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Definition: IMPRIMIS |
IMPRIMISAdverb1. In the first place; first in order. |
Date "IMPRIMIS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1591. (references) |
Etymology: Imprimis \Im*pri"mis\, adverb. [Latin expression, for in primis among the first, chiefly; in in primus first.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Beginning | Adverb: at the beginning, in the beginning; Noun: first, in the first place, imprimis, first and foremost; in limine; in the bud, in embryo, in its infancy; from the beginning, from its birth; ab initio, ab ovo, ab incunabilis, ab origine. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: IMPRIMIS |
| Non-English Usage: "IMPRIMIS" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Latin (especially, particularly, specifically). |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
imprimis | 30 |
imprimis mortgage | 6 |
imprimis staffing | 5 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "IMPRIMIS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | së pari (at first, first, first of all, firstly), në radhë të parë (first, in the first instance, in the first place), fillimisht (initially, originally). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | на първо мÑÑто (firstly, primarily, uppermost), първо (first, firstly, foremost). (various references) | |
Czech | v prvnà řadì (in the first place, ringside). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | imprimisay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | sanção (assent, enamel, sanction), em primeiro lugar (first time, firstly, foremost, primarily, uppermost). (various references) | |
Russian | во-первых (firstly, in the first place, to begin with). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | prvo (first, first: at first, firstly, foremost, primely), na prvom mestu (flight: in the first flight, place: in the first place). (various references) | |
Swedish | för det första (firstly, for one thing). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | trước tiên (first, foremost, headmost), trước hết (foremost, primarily). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "IMPRIMIS" (pronounced i'mprē"mi's) |
| 3 | -m i' s | Amis. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "i-i-i-m-m-p-r-s" | |
-3 letters: impis, primi, prims, prism. | |
-4 letters: impi, imps, iris, miri, mirs, prim, rims, rips, simp. | |
-5 letters: imp, ism, mim, mir, mis, pis, psi, rim, rip, sim, sip, sir, sri. | |
| Words containing the letters "i-i-i-m-m-p-r-s" | |
+2 letters: empiricism. | |
+3 letters: empiricisms, imipramines, imperialism, primitivism. | |
+4 letters: imperialisms, primitivisms. | |
+5 letters: impermissible, impermissibly, impressionism, misimpression, semiempirical. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)49 4D 50 52 49 4D 49 53 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).. -- .--. .-. .. -- .. ... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001001 01001101 01010000 01010010 01001001 01001101 01001001 01010011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)I M P R I M I S |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0049 004D 0050 0052 0049 004D 0049 0053 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4347505243474353 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Expressions: Internet | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Rhymes 7. Anagrams 8. Orthography | 9. Bibliography |
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