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Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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primate [pʀimat] N m

1. primate ZOOL:

primate
primate
les primates
the primates

2. primate (homme grossier):

primate pej
ape inf, pej

I. primer [pʀime] VB trans

1. primer (l'emporter sur):

primer
to take precedence over
primer
to prevail over
chez cet auteur, l'émotion prime la réflexion
in this author's work emotion prevails over thought

2. primer (récompenser):

primer œuvre, animal
to award a prize to
ce chien a été primé
this dog won a prize
bête primée
prize-winning animal
film primé
award-winning film
ce film a été primé
this film won an award

II. primer sur VB trans

primer sur trans obj indir controvers:

primer sur
→ I. 1.

III. primer [pʀime] VB intr (dominer)

dans ce sorbet, c'est le cassis qui prime
blackcurrant is the dominant flavour in this sorbet
chez lui, c'est l'imagination qui prime
with him, imagination is all-important ou is of prime importance
pour eux, c'est la quantité qui prime
for them, it's quantity that matters most ou that takes priority
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primate
primate m

in the PONS Dictionary

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primate [pʀimat] N m pl ZOOL

primate
primate

primer [pʀime] VB trans

primer
to award a prize
film/livre primé
award-winning film/book
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primate
primate m
in the PONS Dictionary
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primate [pʀimat] N m pl ZOOL

primate
primate

primer [pʀime] VB trans

primer
to award a prize
film/livre primé
award-winning film/book
English
English
French
French
primate
primate m
Présent
jeprime
tuprimes
il/elle/onprime
nousprimons
vousprimez
ils/ellespriment
Imparfait
jeprimais
tuprimais
il/elle/onprimait
nousprimions
vousprimiez
ils/ellesprimaient
Passé simple
jeprimai
tuprimas
il/elle/onprima
nousprimâmes
vousprimâtes
ils/ellesprimèrent
Futur simple
jeprimerai
tuprimeras
il/elle/onprimera
nousprimerons
vousprimerez
ils/ellesprimeront
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