first

Signification (Anglais)

Adj

1. (no-comparative) Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest.
2. (no-comparative) Most eminent or exalted; most excellent; chief; highest.
3. (no-comparative) Of or belonging to a first family.
4. (no-comparative) Coming right after the zeroth in things that use zero-based numbering.

Adv

1. (not-comparable) Before anything else; firstly.
2. (not-comparable) For the first time.
3. (Hong-Kong, nonstandard, not-comparable) Now.

Noun

1. (uncountable) The person or thing in the first position.
2. (uncountable) The first gear of an engine.
3. (countable) Something that has never happened before; a new occurrence.
4. (countable) First base.
5. (British, colloquial, countable) A first-class honours degree.
6. (colloquial, countable) A first-edition copy of some publication.
7. (countable, in-compounds, uncountable) A fraction whose (integer) denominator ends in the digit 1.

Verb

To propose (a new motion) in a meeting, which must subsequently be seconded.

Noun

Time; time granted; respite.

Concepts

premier

1st

d’abord

première

premièrement

en premier lieu

primo

début

d'abord

prime

1st

auparavant

unième

préalablement

en premier

en première position

pour commencer

pointe

primaire

tête

un

au commencement

au préalable

d’abord2

le plus avancé

le premier

tout d’abord

vierge

qui apparaît en premier lieu

numéro un

numéro 1

être en avant

première vitesse

premier but

première base

1er

abord

avant toutes choses

antérieur

avant

avant-garde

avant tout

bas

commencement

devant

germain

🇩🇪

inaugural

initialement

le plus

meilleur

pionnier

plutôt

Synonymes

beginning

at first

initial

firstly

before

foremost

primary

first of all

best

original

ahead

chief

number one

beforehand

former

in front

at the beginning

in the first place

initially

front

previously

outset

principal

commencement

prior

highest

earlier

in the beginning

pre-eminent

earliest

first time

begin with

first base

start

maiden

prime

lead

originally

first off

head

first-born

leading

previous

early

initiatory

incipient

first gear

immediately

from the beginning

greatest

Traductions

primero

primo

1st

primeiro

erste

1st

primer

1st

prima

erst

eerste

1st

zuerst

πρώτος

erster

primus

erstes

eerst

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/fɜːst/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: first

Hérité de ancien anglais: fyrest

Appartenant à frison septentrional: foarste

Appartenant à néerlandais: voorste

Appartenant à allemand: Fürst

Appartenant à suédois: först

Appartenant à norvégien nynorsk: fyrst

Appartenant à islandais: fyrstur

Appartenant à sanskrit: पूर्व

Appartenant à russe: первый

In summary

From Middle English first, furst, ferst, fyrst, from Old English fyrest, from Proto-West Germanic *furist, from Proto-Germanic *furistaz (“foremost, first”), superlative of Proto-Germanic *fur, *fura, *furi (“before”), from Proto-Indo-European *per-, *pero- (“forward, beyond, around”), equivalent to fore + -est.
Cognate with North Frisian foarste (“first”), Dutch voorste (“foremost, first”), German Fürst (“chief, prince”, literally “first (born)”), Swedish först (“first”), Norwegian Nynorsk fyrst (“first”), Icelandic fyrstur (“first”).
Other cognates include Sanskrit पूर्व (pūrva, “first”) and Russian первый (pervyj).

Phrases

This also happened to be his first goal with the club .

Il s'est également avéré être son premier but avec le club.

The first two referred questions were also dealt with .

He became the first Frenchman to win the World Championship .

Il est devenu le premier Français à remporter le championnat du monde.

You've resented me from the first moment you saw me !

Vous m'avez ressenti dès le premier moment que vous m'avez vu!

It is best known for being one of the first stages Eminem performed .

Il est surtout connu pour être l'une des premières étapes effectuées par Eminem.

The first three pledge manuals of the fraternity were written by Walter B . Palmer .

Les trois premiers manuels d'engagement de la fraternité ont été écrits par Walter B. Palmer.