prime
Portuguese, noun/ˈpɾaj.mi/
prime is spelled P-R-I-M-E (5 letters) and appears 6.6 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 9,972nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Prime is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “prime (most successful stage or period)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of premir.
What does prime mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineslangprime (of one's most successful stage or period)
noun
- 1
masculineslangprime (most successful stage or period)
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
- 3
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 4
third-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. cuja qualidade é ótima
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of prime
- primes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce prime?
- Brazil /ˈpɾaj.mi/
- Brazil [ˈpɾaɪ̯.mi]
- Portugal /ˈpɾaj.mɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is prime in Portuguese?
prime appears 6.6 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).