first

Significado (Inglês)

Adj

1. Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest.
2. Most eminent or exalted; most excellent; chief; highest.
3. Of or belonging to a first family.
4. Coming right after the zeroth in things that use zero-based numbering.

Adv

1. Before anything else; firstly.
2. For the first time.
3. Now.

Noun

1. The person or thing in the first position.
2. The first gear of an engine.
3. Something that has never happened before; a new occurrence.
4. first base
5. (colloquial) A first-class honours degree.
6. (colloquial) A first-edition copy of some publication.
7. 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.

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/fɜːst/

Etimologia (Inglês)

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).

Frases

This was the first State Scout headquarters .

Esta foi a primeira sede estadual de escoteiros.

Just pick up a first aid kit to restore your health .

Basta pegar um kit de primeiros socorros para restaurar sua saúde.

This combination of colours are traditional for the national team since their first game .

Essa combinação de cores é tradicional para a equipe nacional desde o primeiro jogo.

He became the first Frenchman to win the World Championship .

Ele se tornou o primeiro francês a vencer o campeonato mundial.

He was the first bishop of Hong Kong to visit the mainland China .

Ele foi o primeiro bispo de Hong Kong a visitar a China continental.

He first married the late Anita Majhi.

Ele se casou com a falecida Anita Majhi.

This was also the first commercial flight westward from Juneau .

Este também foi o primeiro vôo comercial para o oeste de Juneau.

For the first KdF trips , the German cruise companies mostly chartered older passenger ships .

Para as primeiras viagens de KDF, as empresas de cruzeiros alemãs costumavam navios de passageiros mais antigos.