prima vista

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Etymology

< Italian prima (first) vista (sight)

Noun

prima vista

  1. (music) sight reading (act of performing a piece of music straight from the music notation without rehearsal)

Usage notes

  • May be used adverbially with the Italian preposition "a":
    Kuoro esitti viimeisen kappaleen a prima vista.
    The choir performed the last piece in sight reading.

Declension

Inflection of prima vista (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative prima vista prima vistat
genitive prima vistan prima vistojen
partitive prima vistaa prima vistoja
illative prima vistaan prima vistoihin
singular plural
nominative prima vista prima vistat
accusative nom. prima vista prima vistat
gen. prima vistan
genitive prima vistan prima vistojen
prima vistain rare
partitive prima vistaa prima vistoja
inessive prima vistassa prima vistoissa
elative prima vistasta prima vistoista
illative prima vistaan prima vistoihin
adessive prima vistalla prima vistoilla
ablative prima vistalta prima vistoilta
allative prima vistalle prima vistoille
essive prima vistana prima vistoina
translative prima vistaksi prima vistoiksi
abessive prima vistatta prima vistoitta
instructive prima vistoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of prima vista (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

Derived terms

compounds

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