prime

Etymology 1
Borrowed from, from , from earlier <  < , ultimately from. .

The noun sense "apostrophe-like symbol" originates from the fact that the symbol ′ was originally a superscript Roman numeral one.

Adjective

 * 1) First in importance, degree, or rank.
 * 2) First in time, order, or sequence.
 * 3) First in excellence, quality, or value.
 * 4)  Having exactly two integral factors: itself and unity (1 in the case of integers).
 * 5)  Such that if it divides a product, it divides one of the multiplicands.
 * 6)  Having its complement closed under multiplication.
 * 7)  Such that the annihilator of any nonzero submodule is equal to the annihilator of the whole module.
 * 8) Marked or distinguished by the prime symbol.
 * 9) Early; blooming; being in the first stage.
 * 10)  Lecherous, lewd, lustful.
 * 1)  Having exactly two integral factors: itself and unity (1 in the case of integers).
 * 2)  Such that if it divides a product, it divides one of the multiplicands.
 * 3)  Having its complement closed under multiplication.
 * 4)  Such that the annihilator of any nonzero submodule is equal to the annihilator of the whole module.
 * 5) Marked or distinguished by the prime symbol.
 * 6) Early; blooming; being in the first stage.
 * 7)  Lecherous, lewd, lustful.
 * 1)  Such that if it divides a product, it divides one of the multiplicands.
 * 2)  Having its complement closed under multiplication.
 * 3)  Such that the annihilator of any nonzero submodule is equal to the annihilator of the whole module.
 * 4) Marked or distinguished by the prime symbol.
 * 5) Early; blooming; being in the first stage.
 * 6)  Lecherous, lewd, lustful.
 * 1)  Lecherous, lewd, lustful.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Danish:, tidligste
 * Dutch: ,
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:, ensi-, alku-,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish:
 * Old Irish: prím, prím-
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: ,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian:, перви́нний


 * Arabic: مُمْتَاز, فَاخِر
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, , , ,
 * Danish: førsteklasses
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Esperanto: unuaranga
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: de premier ordre,
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: מצויין
 * Hungarian:, , , , ,
 * Italian:, di prima scelta,  di prima qualità,  di prima categoria
 * Japanese:, , 第一級,
 * Maori: tetere, pūharu, pūwharu
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: de primeira
 * Russian: ,
 * Slovene: prvovrsten
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Ukrainian: першокла́сний


 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish: primtal-
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish: jaoton
 * French:
 * German: prim-
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: ראשוני
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Maori: toitū
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: prim-
 * Tagalog: lantay, balho
 * Ukrainian: просте́ число́


 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:, primordial, ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Danish:, , vigtigste
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Esperanto: unuaranga
 * Finnish:, pää-
 * French:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Ido: ,
 * Irish:
 * Old Irish: prím, prím-
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: 最重要, 第一級
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Russian:, ,
 * Slovene:, prvenstven
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swedish:, , ,
 * Ukrainian: основни́й,


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish: alku-
 * Hungarian:
 * Japanese:

Noun

 * 1)  The first hour of daylight; the first canonical hour.
 * 2)  The religious service appointed to this hour.
 * 3)  The early morning generally.
 * 4)  The earliest stage of something.
 * 5) * 1645,, “To a very young Lady” (earlier title: “To my young Lady Lucy Sidney”) in Poems, &c. Written upon Several Occasions, and to Several Persons, London: H. Herringman, 1686, p. 101,
 * Hope waits upon the flowry prime,
 * 1) The most active, thriving, or successful stage or period.
 * 2) The chief or best individual or part.
 * 3) * 1726,, “To a Lady, who desired the author to write some verses upon her in the heroic style” in The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift, London: W. Bowyer et al., Volume 7, p. 396,
 * Give no more to ev’ry guest
 * Than he’s able to digest:
 * Give him always of the prime;
 * And but a little at a time.
 * 1) Something which is first in importance or rank: a prime defense company, mortgage lender, etc.
 * 2) * 2023 December 4, Can Palmer Luckey Reinvent the U.S. Defense Industry? - WSJ, The Wall Street Journal:
 * The large primes are struggling to do things the way Anduril does, because they're publicly traded companies with an existing investor class that invested in them to be a certain type of company.
 * 1)  The first note or tone of a musical scale.
 * 2)  The first defensive position, with the sword hand held at head height, and the tip of the sword at head height.
 * 3)  A prime element of a mathematical structure, particularly a prime number.
 * 4)  A four-card hand containing one card of each suit in the game of primero; the opposite of a flush in poker.
 * 5)  Six consecutive blocks, which prevent the opponent's pieces from passing.
 * 6) The symbol ′ used to indicate feet, minutes, derivation and other measures and mathematical operations.
 * 7)  Any number expressing the combining weight or equivalent of any particular element; so called because these numbers were respectively reduced to their lowest relative terms on the fixed standard of hydrogen as 1.
 * 8) An inch, as composed of twelve seconds in the duodecimal system.
 * 9)  The priming in a flintlock.
 * 10)  Contraction of prime lens, a film lens.
 * 11) A feather, from the wing of the cock ostrich, that is of the palest possible shade.
 * 12)  A stimulus which causes priming.
 * 1)  A four-card hand containing one card of each suit in the game of primero; the opposite of a flush in poker.
 * 2)  Six consecutive blocks, which prevent the opponent's pieces from passing.
 * 3) The symbol ′ used to indicate feet, minutes, derivation and other measures and mathematical operations.
 * 4)  Any number expressing the combining weight or equivalent of any particular element; so called because these numbers were respectively reduced to their lowest relative terms on the fixed standard of hydrogen as 1.
 * 5) An inch, as composed of twelve seconds in the duodecimal system.
 * 6)  The priming in a flintlock.
 * 7)  Contraction of prime lens, a film lens.
 * 8) A feather, from the wing of the cock ostrich, that is of the palest possible shade.
 * 9)  A stimulus which causes priming.
 * 1)  Contraction of prime lens, a film lens.
 * 2) A feather, from the wing of the cock ostrich, that is of the palest possible shade.
 * 3)  A stimulus which causes priming.
 * 1) A feather, from the wing of the cock ostrich, that is of the palest possible shade.
 * 2)  A stimulus which causes priming.

Synonyms

 * See Thesaurus:early morning or Thesaurus:morning

Translations

 * Bulgarian: разсвет
 * Catalan:
 * Finnish:
 * Latin:
 * Old English: prīmtīd, prīm


 * Bulgarian: утринна молитва
 * Catalan:
 * Finnish:
 * Latin:
 * Old English: prīmsang, prīm


 * Bulgarian: ранна утрин
 * Finnish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish: begyndelse
 * Finnish: ,
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:, ,
 * Old English: fruma
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Swedish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, 黃金時期, ,
 * Danish: blomstringstid
 * Finnish:
 * German:, , , Höhe des Schaffens, Höhepunkt der Laufbahn, die besten Jahre
 * Greek:
 * Ancient Greek: ἀκμή
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian: all’apice,  nel fiore degli anni
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Latin:
 * Maori: poutūmārōtanga, paerangi
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Slovene: vrhunec
 * Swedish:, glansdagar


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Finnish:, paras pala
 * Swedish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Slovene: prima
 * Swedish:


 * Finnish:
 * Japanese: 第一の構え
 * Swedish:


 * Bulgarian: просто число
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Portuguese: número primo,
 * Russian:
 * Swedish:


 * Czech:
 * Finnish: kuuden blokki


 * Finnish: yläpuolinen indeksointipilkku ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Swedish:


 * Finnish:


 * Finnish: sytytysruuti


 * Chinese (character) (Old Chinese? Middle Chinese? Mandarin?): 卯 (in sense “early morning”)

Etymology 2
Related to and.

Verb

 * 1)  To fill or prepare the chamber of a mechanism for its main work.
 * 2)  To apply a coat of primer paint to.
 * 3)  To be renewed.
 * 4)  To serve as priming for the charge of a gun.
 * 5)  To work so that foaming occurs from too violent ebullition, which causes water to become mixed with, and be carried along with, the steam that is formed.
 * 6) To apply priming to (a musket or cannon); to apply a primer to (a metallic cartridge).
 * 7) To prepare; to make ready.
 * 8)  To instruct beforehand, as for an examination; to coach.
 * 9)  To trim or prune.
 * 10)  To mark with a prime mark.
 * 1) To prepare; to make ready.
 * 2)  To instruct beforehand, as for an examination; to coach.
 * 3)  To trim or prune.
 * 4)  To mark with a prime mark.
 * 1)  To trim or prune.
 * 2)  To mark with a prime mark.
 * 1)  To mark with a prime mark.
 * 1)  To mark with a prime mark.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, 啓動
 * Danish: klargøre
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:, scharf machen , ansaugen lassen , betriebsfertig machen, bereit machen
 * Hungarian:, előhangol,
 * Italian: ;  ;  ;
 * Japanese: ,
 * Russian: гото́вить к рабо́те
 * Slovene: aktivirati
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:, , klarställa


 * Bulgarian: грундирам
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 涂底漆, 上底漆
 * Dutch: primen
 * Finnish: pohjamaalata
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Hungarian:, alapozó réteget felvisz
 * Italian: dare una vernice di fondo su
 * Japanese: 下塗
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,


 * Finnish:
 * Spanish:


 * Basque:
 * Belarusian:
 * Ido:, (4)
 * Indonesian:
 * Korean:
 * Latin:
 * Lithuanian:
 * Mandarin:
 * Norwegian:
 * Sicilian:
 * Slovak:

Etymology 3
From.

Noun

 * 1)  An intermediate sprint within a race, usually offering a prize and/or points.

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) remedies

Etymology
From the feminine of, , from.

Noun from English premium.

Adjective

 * 1)  first

Noun

 * 1) reward; prize; bonus
 * 2) premium (insurance policy)

Adjective

 * 1) first

Adjective

 * 1) first