primat
French, noun
primat is a French masculine noun meaning “primate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, primât is a different word: “third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of primer”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Archevêque qui, en vertu d’anciens droits, possède une suprématie d’honneurs sur tous les évêques et…”.
What does primat mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineprimate
- 2
masculineprimacy, supremacy
verb
- 1
third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of primer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Archevêque qui, en vertu d’anciens droits, possède une suprématie d’honneurs sur tous les évêques et archevêques d’une région. 2. Notable d’une ville, d’une région de la Grèce moderne. 3. Grosse bouteille de vin de 27 L, soit 36 bouteilles.
noun: 1. Caractère de ce qui prime.
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 primat
- primats plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to primat
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is primat in French?
primat appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).