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Yes. The word primate is a Scrabble US word. The word primate is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

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7-letter words (1 found)

PRIMATE,

6-letter words (12 found)

ARMPIT,EMPART,IMARET,IMPART,MATIER,PARTIM,PERMIT,PIRATE,PRATIE,PREMIA,PTERIA,TAMPER,

5-letter words (41 found)

AIMER,AMRIT,APERT,APTER,ARMET,ATRIP,IRATE,MAIRE,MATER,MERIT,MITER,MITRE,MPRET,PAIRE,PARTI,PATER,PEART,PERAI,PETAR,PETRI,PIERT,PIETA,PRATE,PRIMA,PRIME,RAMET,RAMIE,REMAP,REMIT,RETIA,RIMAE,TAMER,TAPER,TAPIR,TEMPI,TERAI,TIMER,TRAMP,TRAPE,TREMA,TRIPE,

4-letter words (70 found)

AIRT,AMIE,AMIR,APER,ARET,ARTI,EMIR,EMIT,EMPT,ITEM,MAIR,MARE,MART,MATE,MEAT,MERI,META,MIRE,MITE,PAIR,PARE,PART,PATE,PEAR,PEAT,PERI,PERM,PERT,PIER,PIET,PIMA,PITA,PRAM,PRAT,PREM,PRIM,RAIT,RAMI,RAMP,RAPE,RAPT,RATE,REAM,REAP,RIEM,RIMA,RIME,RIPE,RIPT,RITE,TAME,TAMP,TAPE,TARE,TARP,TEAM,TEAR,TEMP,TEPA,TERM,TIAR,TIER,TIME,TIRE,TRAM,TRAP,TREM,TRIE,TRIM,TRIP,

3-letter words (57 found)

AIM,AIR,AIT,AME,AMI,AMP,APE,APT,ARE,ARM,ART,ATE,EAR,EAT,ERA,ERM,ETA,IMP,IRE,ITA,MAE,MAP,MAR,MAT,MET,MIR,PAM,PAR,PAT,PEA,PER,PET,PIA,PIE,PIR,PIT,PRE,RAI,RAM,RAP,RAT,REI,REM,REP,RET,RIA,RIM,RIP,RIT,TAE,TAI,TAM,TAP,TAR,TEA,TIE,TIP,

2-letter words (20 found)

AE,AI,AM,AR,AT,EA,EM,ER,ET,IT,MA,ME,MI,PA,PE,PI,RE,TA,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 202 words from primate according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of primate

primate

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɹaɪmeɪt/
  • Hyphenation: pri‧mate

Etymology 1

From French primate, from Latin primas (“one of the first, chief, excellent, noble”). So named due to the belief that primates are the “highest” order of mammals/animals. First attested in 1876.

Noun

primate (plural primates)

  1. (zoology) A mammal of the order Primates, including simians and prosimians.
  2. (informal) A simian anthropoid; an ape, human or monkey.
Hyponyms
  • See also Thesaurus:primate
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English primate, primat, from Old French primat, from Late Latin prīmās (“chief bishop”), substantivisation of prīmās, an alternative form of prīmus (“prime, first rank”). Compare English primus, of similar derivation and meaning. First attested in c. 1200.

Noun

primate (plural primates)

  1. (ecclesiastical) In the Catholic Church, a rare title conferred to or claimed by the sees of certain archbishops, or the highest-ranking bishop of a present or historical, usually political circumscription.
  2. (ecclesiastical) In the Orthodox Church, the presiding bishop of an ecclesiastical jurisdiction or region. Usually, the expression primate refers to the first hierarch of an autocephalous or autonomous Orthodox church. Less often, it is used to refer to the ruling bishop of an archdiocese or diocese.
  3. (ecclesiastical) In the Anglican Church, an archbishop, or the highest-ranking bishop of an ecclesiastic province.
Derived terms
Related terms
  • primatial
  • primus
Translations

See also

  • ultimate
  • exarch
  • patriarch

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pʁi.mat/

Noun

primate m (plural primates)

  1. primate (mammal)

See also

  • primat m
  • primauté
  • primatie

Further reading

  • “primate”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

  • empirât, trempai

Galician

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɾiˈmate/ [pɾiˈma.t̪ɪ]
  • Rhymes: -ate
  • Hyphenation: pri‧ma‧te

Noun

primate m (plural primates)

  1. primate (animal)

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /priˈma.te/
  • Rhymes: -ate
  • Hyphenation: pri‧mà‧te

Noun

primate m (plural primati)

  1. primate (ecclesiastical title)

Related terms

  • primati (mammals) (plurale tantum)
  • primato (primacy)

Anagrams

  • impetra, tempari, temprai

Serbo-Croatian

Verb

primate (Cyrillic spelling примате)

  1. second-person plural present of primati

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɾiˈmate/ [pɾiˈma.t̪e]
  • Rhymes: -ate
  • Syllabification: pri‧ma‧te

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin prīmātem (“first, principal; hero”).

Noun

primate m (plural primates)

  1. primate (animal)

Etymology 2

Verb

primate

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of primar combined with te

Further reading

  • “primate”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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