics) prime number
      Synonym: número primo

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    primo m (plural primos)

    1. (colloquial) sucker, gullible person
      Synonym: pardillo
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    Verb

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    primo

    1. first-person singular present indicative of premir
    2. first-person singular present indicative of primar

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    Tagalog

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from Spanish primo, from Latin (cōnsobrīnus) prīmus.

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    primo (Baybayin spelling ᜉ᜔ᜇᜒᜋᜓ) (archaic)

    1. cousin
      Synonym: pinsan
    2. friend
      Synonym: kaibigan

    Further reading

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    • “primo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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