primo

See also: Primo, primó, and přímo

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpɹiː.moʊ/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -iːmoʊ

Noun

primo (plural primos)

(music) The principal part of a duet.

Antonyms

secundo

Adjective

primo (not comparable)

(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:
  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.

Related terms

primo uomo

Anagrams

impro

Cebuano

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: pri‧mo

Noun

primo

(dated) male first cousin; male full cousin
Synonym: igtagsa

Related terms

ig-agaw

Esperanto

Esperanto Wikipedia has an article on:

primo

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Noun

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

(mathematics) prime number

French

French Wikipedia has an article on:

primo

Wikipedia ^fr

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pʁi.mo/
Audio (file)

Adverb

primo

first (before anything else)
Synonym: premièrement

Galician

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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

male cousin
Synonym: curmán

Etymology 2

From Latin prīmus.

Adjective

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

first
(mathematics) prime

Synonyms

(prime): número primo

Noun

primo m (plural primos)

(mathematics) prime number

Synonyms

número primo

Verb

primo

first-person singular present indicative of primar

Hiligaynon

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpɾimo/,
Hyphenation: pri‧mo

Noun

primo (feminine prima)

male cousin (of any degree of cousinhood)

Hypernyms

pakaduha (“second cousin”)
pakaisa (“first cousin”)

Italian

**Italian numbers ^(edit)**
		10
	← 0	1	2 →	10 →
Cardinal: uno, un Ordinal: primo Ordinal abbreviation: 1º Adverbial: una volta Multiplier: singolo Distributive: singolarmente
Italian Wikipedia article on 1

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpri.mo/
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -imo
Hyphenation: prì‧mo

Adjective

primo (feminine prima, masculine plural primi, feminine plural prime, superlative primissimo)

(ordinal number) first
initial
main, principal
(mathematics) prime
numero primo ― prime number

Derived terms

primamente
primissimo (“very first”)

Noun

primo m (plural primi, feminine prima)

first, first one
former (first of aforementioned two items)

Related terms

Descendants

→ English: primo

Noun

primo m (plural primi)

(cooking) Clipping of primo piatto; first course, starter
Coordinate term: secondo

Anagrams

pormi, rompi

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpriː.moː/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpri.mo/,

Etymology 1

From prīmus (“first”) +‎ -ō.

Alternative forms

prīmum

Adverb

prīmō (not comparable)

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

Etymology 2

Inflected form of prīmus (“first”).

Adjective

prīmō

dative/ablative masculine/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, London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) at the first opportunity: primo quoque tempore
- (ambiguous) at the beginning of spring: ineunte, primo vere

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpɾi.mu/

Hyphenation: pri‧mo

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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

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

Etymology 2

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

Noun

primo m (plural primos)

prime (number)

Etymology 3

Verb

primo

first-person singular present indicative of premir

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian primo or French primo.

Adverb

primo

firstly, first

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpɾimo/
Audio (Colombia): (file)
Rhymes: -imo
Syllabification: pri‧mo

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin (cōnsobrīnus) prīmus.

Noun

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

cousin (of male or unspecified gender)

Hyponyms

Etymology 2

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

Adjective

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

first
Synonym: primero
(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 quotation)