prima
French, verb\pʁi.ma\
prima is spelled P-R-I-M-A (5 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written French, the 27,365th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Prima is a French verb meaning “third-person singular past historic of primer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does prima mean in English?
verb
- 1
third-person singular past historic of primer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. Variante de alla prima.
noun: 1. Cépage précoce donnant du raisin noir, c'est le résultat d'un croisement entre lival et cardinal réalisé en 1974 par Paul Truel de l'INRA de Montpellier.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of prima
- primas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce prima?
- \pʁi.ma\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is prima in French?
prima appears 1.3 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).