PRIMA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Prima mean? 

• PRIMA (noun)
  The noun PRIMA has 1 sense:

1. used primarily as eating apples

  Familiarity information: PRIMA used as a noun is very rare.

• PRIMA (adjective)
  The adjective PRIMA has 1 sense:

1. indicating the most important performer or role

  Familiarity information: PRIMA used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PRIMA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Used primarily as eating apples

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("Prima" is a kind of...):

dessert apple; eating apple (an apple used primarily for eating raw without cooking)

• PRIMA (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Indicating the most important performer or role

Synonyms:

leading; prima; star; starring; stellar

Context example:

a stellar performance

Similar:

major (of greater importance or stature or rank)

 Context examples 

“Let me see!” said Holmes. Hum! Born in New Jersey in the year 1858. Contralto—hum! La Scala, hum! Prima donna Imperial Opera of Warsaw—yes! Retired from operatic stage—ha! Living in London—quite so!

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)