Wiktionary http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Main_Page MediaWiki 1.16alpha-wmf case-sensitive Media Special Talk User User talk Wiktionary Wiktionary talk File File talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk Appendix Appendix talk Concordance Concordance talk Index Index talk Rhymes Rhymes talk Transwiki Transwiki talk Wikisaurus Wikisaurus talk WT WT talk Citations Citations talk 35470 6552557 2009-05-07T16:54:10Z Equinox 84390 /* Noun */ + sense: primary school {{wikipedia}} ==English== ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/ˈpraɪməri/}}, {{SAMPA|/"praIm@ri/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|prīʹmĕr-ē}}, {{IPA|/ˈpraɪmɛri/}}, {{SAMPA|/"praImEri/}} ''or'' {{enPR|prīʹmə-rē}}, {{IPA|/ˈpraɪməri/}}, {{SAMPA|/"praIm@ri/}} * {{audio|En-us-primary.ogg|Audio (US)}} ===Etymology=== From {{etyl|la}} {{term|primarius||of the first, of the first rank, chief, principal, excellent}} < {{term|primus||first}}; see [[prime]]. Cf. French: {{term|primaire}} and [[primer]] and [[premier]]. ===Adjective=== {{en-adj}} # The first in a group or series. #: ''Children attend '''primary''' school, teenagers attend secondary school.'' # That which is placed ahead of others. #: ''Preferred stock has '''primary''' claim on dividends, ahead of common stock.'' ====Derived terms==== * [[primarily]] * [[primary care]] * [[primary color]], [[primary colour]] * [[primary producer]] * [[primary research]] * [[primary school]] * [[primary source]] ====Translations==== {{trans-top|The first in a group or series}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|ensimmäinen}}, {{t+|fi|perus-}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|That which is placed ahead of others}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[اولي]]}} {{IPAchar|(’áwwali)}} * Chinese: [[第一]]的 (dìyī de) * Dutch: {{t-|nl|voornaamste}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|ensisijainen}} * French: {{t+|fr|principal}} * German: {{t+|de|primär}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|első}}, {{t+|hu|elsődleges}} {{trans-mid}} * Italian: {{t+|it|primario}} * Japanese: [[最初]]の (さいしょの, saisho no) * Korean: [[본래의]] (bollae-ui) * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|primário}} * Russian: [[первичный]] (pervíčnyj) * Spanish: {{t-|es|primario}} * Swedish: {{t-|sv|primär}} {{trans-bottom}} {{checktrans-top}} * {{ttbc|Telugu}}: [[ప్రాథమిక]] (praathamika) {{checktrans-bottom}} ====See also==== * [[first]] * [[primus inter pares]] * [[secondary]] (2) * [[tertiary]] (3) * [[quaternary]] (4) ===Noun=== {{en-noun|primar|ies}} # A preliminary election to select a political candidate. # The first year of [[grade school]]. # A [[base]] or [[fundamental]] component; something that is [[irreducible]]. # The most massive component of a gravitationally bound system. # A [[primary school]]. #* '''2001''', David Woods, Martyn Cribb, ''Effective LEAs and school improvement'' #*: Excellence in Cities offers a further development of this approach, whereby secondary schools operate with small clusters of '''primaries''' as mini-EAZs. ====Translations==== {{trans-top|a preliminary election to select a political candidate}} * Finnish: {{t|fi|esivaalit}} * Hungarian: {{t|hu|előválasztás}} {{trans-mid}} * Persian: {{fa-Arab|[[نخستین]]}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|the first year of grade school}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|ابتدایی|sc=fa-Arab|xs=Persian}} {{trans-mid}} * Spanish: {{t-|es|primaria|f}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|a base or fundamental component; something that is irreducible}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} {{checktrans-top}} * {{ttbc|Telugu}}: {{t|te|ప్రాథమికం|tr=praathamikaM|sc=Telu}} {{checktrans-bottom}} * {{pedialite}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb|[[primaries]]|[[primarying]]|[[primaried]]}} # {{US}} To take part in a [[primary election]] ===External links=== * {{R:Webster 1913}} * {{R:Century 1911}} [[et:primary]] [[fa:primary]] [[fr:primary]] [[io:primary]] [[lo:primary]] [[hu:primary]] [[ja:primary]] [[pl:primary]] [[pt:primary]] [[simple:primary]] [[fi:primary]] [[ta:primary]] [[te:primary]] [[vi:primary]] [[zh:primary]]