primario

• primaio (archaic)

Semi-learned term modified from the older primaio based on the original etymology of Latin prīmārius (“chief”), derived from prīmus (“first”).
Surface analysis: prim(o) (“first”) +‎ -ario (“-ary”, adjectival derivational suffix).

• IPA^(key): /priˈma.rjo/, [pr̺iˈmäːr̺jo]
• Hyphenation: pri‧mà‧rio

primario (feminine singular primaria, masculine plural primari, feminine plural primarie)

1. primary, first, principal, main, chief

• basilare
• cruciale
• essenziale
• fondamentale
• principale

• secondario
• minore

• elezioni primarie / primarie
• primariamente

primario m (plural primari)

1. head of a hospital ward, consultant

• primo

• imporrai

prīmāriō

1. dative masculine singular of prīmārius
2. dative neuter singular of prīmārius
3. ablative masculine singular of prīmārius
4. ablative neuter plural of prīmārius

Borrowed from Latin prīmārius. Doublet of primero.

primario (feminine singular primaria, masculine plural primarios, feminine plural primarias)

1. first
2. primary, main
3. primordial

• (main): pricipal
• (first): primero
• (primordial): fundamental primordial

• primo
• primar