primogenitura

Italian

Etymology

From Medieval Latin prīmōgenitūra.

Noun

primogenitura f (plural primogeniture)

1. primogeniture

Related terms

• primogenito

Further reading

• “primogenitura”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

Latin

Etymology

Formed after prīmōgenitus (“first-born”), rebuilding the second part from gignō (“to bear, beget”) +‎ -tūra.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [priː.moː.ɡɛ.nɪˈtuː.ra]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [pri.mo.d͡ʒe.niˈtuː.ra]

Noun

prīmōgenitūra f (genitive prīmōgenitūrae); first declension

1. (Medieval Latin) primogeniture (inheritance by the first-born child of the entirety of, or of a privileged position in, a parent’s wealth, estate, or office)

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	prīmōgenitūra	prīmōgenitūrae
genitive	prīmōgenitūrae	prīmōgenitūrārum
dative	prīmōgenitūrae	prīmōgenitūrīs
accusative	prīmōgenitūram	prīmōgenitūrās
ablative	prīmōgenitūrā	prīmōgenitūrīs
vocative	prīmōgenitūra	prīmōgenitūrae

Synonyms

• (primogeniture): prīmōgenita (Late Latin)

Descendants

• Catalan: primogenitura
• French: primogéniture
• Galician: primoxenitura
• Italian: primogenitura
• Portuguese: primogenitura
• Spanish: primogenitura

References

• "primogenitura", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “primogenitura”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 849/1

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin prīmōgenitūra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pri.mɔ.ɡɛ.ɲiˈtu.ra/

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• Rhymes: -ura
• Syllabification: pri‧mo‧ge‧ni‧tu‧ra

Noun

primogenitura f

1. (literary) primogeniture (state of being the firstborn of the children of the same parents)

   Synonym: pierworództwo

2. primogeniture (exclusive right of inheritance belonging to the eldest child)

Declension

Declension of primogenitura

	singular
nominative	primogenitura
genitive	primogenitury
dative	primogeniturze
accusative	primogeniturę
instrumental	primogeniturą
locative	primogeniturze
vocative	primogenituro

Further reading

• “primogenitura”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “primogenitura”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin prīmōgenitūra. By surface analysis, primogénito +‎ -ura.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾimoxeniˈtuɾa/ [pɾi.mo.xe.niˈt̪u.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -uɾa
• Syllabification: pri‧mo‧ge‧ni‧tu‧ra

Noun

primogenitura f (uncountable)

1. primogeniture

Related terms

• primogénito

Further reading

• “primogenitura”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025