Primat

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Primat (plural Primats)

1. A very large champagne bottle with the capacity of about 27 liters, equivalent to 36 standard bottles.

• arm pit, armpit, impart

From substantive use of Late Latin prīmās (“chief; noble”) (genitive prīmātis), from Latin prīmus (“prime, first rank”) + -ās.

• IPA^(key): [pʁiˈmaːt]

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• Rhymes: -aːt

Primat m (weak, genitive Primaten, plural Primaten, feminine (for the animal) Primatin)

1. (ecclesiastical) primate
2. (zoology) primate

• (ecclesiastical position): Primas

Primat n or m (strong, genitive Primats or Primates, plural Primate)

1. primacy, supremacy
   • 2010, Der Spiegel, issue 21/2010, page 37:

     Doch das Gesetz der Demokratie gilt nur zwischen den Bürgern und ihrem Staat. In der Außenpolitik gilt traditionell das Primat der Regierung.

     But the law of democracy is only in force between the citizens and their state. In foreign policy the primacy of the government is traditionally in force.

   Synonym: Vorrang

2. (ecclesiastical) primacy
3. (wine) Primat

• (ecclesiastical station): Primas

• Primat on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de