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Definition: Primo |
PrimoAdjective1. (informal) the best of its kind. Noun1. The principal part of a duet (especially a piano duet). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
"Primo" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "the first". |
Date "primo" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references) |
Etymology: Primo \Pri"mo\, adjective. [Italian]. (Websters 1913) |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
PRIMO | English | Programmable,realtime,incoherent,matrix,optical | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Known in some parts of the world as New Yorker.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Primo."
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Compensation | Phrase: " light is mingled with the gloom "; every dark cloud has a silver lining; primo avulso non deficit alter; saepe creat molles aspera spina rosas. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Primo |
| English words defined with "primo": Prima donnas. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "primo": Catch your Hare. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Primo" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. German (in the first place), Italian (at first, best, chief, early, first, foremost, former, leading, maiden, main, next, premier, primary, prime, principal, top), Latin (at first, at the beginning, at the start, chiefs, first, in the first place, nobles), Portuguese (cousin, first cousin), Spanish (cousin, dupe, mug, muggins, prime, sucker). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Primo, I need your help here, okay? (Big Night; writing credit: Joseph Tropiano; Stanley Tucci) Primo, do you know why this night is happening? (Big Night; writing credit: Joseph Tropiano; Stanley Tucci) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Primo tango a Roma - Storia d'amore e d'alchimia (1973) Uccidi Django... uccidi per primo!!! (1971) Django spara per primo (1966) Primo Piano: Philippe Pétain processo a Vichy (1965) Jim il primo (1964) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Lazzaretto di S. Pancratio primo Lazzaretto che serui per li Brutti. / Inventati e date in Luce da Gio: Giacomo De Rossi in Roma. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | Primo Saignare, deinde purgare, postea clysterium donare. / h[onoré] D[aumier]. Chez Aubert, galerie béro dodat. L. de Becquet. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | José Antonio Primo de Rivera. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| "Primo" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 75.44% of the time. "Primo" is used about 57 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 75.44% | 43 | 52,181 |
| Noun (singular) | 24.56% | 14 | 93,893 |
| Total | 100.00% | 57 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "primo" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Primo | Last name | 1,000 | 18,500 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| "Primo" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "the first". | |||
| The following table summarizes names related to "Primo." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Primo | Male | Italian | N/A |
| Primo | Male | Spanish | N/A |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
Expression using "primo": primo avulso non deficit alter. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "primo": primo-genitive. | |
Containing "primo": designed-for-primo-carnera. | |
| 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 | Expression | Frequency per Day |
primo | 182 | di juliana primo | 11 |
dvd prassi primo | 98 | furniture primo | 11 |
prassi primo | 92 | international primo | 10 |
dvd primo | 90 | primo ticket | 10 |
primo levi | 73 | download prassi primo | 10 |
grill primo | 37 | pizza primo | 9 |
primo belt drive | 33 | primo restaurant | 9 |
basilio o primo | 25 | primo tire | 9 |
basílio o primo | 23 | merrell primo | 9 |
primo viaggio | 21 | primo soccorso | 8 |
prassi primo dvd download | 20 | juliana primo | 8 |
primo bmx | 19 | primo pasta | 8 |
peg perego primo viaggio | 16 | felicitaciones para primo un | 8 |
cd prassi primo | 15 | cd plus prassi primo | 7 |
primo stem | 15 | primo bike part | 7 |
beer primo | 15 | basilio primo resumo | 7 |
primo carnera | 13 | cd plus primo | 7 |
basilio primo | 13 | primo product | 7 |
primo bike | 12 | primo dvd download | 7 |
merrell primo breeze | 12 | primo sales trailer | 7 |
primo violin | 7 | ||
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Date | Source | Proverbs Chapter 3, Verse 14 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kreitton gar authn emporeuesqai h crusiou kai arguriou qhsaurouV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Melior est adquisitio eius negotiatione argenti et auro primo fructus eius |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Betere is the purchasing of it, than the chaffering of gold and of siluer; first and most pure the frutis of it. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain of it than fine gold. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | For trading in it is better than trading in silver, and its profit greater than bright gold. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Proverbs Chapter 3, Verse 14 |
| Cebuano | Kay ang pagpakabaton niini labi pang maayo kay sa pagmanggad sa salapi, Ug ang kaayohan niini labaw pa kay sa fino nga bulawan. |
| Croatian | Jer bolje je steæi nju nego steæi srebro, i veæi je dobitak ona i od zlata. |
| Danish | thi den er bedre at købe end Sølv, bedre at vinde end Guld; |
| Dutch | Want haar koophandel is beter dan de koophandel van zilver, en haar inkomst dan het uitgegraven goud. |
| Finnish | Sillä parempi on hankkia sitä kuin hopeata, ja siitä saatu voitto on kultaa jalompi. |
| French | Car le gain qu`elle procure est préférable celui de l`argent, Et le profit qu`on en tire vaut mieux que l`or; |
| German | Denn es ist besser, sie zu erwerben, als Silber; denn ihr Ertrag ist besser als Gold. |
| Hungarian | Mert jobb ennek megszerzése az ezüstnek megszerzésénél, és a kiásott aranynál ennek jövedelme. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Keuntungannya lebih besar daripada yang diperoleh dari perak, dan lebih berharga dari emas. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Karena perniagaanya itu terlebih baik dari pada berniagakan perak dan hasilnyapun terlebih baik dari pada emas tua. |
| Italian | perché il suo possesso è preferibile a quello dell'argento e il suo provento a quello dell'oro. |
| Maori | Pai atu hoki te hokohoko o tera i to te hiriwa e hokohokona nei, ona hua i te koura parakore. |
| Norwegian | for det er bedre å vinne den enn å vinne sølv, og det utbytte den gir, er bedre enn gull. |
| Portuguese | pois melhor é o lucro que ela dá do que o lucro da prata, e a sua renda do que o ouro. |
| Rumanian | Cqci ckwtigul pe care -l aduce ea este mai bun deckt al argintului, wi venitul adus de ea este mai de prey deckt aurul; |
| Russian | ПФПНХ ЮФП ТЙП'ТЕФЕОЙЕ ЕЕ МХЮЫЕ ТЙП'ТЕФЕОЙС УЕТЕ'ТБ, Й ТЙ'ЩМЙ ПФ ОЕЕ 'ПМШЫЕ, ОЕЦЕМЙ ПФ ЪПМПФБ: |
| Spanish | porque su provecho es mayor que el de la plata, y su resultado es mejor que el oro fino. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "primo": primogenitor, primogenitors, primogeniture, primogenitures, primordia, primordial, primordially, primordium, primos. (additional references) | |
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"Primo" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Aprismo, paimpol, Paramo, Parejo, Parrino, Peribo, perico, Perino, pimot, pirim, Pirjo, pirm, Piro, prao, prema, Premco, preomnor, priam, prieo, Priko, prikope, Primco, primi, primie, primk, primos, primt, prina, Priok, priso, privo, Prmi, promu, prym, pryo, rimo, Ritmo. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "primo" (pronounced 'Pri"mo'): Atmo, Bayamo, Chromo, major-domo, Mormo, Sixteenmo, Twelvemo, Twenty-fourmo. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "i-m-o-p-r" | |
-1 letter: prim, prom, romp. | |
-2 letters: imp, mir, mop, mor, poi, pom, pro, rim, rip, rom. | |
-3 letters: mi, mo, om, op, or, pi. | |
| Words containing the letters "i-m-o-p-r" | |
+1 letter: import, improv, mopier, porism, primos. | |
+2 letters: bimorph, dimorph, emporia, implore, imports, imposer, impower, improve, improvs, meropia, meropic, morphia, morphic, morphin, pinworm, porisms, primero, promine, promise, protium, proximo, rampion, romping, rompish, semipro, tropism. | |
+3 letters: aphorism, atropism, bimorphs, compiler, complier, comprise, comprize, copremia, copremic, dimorphs, emporium, europium, impactor, impellor, implored, implorer, implores, imporous, imported, importer, imposers, imposter, impostor, impowers, imprison, improper, improved, improver, improves, isomorph, mariposa, meropias, moperies, morphias, morphine, morphing, morphins, myriapod, myriopod, napiform, orpiment, pastromi, pediform, piciform, picloram, picogram, piliform, pinworms, piriform, pisiform, primeros, primrose, prismoid, proclaim, proemial, prolamin, promines, promised, promisee, promiser, promises, promisor, prosaism, protamin, protiums, proxemic, proximal, pyriform, rampions, reimport, reimpose, semipros, shipworm, slipform, trimorph, tromping, tropisms, whipworm. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 72 69 6D 6F |
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. .-. .. -- --- |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01110010 01101001 01101101 01101111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P r i m o |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0072 0069 006D 006F |
| 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)5084757981 |
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