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primer

Etymology 1

From Middle English primer, primere, from Medieval Latin primarius and primarium (“prayer book”) possibly via Anglo-Norman primer (“prayer book”), from prima (“prime the liturgical hour and office”) + -arius and -arium (“forming related objects”). Its use for schoolbooks derived from the late medieval and early modern use of such prayer books to teach reading.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹaɪ.mə(ɹ)/, enPR: prīʹmə
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɪ.mɚ/, enPR: prĭmʹər
• (US, irregular, but common; borrowed from Etymology 2): IPA^(key): /ˈpɹaɪmɚ/, enPR: prīmʹər
• Rhymes: -aɪmə(ɹ), -ɪmə(ɹ)

Noun

primer (plural primers)

1. (historical, Catholicism ecclesiastical) A prayer or devotional book intended for laity, initially an abridgment of the breviary and manual including the hours of the Virgin Mary, 15 gradual and 7 penitential psalms, the litany, the placebo and dirige forming the office of the dead, and the commendations.

   Synonyms: book of hours, prayer book

2. (historical, Protestantism ecclesiastical) Any of various similar works issued in England for private prayer in accordance with the Book of Common Prayer.
3. A children's book intended to teach literacy: how to read, write, and spell.
4. An introductory text on any subject, particularly basic concepts.
5. (New Zealand, obsolete) An elementary school class; an elementary school student.

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

prime +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹaɪ.mə(ɹ)/, enPR: prīʹmə
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹaɪmɚ/, enPR: prīmʹə
• Rhymes: -aɪmə(ɹ)

Noun

primer (countable and uncountable, plural primers)

1. Any substance or device, such as priming wire or blasting cap, used to ignite gunpowder or other explosive.
2. (obsolete) A person who primes explosives.
3. A substance used to prime wood, metal, etc. in preparation for painting.
4. A layer of such a substance.
5. A layer of makeup that goes beneath the foundation; undermakeup.
6. (obsolete) A person who primes wood, metal, etc.
7. (biochemistry, genetics) A molecule which initiates the synthesis of an enzyme, (especially) a single-stranded nucleic acid molecule which initiates DNA replication.
8. (medicine, zoology) A pheromone which interacts first with the endocrine system.
9. A device used to prime an internal combustion engine with gasoline, (especially) in airplanes.
10. A person who prunes trees.

Related terms

• primary
• prime

Translations

Etymology 3

From Anglo-Norman primer (“first”), from Latin prīmārius (“first”).

Adjective

primer (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) First in time, initial, early.
2. (obsolete) First in importance, premier.
3. (obsolete, rare) First in position, foremost.

Derived terms

• primer fine
• primer seizin

Further reading

• Prime, Primer and Priming in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan primer, from Latin prīmārius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [pɾiˈme]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [pɾiˈmeɾ]
• Rhymes: -e(ɾ)

Adjective

primer (feminine primera, masculine plural primers, feminine plural primeres)

1. (ordinal number) first
2. (mathematics) prime (having no divisor except itself and 1):

Derived terms

Adverb

primer

1. first; before anything else

References

• “primer” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “primer” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʁi.me/

Verb

primer

1. to dominate, to be dominant over
2. to win (a prize)
3. to prevail, take precedent

Conjugation

Further reading

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

Hungarian

Etymology

From German primär, from French primaire, from Latin primarius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈprimɛr]
• Hyphenation: pri‧mer
• Rhymes: -ɛr

Adjective

primer (comparative primerebb, superlative legprimerebb)

1. primary

   primer feszültség ― primary voltage

Declension

References

Further reading

• primer in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch primair, from French primaire, from Latin prīmārius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈprimɛr]
• Rhymes: -mɛr, -ɛr, -r
• Hyphenation: pri‧mèr

Adjective

primèr

1. primary:
   1. first or earliest in a group or series.
   2. main; principal; chief; placed ahead of others.

Alternative forms

• primair (law)

Further reading

• “primer” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Old French

Adjective

primer m (oblique and nominative feminine singular primere)

1. Alternative form of premier

Adverb

primer

1. Alternative form of premier

Noun

primer oblique singular, m (oblique plural primers, nominative singular primers, nominative plural primer)

1. Alternative form of premier
2. (Anglo-Norman) primer (hymn book)

References

• primer on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• prímjer (Ijekavian)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prǐːmer/
• Hyphenation: pri‧mer

Noun

prímer m (Cyrillic spelling при́мер)

1. example, instance
2. model, paragon
3. precedence

Declension

Derived terms

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /priméːr/

Noun

primẹ̑r m inan

1. example (something representative of a group)

Inflection

Derived terms

• na prímer

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾiˈmeɾ/ [pɾiˈmeɾ]
• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: pri‧mer

Adjective

primer m (apocopate, standard form primero)

1. (before the noun) Apocopic form of primero (first)

   el primer hijo ― the first child

2. (informal, proscribed) Apocopic form of primera (first)

Usage notes

• The form primer is only used before and within the noun phrase of a modified masculine singular noun. In other positions, the standard form primero is used instead.

Further reading

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

Source: wiktionary.org