primary

principal

Plus important que tous les autres éléments concernés.

En anglais simple : More important than anything else involved.

• Safety is our primary concern.
• Her primary reason for moving was work.
• What is the primary purpose of this meeting?

Synonymes : main, chief, principal

Contraires : secondary

Expressions courantes : primary concern, primary purpose, primary responsibility

primaire, initial

Qui vient en premier dans une série ou au tout début d’un processus.

En anglais simple : Coming first in a series or at the earliest stage.

• She teaches at a primary school.
• Children receive primary education before secondary education.
• The primary stage of the process takes two days.

Synonymes : first, initial

Expressions courantes : primary school, primary education, primary stage

primaire, fondamental

Simple ou essentiel, et servant de base au développement d’autres choses.

En anglais simple : Basic or simple, with other things built or developed from it.

• Red is a primary color in this paint set.
• Mixing primary colors produces other colors.
• The diagram shows the primary elements of the system.

Synonymes : basic, fundamental

Contraires : secondary

Expressions courantes : primary colors, primary colours, primary elements

primaire, originel

Qui se forme avant les autres éléments qui en découlent ensuite.

En anglais simple : Formed first, before later things develop from it.

• The rock still contains its primary minerals.
• Primary tissues form before later growth begins.
• Scientists examined the plant’s primary structure.

Synonymes : original, initial

Contraires : secondary

Expressions courantes : primary minerals, primary tissue, primary structure

primaire

Élection visant à choisir le candidat d’un parti ou à réduire le nombre de candidats avant une autre élection.

En anglais simple : An election to choose a party’s candidate for a later election, or to narrow the candidates.

• She won the primary.
• Voters will choose their candidate in Tuesday’s primary.
• Several states hold primaries next month.

Synonymes : primary election

Expressions courantes : win a primary, presidential primary, party primary

école primaire

École fréquentée par les jeunes enfants avant leur entrée dans le secondaire.

En anglais simple : A school for young children before they move to secondary school.

• Our village has one primary.
• She teaches at the local primary.
• Both primaries are accepting new pupils.

Synonymes : primary school, elementary school

Expressions courantes : local primary, village primary, attend a primary

foyer primitif

Endroit du corps où une maladie, notamment un cancer, est apparue en premier.

En anglais simple : The place in the body where a disease, especially cancer, first began.

• Doctors could not locate the primary.
• Tests showed that the primary was in the lung.
• The cancer had spread from a small primary.

Synonymes : primary site

Expressions courantes : unknown primary, locate the primary, lung primary

première année

Première année ou première classe de l’école primaire.

En anglais simple : The first year or class in elementary school.

• The old register lists him in primary.
• Children in primary learned to read simple words.
• She entered primary when she was six.

Synonymes : first grade

Expressions courantes : in primary, enter primary