primo

See also: Primo, primó, and přímo

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɹiː.moʊ/

Noun

primo (plural primos)

1. (music) The principal part of a duet.

Antonyms

• secundo

Adjective

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.

Anagrams

• impro

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Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish primo, from Latin (consobrinus) primus.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pri‧mo

Noun

primo

1. (dated) male first cousin; male full cousin

Synonyms

• igtagsa

Related terms

• ig-agaw

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Esperanto

Noun

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

1. (mathematics) prime number

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʁi.mo/

Adverb

primo

1. first (before anything else)

Synonyms

• premièrement

Further reading

• “primo” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese primo, from Latin (cōnsōbrīnus) prīmus.

Noun

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

1. male cousin

Synonyms

• curmán

Etymology 2

From Latin prīmus.

Adjective

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

1. first
2. (mathematics) prime

Synonyms

• (prime): número primo

Noun

primo m (plural primos)

1. (mathematics) prime number

Synonyms

• número primo

Verb

primo

1. first-person singular present indicative of primar

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Italian

Italian ordinal numbers

<  0º	1º	2º  >
Cardinal : uno     Ordinal : primo

Alternative forms

• (abbreviation, in general) 1º m, 1ª f
• (abbreviation, in names of monarchs and popes) I

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpri.mo/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: prì‧mo
• Rhymes: -imo

Adjective

primo (feminine singular prima, masculine plural primi, feminine plural prime)

1. first
2. initial
3. main, principal
4. (mathematics) prime

   numero primo ― prime number

Derived terms

• primissimo (“very first”)

Noun

primo m (plural primi, feminine prima)

1. first, first one
2. former (first of aforementioned two items)

Related terms

• in primo luogo
• materia prima
• numero primo
• primario
• primate
• primato
• primattore
• primavera
• primeggiare
• primitivo
• primizia
• primogenito
• primordiale
• primordio
• primula

 

Descendants

• → English: primo

Noun

primo m (plural primi)

1. (cooking) Clipping of primo piatto; first course, starter

   Coordinate term: secondo

See also

• Appendix:Italian numbers

Anagrams

• pormi, rompi

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpriː.moː/, [ˈpɾiːmoː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpri.mo/, [ˈpɾiːmɔ]

• Audio (Classical)

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Etymology 1

From prīmus (“first”) +‎ -ō.

Alternative forms

• prīmum

Adverb

prīmō (not comparable)

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

Etymology 2

Inflected form of prīmus (“first”).

Adjective

prīmō

1. dative masculine singular of prīmus
2. dative neuter singular of prīmus
3. ablative masculine singular of prīmus
4. ablative neuter singular of prīmus

References

• 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^[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) at the first opportunity: primo quoque tempore
    
  • (ambiguous) at the beginning of spring: ineunte, primo vere
    

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Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese primo, from Latin (cōnsōbrīnus) prīmus.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpɾi.mu/

Noun

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

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

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpɾi.mu/

Noun

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

1. prime (number)

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɾimo/, [ˈpɾi.mo]

Etymology 1

From Latin (cōnsōbrīnus) prīmus.

Noun

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

1. cousin (of male or unspecified gender)

Usage notes

The noun primo is like most Spanish nouns with a human referent. The masculine forms are used when the referent is known to be male, a group of males, a group of mixed or unknown gender, or an individual of unknown or unspecified gender. The feminine forms are used if the referent is known to be female or a group of females.

Hyponyms

• primo hermano
• primo segundo

 

Etymology 2

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

Adjective

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

     (please add an English translation of this quote)

Derived terms

• materia prima
• número primo

 

Noun

primo m (plural primos)

1. (mathematics) prime number

   Synonym: número primo

Noun

primo m (plural primos)

1. (colloquial) sucker, gullible person

   Synonym: pardillo

Derived terms

• hacer el primo
• primada
• primazo

Verb

primo

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of primar.