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Date "PRIMUM" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | The first atrial septum to appear in the embryonic heart. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms 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. | |
Crosswords: PRIMUM |
| English words defined with "PRIMUM": Crystalline heavens, Crystalline spheres ♦ Dodecatemory. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "PRIMUM": Heart Septal Defects, Atrial ♦ Nine 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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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "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 Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 5 | 157,705 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "PRIMUM": primum mobile ♦ septum primum. Additional references. | |
| 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 |
primum | 9 |
nocere non primum | 8 |
insurance primum | 4 |
primum quo | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| 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 Septum primum (septum primum). (various references) foramen primum (foramen primum). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
| Language | Date | Source | Matthew Chapter 22, Verse 38 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Auth estin prwth kai megalh entolh |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Hoc est maximum et primum mandatum |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | þt is þt mæste & þt fyrmeste be-bod. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | This is the firste and the moste maundement. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | This is the fyrst and the chefe comaundement. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | This is the first and great commandment. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | This is the first and great commandment. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | This is the first and greatest rule. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Matthew Chapter 22, Verse 38 |
| Cebuano | Mao kana ang daku ug unang sugo. |
| Chinese | 這 是 誡 命 中 的 第 一 、 " 是 最 大 的 。 |
| Croatian | To je najveæa i prva zapovijed. |
| Danish | Dette er det store og første Bud. |
| Dutch | Dit is het eerste en het grote gebod. |
| Finnish | Tämä on suurin ja ensimmäinen käsky. |
| French | C`est le premier et le plus grand commandement. |
| German | Dies ist das vornehmste und größte Gebot. |
| Hungarian | Ez az elsõ és nagy parancsolat. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Itulah perintah yang terutama dan terpenting! |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Inilah hukum yang besar dan yang terutama. |
| Latvian | Ðis ir lielâkais un pirmais bauslis! |
| Manx Gaelic | Shoh yn chied as yn ard-anney. |
| Maori | Ko te tuatahi tenei, ko te kupu nui. |
| Norwegian | Dette er det største og første bud. |
| Portuguese | Este é o grande e primeiro mandamento. |
| Rumanian | ,,Aceasta este cea dintki, wi cea mai mare poruncq. |
| Russian | УЙС ЕУФШ ЕТЧБС Й ОБЙ'ПМШЫБС ЪБ ПЧЕ"Ш; |
| Shuar | Núiti emka Ashí akupkamu nankaamas Enentáimtustinia nu. |
| Spanish | Éste es el grande y el primer mandamiento. |
| Swahili | Hii ndiyo amri kuu ya kwanza. |
| Swedish | Detta är det yppersta och förnämsta budet. |
| Uma | Toe-mi parenta to meliu kabohe-na, pai' to lomo' -na mpu'u. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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. | |
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