a prima vista

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian a prima vista.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aː ˌpri.maː ˌvis.taː/
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Adverb

a prima vista

at first sight
(music) Sight-read.

Synonyms

(sight-read): à-vuespel

Italian

Etymology

Literally, “at first sight”.

Prepositional phrase

a prima vista

at first sight

Anagrams

impiastrava

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Italian a prima vista, meaning "at first glance". First part from Italian a (“in, at, to”), in most cases from Latin ad (“to, towards, up to, at”), from Proto-Italic *ad (“toward, to, on, up to, for”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd (“to, at”), in certain cases, from Latin a (“from, away from, out of”), from ab (“from, away from, out of, down from”), from Proto-Italic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off”). Middle part from Italian prima (“before”), feminine singular of primo (“first”), from Latin prīmus (“first”), from earlier prīsmos, from Proto-Italic *priisemos (“foremost, first”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- (“before”). Last part from Italian vista (“sight, vision”), from Vulgar Latin *visita, from Latin vīsa, inflected form of vīsus (“looking”), perfect passive participle of videō (“I see, perceive”), from Proto-Italic *widēō (“see”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aprɪmaˈvɪsta/
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Rhymes: -ɪsta
Hyphenation: a‧pri‧ma‧vis‧ta

Adverb

a prima vista

(music) sight-read; to perform a musical piece while reading it for the first time, without rehearsal.
Synonym: prima vista

synge og spille 'a prima vista'
sing and play without rehearsal

Derived terms

primavistaspill (“a play that take place without rehearsal”)

References

prima vista “a prima vista” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
“a_prima_vista” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
“a prima vista” in Store norske leksikon

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