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prima.

female equivalent of primo (“female cousin”)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈpɾĩ.mɐ/Brazil/ˈpɾi.mɐ/Portugal
  1. female equivalent of primo (“female cousin”)

    feminine · form-of
  2. an instrument’s thinnest string

    feminine
  3. the first canonical hour

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese prima, from Latin prīma, feminine of prīmus (“first”), from Proto-Indo-European *per-.

adj/ˈpɾĩ.mɐ/Brazil/ˈpɾi.mɐ/Portugal
  1. female

    feminine · masculine · not-comparable
    Açor-prima.
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese prima, from Latin prīma, feminine of prīmus (“first”), from Proto-Indo-European *per-.

verb
  1. inflection of premir: first/third-person singular present subjunctive

    first-person · form-of · present · singular · subjunctive · third-person
  2. inflection of premir: third-person singular imperative

    form-of · imperative · singular · third-person
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