"primary" in seven languages
Meaningprimary
Spanish
primario
/pɾiˈmaɾjo/
learned
French
primaire
/pʁimɛʁ/
learned
Italian
primario
/priˈmarjo/
learned
Portuguese
primário
/pɾiˈmaɾiu/
learned
Brazil now calls primary school ensino fundamental; escola primária sounds European.
Romanian
primar
/priˈmar/
learned
As a noun, primar means 'mayor'.
Catalan
primari
/pɾiˈmaɾi/
learned
English
primary
/ˈpɹaɪmɛɹi/
from Latin/French · Latin PRĪMĀRIUS
English → ItalianprimaryprimarioCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
PRĪMĀRIUM‘of the first rank (PRĪMUS 'first')’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
A doublet: the same PRĪMĀRIUS, worn down in speech, gave Spanish primero and French premier 'first'. The learned forms name primary school: escuela primaria, école primaire, scuola primaria.
English relatives: prime, primer, premier
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In a sentence
- esMi hija va a la escuela primaria.
- frMa fille va à l'école primaire.
- itMia figlia va alla scuola primaria.
- ptMinha filha vai à escola primária.
- roFiica mea merge la școala primară.
- caLa meva filla va a l'escola primària.
- enMy daughter goes to primary school.
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