prim
English
editPronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /pɹɪm/, [pʰɹ̠̊ɪm]
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- Rhymes: -ɪm
Etymology 1
editFrom Provençal prim (“delicate, excellent”), from Old French prim, prin, from Latin primus (“first”). Doublet of prime.
Adjective
editprim (comparative primmer, superlative primmest)
- prudish, straight-laced
- 1986, John le Carré, A Perfect Spy:
- God damn it, what does she want of me, this sad, beautiful bridgeplayer of the Fifth Floor, with her air of lost love and her prim carnality? After seven years of her, Brotherhood still had no idea. He'd be out touring the stations, he'd be in Bongabonga land. He'd not speak or write to her for months. Yet he'd hardly unpacked his toothbrush before she was in his arms, demanding him with her sad and hungry eyes.
- formal; precise; affectedly neat or nice
- prim regularity; a prim person
- 1708, [Jonathan Swift], “(please specify the page)”, in Baucis and Philemon; a Poem. […], London: […] H. Hills, […], published 1709, →OCLC:
- Philemon was in great surprise,
And hardly could believe his eyes,
Amaz'd to see her look so prim;
And she admir'd as much at him.
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Verb
editprim (third-person singular simple present prims, present participle primming, simple past and past participle primmed)
Etymology 2
editUnkown; see privet.
Noun
editprim
Catalan
editEtymology
editInherited from Latin prīmus,[1] from earlier prīsmos from *prīsemos from Proto-Italic *priisemos.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editprim (feminine prima, masculine plural prims, feminine plural primes)
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editReferences
edit- ^ “prim”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
Further reading
edit- “prim” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “prim” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “prim” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Franco-Provençal
editEtymology
editInherited from Latin prīmus ("first" → "excellent"). Compare the two senses of English fine.
Adjective
editprim (feminine prima, masculine plural prims, feminine plural primes) (Broad ORB)
References
edit- mince in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
- prim in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu
Further information
edit- AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1510: “un filo sottile” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
- ALF: Atlas Linguistique de la France[1] [Linguistic Atlas of France] – map 1631AB: “mince” – on lig-tdcge.imag.fr
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “prīmus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 9: Placabilis–Pyxis, page 384
Ladin
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editAdjective
editprim m (feminine singular prima, masculine plural primi, feminine plural primes)
Old English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin prīma (“first; first hour”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editprīm ?
- (historical) Prime, the first hour or tide (3-hour period) after dawn
- (Christianity) Prime, the divine office appointed for the hour in the liturgy
Synonyms
editDerived terms
editReferences
edit- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “prīm”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Romanian
editEtymology
editInherited from Latin prīmus, from earlier prīsmos < *prīsemos < Proto-Italic *priisemos.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editprim m or n (feminine singular primă, masculine plural primi, feminine and neuter plural prime)
Declension
editRelated terms
editTurkish
editEtymology
editFrom Ottoman Turkish پریم (prim), from French prime.
Noun
editprim (definite accusative primi, plural primler)
References
edit- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “prim”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
Volapük
editNoun
editprim (nominative plural prims)
Declension
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