prima facie

Definitions  ·  Examples  ·  Pronunciations  ·  Etymologies  ·  Related  ·  Statistics  ·  Comments (1)  · 

View all »
Definitions (10)

Toggle American Heritage definitions American Heritage Dictionary (3)

  1. adverb At first sight; before closer inspection: They had, prima facie, a legitimate complaint.
  2. adjective True, authentic, or adequate at first sight; ostensible: prima facie credibility.
  3. adjective Evident without proof or reasoning; obvious: a prima facie violation of the treaty.

Toggle Century definitions Century Dictionary (4)

Toggle GNU Webster definitions GNU Webster's 1913 (1)

Toggle WordNet definitions WordNet (2)

Toggle elsewhere links Elsewhere on the web

Examples (0)

We're constantly adding new words to Wordnik, so please check back soon.

 

Tags

Sign up or sign in to add tags.

Stats

This word has been looked up 33 times.

stop updating
On Twitter

Photos from

flickr images

Etymologies (2)

Toggle American Heritage etymologies American Heritage Dictionary (1)

  1. Middle English, manifestly, from Latin prīmā faciē : prīmā, feminine ablative of prīmus, first + faciē, ablative of faciēs, shape, face.

Toggle Century etymologies Century Dictionary (1)

  1. Latin: prima, ablative of primus, first; facie, ablative of facies, form, shape, appearance: see prime and face.
 

Pronunciations
Record your own »
/ˈpraɪˈmə feɪʃɪi/
by American Heritage

Charts

We are still working on calculating this word's frequency.

Recently looked up

Torch · geldings · ennui · Prank · mists

Recent Favorites

pygopagus · sanglant · Astacus · sweetbread · qualms

Recent Pronunciations

Glockenspiel · Ersatz · Blaukraut bleibt Blaukraut und Brautkleid bleibt Brautkleid · Haifischschwanzflossenfleischsuppe · Der Kottbusser Postkutscher putzt den Kottbusser Postkutschkasten