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PRIMUM

Date "PRIMUM" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)


Specialty Definition: PRIMUM

DomainDefinition

Health

The first atrial septum to appear in the embryonic heart. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms within Context: PRIMUM

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Cause

Noun: cause, origin, source, principle, element; occasioner, prime mover, primum mobile; vera causa; author; (producer); mainspring; agent; leaven; groundwork, foundation; (support).

Motive

Reason, ground, call, principle; by end, by purpose; mainspring, primum mobile, keystone; the why and the wherefore; pro and con, reason why; secret motive, arriere pensee; intention.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: PRIMUM

English words defined with "PRIMUM": Crystalline heavens, Crystalline spheresDodecatemory. (references)
Specialty definitions using "PRIMUM": Heart Septal Defects, AtrialNine Spheres. (references)
Non-English Usage: "PRIMUM" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Hungarian (prime), Latin (as soon as possible, at first, chiefs, for the first time, in the first place, nobles).

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Commercial Usage: PRIMUM

DomainTitle

Books

  • Opticae Thesaurus: Alhazeni Arabis Libri Septem Nunc Primum Editi, Eiusdem Liber De Crepusculis Et Nubium Asensionibus (reference)

  • Georg Muffat on Performance Practice: The Texts from Florilegium Primum, Florilegium Secundum, and Auserlesene Instrumentalmusik--A New Translation w (reference)

  • GABRIEL SEVERUS. Fides ecclesiae orientalis seu Gabrielis metropolitae Philadelphiensis opuscula, nunc primum de Graecis conversa. Opera & studio Richardi Simonis. Paris 1671. Reprint. (reference)

  • Incipiant silvae cum primum surgere : mondo vegetale e nomenclatura della flora di Virgilio (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: PRIMUM

"PRIMUM" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "PRIMUM" is used about 5 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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)100%5157,705

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: PRIMUM

Expressions using "PRIMUM": primum mobile septum primum. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: PRIMUM

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

primum

9

nocere non primum

8

insurance primum

4

primum quo

3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: PRIMUM

Language Translations for "PRIMUM"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

primumdefekt (foramen primum defect), septum primum (septum primum), foramen ovale primum (foramen primum). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

septum primum atriorum (septum primum), ostium primum defect (foramen primum defect), foramen primum (foramen primum). (various references)

   

French

  

septum primum (septum primum), foramen primum (foramen primum). (various references)

   

German

  

Primumdefekt (foramen primum defect), Septum primum atriorum (septum primum), Foramen ovale primum (foramen primum). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

πρώτον ωοειδές τρήμα (foramen primum). (various references)

   

Italian

  

septum primum (septum primum). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

imumpray

   

Portuguese

  

Septum primum (septum primum). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

foramen primum (foramen primum). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Bible Trace: PRIMUM

LanguageDateSourceMatthew Chapter 22, Verse 38
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintAuth estin prwth kai megalh entolh
Latin405VulgateHoc est maximum et primum mandatum
Old English990West Saxonþt is þt mæste & þt fyrmeste be-bod.
Middle English1395WyclifThis is the firste and the moste maundement.
Renaissance English1526TyndaleThis is the fyrst and the chefe comaundement.
Jacobean English1611King JamesThis is the first and great commandment.
Victorian English1833WebsterThis is the first and great commandment.
Basic English1964OgdenThis is the first and greatest rule.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: PRIMUM

LanguageMatthew Chapter 22, Verse 38
CebuanoMao kana ang daku ug unang sugo.
Chinese這 是 誡 命 中 的 第 一 、 " 是 最 大 的 。
CroatianTo je najveæa i prva zapovijed.
DanishDette er det store og første Bud.
DutchDit is het eerste en het grote gebod.
FinnishTämä on suurin ja ensimmäinen käsky.
FrenchC`est le premier et le plus grand commandement.
GermanDies ist das vornehmste und größte Gebot.
HungarianEz az elsõ és nagy parancsolat.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariItulah perintah yang terutama dan terpenting!
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaInilah hukum yang besar dan yang terutama.
LatvianÐis ir lielâkais un pirmais bauslis!
Manx GaelicShoh yn chied as yn ard-anney.
MaoriKo te tuatahi tenei, ko te kupu nui.
NorwegianDette er det største og første bud.
PortugueseEste é o grande e primeiro mandamento.   
Rumanian,,Aceasta este cea dintki, wi cea mai mare poruncq.
RussianУЙС ЕУФШ ЕТЧБС Й ОБЙ'ПМШЫБС ЪБ ПЧЕ"Ш;
ShuarNúiti emka Ashí akupkamu nankaamas Enentáimtustinia nu.
SpanishÉste es el grande y el primer mandamiento.
SwahiliHii ndiyo amri kuu ya kwanza.
SwedishDetta är det yppersta och förnämsta budet.
UmaToe-mi parenta to meliu kabohe-na, pai' to lomo' -na mpu'u.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Anagrams: PRIMUM

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "i-m-m-p-r-u"

-2 letters: mump, prim, puri, rump.

-3 letters: imp, mim, mir, mum, piu, pur, rim, rip, rum, umm, ump.

-4 letters: mi, mm, mu, pi, um, up.

 Words containing the letters "i-m-m-p-r-u"
 

+1 letter: premium.

 

+2 letters: emporium, imperium, plummier, premiums.

 

+3 letters: emporiums, imperiums, impromptu, marsupium, presummit.

 

+4 letters: imprimatur, impromptus, paramecium, perimysium, primordium, procambium, promethium, prostomium, spermatium.

 

+5 letters: hyperimmune, imprimaturs, parameciums, procambiums, promethiums, sempervivum, suprematism.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Usage Frequency
5. Expressions
6. Expressions: Internet
7. Translations: Modern
8. Bible Trace
9. Anagrams
10. Bibliography


  

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