premiê
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- premier (unadapted form)
Etymology
Borrowed from French premier.[1][2] Doublet of primeiro and primário.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /pɾe.miˈe/ [pɾe.mɪˈe], (faster pronunciation) /pɾeˈmje/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /pɾɛˈmje/
- Rhymes: -e
- Hyphenation: pre‧mi‧ê
Noun
premiê m or f by sense (plural premiês)
- (Brazil, politics) premier (title of the head of government of certain countries)
- Synonym: primeiro-ministro
Derived terms
- ex-premiê
- vice-premiê
References
- ^ “premiê”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- ^ “premiê”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025