primeur

English

Noun

primeur (countable and uncountable, plural primeurs)

1. (uncountable) new wine (such as Beaujolais nouveau)
2. (in the plural) fruit and vegetables that are available early in the season

Anagrams

• impurer

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French primeur, from Latin primor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /priˈmøːr/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: pri‧meur
• Rhymes: -øːr

Noun

primeur f (plural primeurs, diminutive primeurtje n)

1. A first, the first instance of an occurrence.

Derived terms

• wereldprimeur

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʁi.mœʁ/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

primeur f (plural primeurs)

1. newness
2. primeur
3. preview, foretaste

Derived terms

• en primeur

Noun

primeur m (plural primeurs)

1. greengrocer

Further reading

• “primeur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.