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 Definitions of primer  [ˈprɪm ər;]  

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Definition of 'primer' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) primer
an elementary book for teaching children to read.

2.  primer
any book of elementary principles.

3. (n.) primer
one that primes.

4.  primer
a cap, cylinder, etc., that supplies a compound for igniting a charge of powder.

5.  primer
a first coat of paint, size, etc., given to any surface as a base, sealer, or the like.

6.  primer
a short piece of DNA added to one end of a strand of DNA in order to define the portion to be copied.

Etymology:  (1490–1500)

Definition of 'primer' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) primer
an introductory textbook

2. (noun) fuse, fuze, fusee, fuzee, primer, priming
any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant

3. (noun) flat coat, ground, primer, priming, primer coat, priming coat, undercoat
the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface


Definition of 'primer' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) primer
first; original; primary

2. (noun) primer
one who, or that which, primes

3. (noun) primer
an instrument or device for priming; esp., a cap, tube, or water containing percussion powder or other compound for igniting a charge of gunpowder

4. (noun) primer
originally, a small prayer book for church service, containing the little office of the Virgin Mary; also, a work of elementary religious instruction

5. (noun) primer
a small elementary book for teaching children to read; a reading or spelling book for a beginner

6. (noun) primer
a kind of type, of which there are two species; one, called long primer, intermediate in size between bourgeois and small pica [see Long primer]; the other, called great primer, larger than pica


Translation of 'primer' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a book that gives basic information about a subject.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: inleiding Arabic flag Arabic: كِتاب يُعْطي الأسُس Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: буквар
Brazilian flag Brazilian: manual Czech flag Czech: úvod (do), základní příru German flag German: der Leitfaden
Danish flag Danish: begynderbog Greek flag Greek: βιβλίο στοιχειωδών γνώσεω Spanish flag Spanish: texto elemental
Estonian flag Estonian: algõpik Farsi flag Farsi: کتاب پایه Finnish flag Finnish: alkeiskirja
French flag French: manuel d'introduction Hebrew flag Hebrew: סֵפֶר לִימוּד לְמַתחִילִי Hindi flag Hindi: प्रवेशिका पुस्तक
Hungarian flag Hungarian: bevezetés Indonesian flag Indonesian: buku bacaan utama Icelandic flag Icelandic: kennslubók handa byrjendu
Italian flag Italian: (manuale elementare) Japanese flag Japanese: 入門書 Korean flag Korean: 입문서
Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: elementorius Latvian flag Latvian: ābece Malay flag Malay: buku teks peringkat permu
Dutch flag Dutch: beknopte handleiding Norwegian flag Norwegian: begynnerbok Polish flag Polish: elementarz
Persian flag Persian: کتاب اساسي Pashto flag Pashto: بنسټيز كتاب Portuguese flag Portuguese: manual
Romanian flag Romanian: manual; abecedar Russian flag Russian: учебник для начинающих Slovak flag Slovak: úvod (do); základná príru
Slovenian flag Slovenian: abecednik, prvo berilo Serbian flag Serbian: bukvar Swedish flag Swedish: nybörjarbok
Thai flag Thai: หนังสืออ่านเบื้องต้นสำหรั Turkish flag Turkish: temel bilgiler kitabı Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 入門書,初級讀本
Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: буквар; абетка Urdu flag Urdu: کسي مضمون سے متعلق معلوما Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: sách giới thiệu
Chinese flag Chinese: 入门书,初级读本

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