prémices

== French == === Etymology === Borrowed from ecclesiastical Latin primitiae, with change of first vowel after praemissa. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pʁe.mis/ === Noun === prémices f pl (plural only) (literary) first fruits, primitiae (literary) signs, auguries (figuratively) beginning, start === Further reading === “prémices”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012