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prif

Pronunciation: /priːv/

“prif” is a Welsh word. Its 8 meanings in English:

adjective

  1. principal, prime, main, major, chief, head, foremost, supreme, best, (most) excellent, fine, great, special; capital (of letter)
  2. primitive, ancient, early, earliest, first (in chronological order)

noun

  1. chief, chieftain, lord, master, leader, (most) important person, man, hero
  2. prime (of the moon)
  3. golden number
  4. (primary) planet
  5. principal (sum of money), capital
  6. prime (of life)

Etymology

From Middle Welsh prif, from Proto-Brythonic *priβ̃, borrowed from Latin prīmus.

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