primer

English

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Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: prīʹmə, IPA: /ˈpɹaɪ.mə(ɹ)/, X-SAMPA: /"pr\aI.m@/

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• (US) enPR: prīmʹər, IPA: /ˈpɹaɪmɚ/, X-SAMPA: /"pr\aIm@`/

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• Rhymes: -aɪmə(ɹ)

Noun

primer (plural primers)

1. An elementary textbook introducing a topic, or teaching basic concepts.
2. An elementary book for teaching children to learn the alphabet and to read, write and spell.

   Kennedy's New Latin Primer (an introductory grammar, published 2008)

3. (biology) A single-stranded nucleic acid molecule required for the initiation of replication of a DNA molecule.
4. Any substance used to start a fire.
5. A small charge that burns furiously when given sufficient electrical current (Explosive primer) or when struck with force (percussion caps) that ignites the main combustable substances in explosives or ammunition.
6. A layer of paint designed to underlay a topcoat, used to enhance the adhesion and durability of the topcoat and help in protection of the surface.
7. A device used to circulate gasoline into the ignition chamber of an engine.

Related terms

• primary
• prime

Translations

elementary textbook

• Albanian: abetare (sq)
• Arabic: كتاب تمهيدي (ar) (kitāb tamhīdī) m
• Belarusian: буквар (be) (bukvár) m, азбука (be) (ázbuka) f, лемантар (be) (ljemantár) m
• Bulgarian: буквар (bg) (bukvár) m, азбучник (bg) (ázbučnik) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 識字課本 (cmn), 识字课本 (cmn) (shìzì kèběn), 入門書 (cmn), 入门书 (cmn) (rùménshū)

• Czech: slabikář (cs) m
• Dutch: abecedarium (nl)
• Estonian: aabits (et)
• Finnish: aapinen (fi)
• French: abc (fr) m, abécédaire (fr) m
• German: ABC-Buch (de) n, Abecedarium (de) n, Abecedar (de) n
• Greek: εγχυτήρας (el) (egchytíras) m
• Italian: (introductory) testo elementare; (or reading) sillabario m, abbecedario m
• Japanese: 入門書 (ja) (にゅうもんしょ, nyūmonsho), 初等読本 (ja) (しょとうどくほん, shotō dokuhon)
• Korean: 입문서 (ko) (immunseo) (入門書 (ko))
• Latin: abecedārium (la) n

• Latvian: ābece (lv) m
• Lithuanian: abėcėlė (lt) f
• Macedonian: буквар (mk) (búkvar) m
• Manx: bun-lioar (gv) m
• Mongolian: үсэглэл (mn) (üseglel)
• Polish: elementarz (pl) m
• Portuguese: cartilha (pt) f, abecedário (pt) n
• Russian: букварь (ru) (bukvárʹ) m, азбука (ru) (ázbuka) f, абецедарий (ru) (abɛcedárij) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: буквар (sh) m

  Roman: bukvar (sh) m

• Skolt Sami: aabbâs
• Slovak: šlabikár (sk) m
• Slovene: abecednik (sl) m
• Spanish: abecé (es) m, silabario (es) m
• Ukrainian: буквар (uk) (bukvár) m, азбука (uk) (ázbuka) f, абетка (uk) (abétka) f
• Vietnamese: sách vỡ lòng (vi)

children's reading and spelling primer, used to teach the alphabet

• German: Fibel (de) f

• Volapük: lafababuk (vo)

biology: molecule required for replication of DNA

• Japanese: プライマー (ja) (puraimā)

substance used to start a fire

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 底火 (cmn) (dǐhuǒ)

• Finnish: sytyke (fi)

• French: amorce (fr) f
• Japanese: (for igniting) 点火剤 (ja) (tenkazai), (for explosion) 起爆剤 (ja) (kibakuzai)
• Russian: запал (ru) (zapál) m

small charge used to ignite gunpowder

• Finnish: nalli (fi)
• French: amorce (fr) f
• German: Zündkapsel (de) f
• Italian: innesco

• Japanese: 雷管 (ja) (raikan)
• Portuguese: espoleta (pt) f
• Russian: запал (ru) (zapál) m, капсюль (ru) (kápsjul’) m

layer of paint

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 底漆 (cmn) (dǐqī)

• Finnish: pohjustusmaali (fi)
• German: Grundierung (de) f
• Italian: vernice di fondo, mestica f
• Japanese: (paint) 砥の粉 (ja) (tonoko), 砥粉 (ja) (tonoko), 目止め (ja) (medome), 目止 (ja) (medome); (layer) 地塗り (ja) (ji-nuri), 地塗 (ja) (ji-nuri), 下塗り (ja) (shita-nuri), 下塗 (ja) (shita-nuri)

• Manx: bun-vrat (gv)
• Russian: грунт (ru) (grunt) m, грунтовка (ru) (gruntóvka) f
• Serbo-Croatian: grudva (sh)

device used to circulate gasoline

• Greek: εγχυτήρας (el) (egchytíras) m
• Italian: iniettore (it) m

• Japanese: チョーク (ja) (chōku)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.

Translations to be checked

• Dutch: inleiding de
• German: Zündkapsel f, Grundierung f
• Korean: 뇌관 (noegwan)
• Spanish: cartilla f

Adjective

primer (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) First; original; primary.
   • Drayton

     The primer English kings.

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Catalan

Catalan ordinal numbers

	1r	2n   >
Ordinal : primer     Cardinal : un

Etymology

From Latin primarius.

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA: /pɾiˈme/, X-SAMPA: /p4i"me/
• (Valencian) IPA: /pɾiˈmeɾ/, X-SAMPA: /p4i"me4/
• Rhymes: -e(ɾ)

Adjective

primer m (feminine primera, masculine plural primers, feminine plural primeres)

1. (ordinal) first
2. (mathematics) prime (having no divisor except itself and 1):

Usage notes

When primer is the ordinal number of a century or of a regnal name of a monarch or pope, it is written using Roman numerals following the noun. Thus Joan Primer is written Joan I.

For most fractional numbers, the ordinal number is used to indicate the denominator of the fraction. Since 1 is never the denominator of a proper fraction, primer is not normally used to form fractions. Exceptions to this rule include mig (“half”), terç (“third”), quarter (“quarter”), milionèsim (“millionth”), bilionèsim (“billionth”), ....

The feminine form of the ordinal is usually used as the collective noun for a set of like objects of that size. Primera is not used for a set of 1, nor is there is any other term for the concept Exceptions to the usual rule include parell (“set of 2”), qüern (“set of 4”), centenar (“set of 100”), grossa (“set of 144”), miler (“set of 1000”), and milenar (“1000”).

Adverb

primer

1. first; before anything else

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French

Verb

primer

1. to dominate, to be dominant over
2. to win (a prize)
3. to prevail, take precedent

Conjugation

   Conjugation of primer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		primer			avoir primé
gerund		en primant			en ayant primé
present participle		primant
past participle		primé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	prime	primes	prime	primons	primez	priment
	imperfect	primais	primais	primait	primions	primiez	primaient
	past historic1	primai	primas	prima	primâmes	primâtes	primèrent
	future	primerai	primeras	primera	primerons	primerez	primeront
	conditional	primerais	primerais	primerait	primerions	primeriez	primeraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	prime	primes	prime	primions	primiez	priment
	imperfect1	primasse	primasses	primât	primassions	primassiez	primassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	prime	—	primons	primez	—
1literary tenses

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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• (Ijekavian): prímjer

Pronunciation

• IPA: /prǐːmer/
• Hyphenation: pri‧mer

Noun

prímer m (Cyrillic spelling при́мер)

1. example, instance
2. model, paragon
3. precedence

Declension

    declension of primer

	singular	plural
nominative	primer	primeri
genitive	primera	primera
dative	primeru	primerima
accusative	primer	primere
vocative	primeru	primeri
locative	primeru	primerima
instrumental	primerom	primerima

Derived terms

prímerak prímeran prìmeren

prìmereno prímericē

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Slovene

Noun

prímer m inan.

1. example (something representative of a group)

Derived terms

• na prímer

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Spanish

Adjective

primer m (apocopate, standard form primero)

1. (before the noun) apocopic form of primero first.

   El primer hijo - “the first child”

Usage notes

The form primer is only used before and within the noun phrase of the modified masculine singular noun. In other positions, the standard form primero is used instead.