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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpɹaɪ.m(ə.)ɹi/
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• Canada, General-American: prīʹmĕr-ē
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• Canada, General-American: /ˈpɹaɪˌmɛɹ.i/
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• Canada, General-American: prīʹmə-rē
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• Canada, General-American: /ˈpɹaɪ.mə.ɹi/
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• Australian: /ˈpɹɑe.m(ə.)ɹiː/
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• New-Zealand: /ˈpɹaɪ.m(ə.)ɹiː/
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• New-Zealand: [ˈpɹɑe̯.mə.ɹiː]
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• New-Zealand: /ˈpɹaɪm.ɹiː/
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• New-Zealand: [ˈpɹɑe̯m.ɹiː]
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• rhymes with -aɪməɹi
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• rhymes with -aɪmɛɹi
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• CMU ARPABET: P R AY1 M EH2 R IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Borrowed from Latin prīmārius (“of the first (rank); chief, principal; excellent”), from prīmus (first; whence the English adjective prime) + -ārius (whence the English suffix -ary); compare the French primaire, primer, and premier. Doublet of premier.

121 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: parësore — first in a group or series
• Assamese: আগনি (agoni) — first in a group or series
• Assamese: মৌলিক (moulik) — first in a group or series
• Assamese: প্ৰাথমিক (prathomik) — first in a group or series
• Azerbaijani: ilk — first in a group or series
• Bulgarian: първичен (pǎrvičen) — first in a group or series
• Catalan: primari — first in a group or series
• Catalan: primària — first in a group or series
• Cebuano: kinaunhan — first in a group or series
• Cebuano: kinaunahan — first in a group or series
• Esperanto: primara — first in a group or series
• Esperanto: unuaranga — first in a group or series
• Esperanto: unuagrada — first in a group or series
• Finnish: ensimmäinen — first in a group or series
• Finnish: perus- — first in a group or series
• Finnish: ensi- — first in a group or series
• Finnish: ala- — first in a group or series
• French: primaire — first in a group or series
• Georgian: პირველადი (ṗirveladi) — first in a group or series
• Georgian: საწყისი (sac̣q̇isi) — first in a group or series
• Georgian: უადრესი (uadresi) — first in a group or series
• Georgian: თავდაპირველი (tavdaṗirveli) — first in a group or series
• Greek: πρωτογενής (protogenís) — first in a group or series
• Greek: πρωτοβάθμιος (protováthmios) — first in a group or series
• Hindi: प्रथम (pratham) — first in a group or series
• Hindi: प्राथमिक (prāthmik) — first in a group or series
• Ido: primara — first in a group or series
• Indonesian: primer — first in a group or series
• Central Kurdish: یەکەم (yekem) — first in a group or series
• Norman: primaithe — first in a group or series
• Polish: pierwszy — first in a group or series
• Portuguese: primário — first in a group or series
• Portuguese: primária — first in a group or series
• Portuguese: primários — first in a group or series
• Portuguese: primárias — first in a group or series
• Romanian: primar — first in a group or series
• Russian: перви́чный (pervíčnyj) — first in a group or series
• Spanish: primario — first in a group or series
• Tagalog: pangunahin — first in a group or series
• Vietnamese: sơ cấp — first in a group or series
• Vietnamese: sơ bộ — first in a group or series
• Vietnamese: sơ đẳng — first in a group or series
• Arabic: أَوَّلِيّ (ʔawwaliyy) — that which is placed ahead of others
• Azerbaijani: ilkin — that which is placed ahead of others
• Azerbaijani: ibtidai — that which is placed ahead of others
• Azerbaijani: başlanğıc — that which is placed ahead of others
• Azerbaijani: ilk — that which is placed ahead of others
• Catalan: primari — that which is placed ahead of others
• Catalan: primària — that which is placed ahead of others
• Cebuano: nauna — that which is placed ahead of others
• Chinese Mandarin: 第一的 (dìyī de) — that which is placed ahead of others
• Chinese Mandarin: 最初 (zuìchū) — that which is placed ahead of others
• Czech: primární — that which is placed ahead of others
• Danish: primær — that which is placed ahead of others
• Dutch: voornaamste — that which is placed ahead of others
• Finnish: ensisijainen — that which is placed ahead of others
• French: prioritaire — that which is placed ahead of others
• Georgian: პირველადი (ṗirveladi) — that which is placed ahead of others
• Georgian: უპირატესი (uṗiraṭesi) — that which is placed ahead of others
• Georgian: ძირითადი (ʒiritadi) — that which is placed ahead of others
• Georgian: უმთავრესი (umtavresi) — that which is placed ahead of others
• Georgian: მთავარი (mtavari) — that which is placed ahead of others
• German: primär — that which is placed ahead of others
• Ancient Greek: κεφάλαιος (kephálaios) — that which is placed ahead of others
• Hindi: प्राथमिक (prāthmik) — that which is placed ahead of others
• Hindi: प्रथम (pratham) — that which is placed ahead of others
• Hungarian: első — that which is placed ahead of others
• Hungarian: elsődleges — that which is placed ahead of others
• Indonesian: pokok — that which is placed ahead of others
• Italian: primario — that which is placed ahead of others
• Japanese: 最初の (saisho no) — that which is placed ahead of others
• Kazakh: бастапқы (bastapqy) — that which is placed ahead of others
• Korean: 본래의 (bollae'ui) — that which is placed ahead of others
• Eastern Mari: тӱҥ (tüŋ) — that which is placed ahead of others
• Norwegian Bokmål: primær — that which is placed ahead of others
• Norwegian Nynorsk: primær — that which is placed ahead of others
• Polish: główny — that which is placed ahead of others
• Polish: podstawowy — that which is placed ahead of others
• Portuguese: primário — that which is placed ahead of others
• Russian: перви́чный (pervíčnyj) — that which is placed ahead of others
• Spanish: primario — that which is placed ahead of others
• Swedish: primär — that which is placed ahead of others
• Swedish: huvud- — that which is placed ahead of others
• Vietnamese: chủ yếu — that which is placed ahead of others
• Vietnamese: chính — that which is placed ahead of others
• Vietnamese: chính yếu — that which is placed ahead of others
• Vietnamese: bậc nhất — that which is placed ahead of others
• Bulgarian: първични избори (pǎrvični izbori) — preliminary election
• Czech: primárky — preliminary election
• Finnish: esivaalit — preliminary election
• German: Vorwahl — preliminary election
• Hungarian: előválasztás — preliminary election
• Persian: نخستین — preliminary election
• Polish: prawybory — preliminary election
• Romanian: alegeri primare — preliminary election
• Romanian: alegeri preliminare — preliminary election
• Spanish: primarias — preliminary election
• Vietnamese: (cuộc) bầu cử sơ bộ — preliminary election
• Catalan: primària — first year of grade school
• Finnish: ensimmäinen luokka — first year of grade school
• Finnish: ekaluokka — first year of grade school
• Persian: ابتدایی — first year of grade school
• Polish: pierwsza klasa — first year of grade school
• Spanish: primaria — first year of grade school
• Spanish: primero — first year of grade school
• Catalan: primari — base or fundamental component
• Catalan: bàsic — base or fundamental component
• Catalan: fonamental — base or fundamental component
• Finnish: perusta — base or fundamental component
• Polish: podstawa — base or fundamental component
• Spanish: básico — base or fundamental component
• Bulgarian: махово перо (mahovo pero) — ornithology: flight feather
• Finnish: siipisulka — ornithology: flight feather
• German: Handschwinge — ornithology: flight feather
• Māori: kira — ornithology: flight feather
• Māori: hikurangi — ornithology: flight feather
• Māori: hikutau — ornithology: flight feather
• Māori: matakīrea — ornithology: flight feather
• Polish: lotka pierwszego rzędu — ornithology: flight feather
• Scottish Gaelic: prìomh ite sgèith — ornithology: flight feather
• Scottish Gaelic: ite gàirdeanach — ornithology: flight feather