prima

Other forms of prima

plural

primas·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about prima

What does prima mean?

prima means "used primarily as eating apples". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in prima?

prima has 2 syllables: pri-ma. The stress falls on "pri". In IPA it is /ˈpɹimə/.

What is another word for prima?

Close synonyms include leading, star, starring, stellar. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is prima a common word?

prima is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.