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primo.

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

5 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈpɾĩ.mu/Brazil/ˈpɾi.mu/Portugal

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

    masculine
Where this word comes from

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

adj/ˈpɾĩ.mu/Brazil/ˈpɾi.mu/Portugal

  1. prime (having no factors except itself and unity)

  2. first; prime (first in order)

    literary

  3. prime (first in excellence)

    literary
Where this word comes from

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

noun/ˈpɾĩ.mu/Brazil/ˈpɾi.mu/Portugal

  1. ellipsis of número primo (“prime number”)

    abbreviation · alt-of · ellipsis · masculine
Where this word comes from

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

verb/ˈpɾĩ.mu/Brazil/ˈpɾi.mu/Portugal

  1. first-person singular present indicative of premir

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular
Where this word comes from

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