primo
[pree-moh; for 1, 2 also Italian pree-maw]
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noun, plural pri·mos, pri·mi [pree-mee Italian pree-mee] /ˈpri mi Italian ˈpri mi/. Music.
the part of a piano duet played on the upper half of the keyboard.
the first or leading part in an ensemble.
adjective
Slang.
- first-class: dinner at a primo restaurant.
- highly valuable or most essential: the primo player on the team.
Origin of primo
primus inter pares
[pree-moo s in-ter pah-res; English prahy-muh s in-ter pair-eez, pree-]
noun, plural pri·mi in·ter pa·res [pree-mee in-ter pah-res; English prahy-mee in-ter pair-eez pree-] /ˈpri mi ˈɪn tɛr ˈpɑ rɛs; English ˈpraɪ mi ˈɪn tər ˈpɛər iz ˈpri-/ Latin.
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Historical Examples of primi
Formerly the kings were but lords of a superior rank, primi inter pares; and they were originally electiv.
A Collection of Essays and Fugitiv WritingsNoah Webster
Primi principi di una teoria sociologica della popolazione economicamente passiva.
Introduction to the Science of SociologyRobert E. Park
Of course, in this sense, Quintus could only be numbered among the first class (primi amici).
Quintus Claudius, Volume 1 of 2Ernst Eckstein
The young men who play the part of primi amorosi, are in debt or without money.
Renaissance in Italy: Italian LiteratureJohn Addington Symonds
Primi enim, qui naturas rerum considerare inceperunt, imaginationem transcendere non valentes, nihil prter corpora esse posuerunt.
Fundamental Philosophy, Vol. I (of 2)Jaime Luciano Balmes
primus inter pares
primo
noun plural -mos or -mi (-mɪ)
Word Origin for primo
Italian: first, from Latin prīmus
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