First

first (English)

Pronunciation

  • - /fɜːst/,

    /f3:st/

  • - /fɝst/,

    /f3`st/

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  • Rhymes: ɜː(r)st

    • Etymology 1

    From - first|lang=enm, - lang=enm, - lang=enm, - lang=enm, from - en - lang=ang, - |first, foremost, principal, chief, original|lang=ang, from - furistaz|foremost, first|lang=en, superlative of - fur||fura||furi|before|lang=en, from - per-||pero-|forward, beyond, around|lang=en. Cognate with - - - |first|lang=frr, - - |foremost, first|lang=nl, - - |chief, prince|lit=first (born)|lang=de, - - |first|lang=sv, - - |first|lang=is.

    Alternative forms

  • firste

    archaic

  • fyrst

    obsolete

  • fyrste

    obsolete

    • Adjective

    -

    Having no predecessor. The ordinal number corresponding to one.

    * 1784: William Jones, The Description and Use of a New Portable Orrery, &c., PREFACE

    *: THE favourable reception the Orrery has met with from Perſons of the firſt diſtinction, and from Gentlemen and Ladies in general, has induced me to add to it ſeveral new improvements in order to give it a degree of Perfection; and diſtinguiſh it from others ; which by Piracy, or Imitation, may be introduced to the Public.

    Alternative forms

  • 1st, 1ˢᵗ;

    in names of monarchs and popes

    I

    • Translations

    numeral first

  • Abkhaz - актәи|tr=aktəi|sc=Cyrl
  • Adyghe - апэрэ|tr=apere
  • Afrikaans - eerste
  • Albanska - parë
  • American Sign Language - 1@Side-PalmForward 1@Side-PalmBack
  • Amharic - አንደኛ|tr=ăndäñña|sc=Ethi
  • Arabiska - أول
    • , أولى
  • : Egyptian Arabic - اول|m|alt=أول|tr='awwil|sc=Arab|xs=Egyptian Arabic
  • Armenian - առաջին|tr=aṙaǰin
  • Azeri - birinci
  • Basque - lehenengo|xs=Basque
  • Vitryska - першы
  • Bengali - প্রথম|tr=prôthôm|sc=Beng
  • Bosnian - prvi|m
  • Breton: kentañ
  • Bulgariska - пръв
  • Burmese - ပထမ|tr=pa̱hta̱ma.|sc=Mymr
  • Katalanska - primer
  • Chamicuro - mashapulista
  • Chechen - хьалхара|tr=ẋalxara
  • Chinese:
  • : Mandarin - 第一|tr=dìyī|sc=Hani, - 最初|tr=zuìchū|sc=Hani
  • Chuvash - пӗрремӗш|tr=pĕrremĕš|sc=Cyrl
  • Crimean Tatar: birinci, sipti
  • Czech: první - n
  • Danska - første
  • Dhivehi - އެއްވަނަ|tr=eḣvana|sc=Thaa
  • Holländska - eerst
  • Esperanto - unua|xs=Esperanto
  • Estniska - esimene
  • Finska - ensimmäinen
  • French: premier ; -unième (used in compounds)
  • Georgian - პირველი|tr=pirveli|sc=Geor
  • Tyska - erster
    • , erste (or masculine definite)
  • Grekiska - πρώτος
  • Guaraní: ypy
  • Gujarati - પહેલો|tr=pahelo|sc=Gujr
  • Haitian Creole - premye
  • Hebrew - ראשון|m|alt=רִאשׁוֹן|tr=rishón
  • Hindiska - पहला
  • Ungerska - első
  • Isländska - fyrstur
  • Ido: unesma
  • Indonesiska - pertama
    • , perdana ?, kesatu
  • Interlingua: prime
  • Irish: aonú ; céad
  • Italienska - primo
  • Japanska - 第一
    • , 最初, 初めて, 初, 一番目
  • Kannada - ಒಂದನೆಯ|tr=oṃdaneya|sc=Knda
  • Kazakh - бірінші|tr=birinşi|sc=Cyrl
  • Khmer - ទីមួយ|tr=tii muəy|sc=Khmr
  • Koreanska - 첫째
  • Kurdish - یه‌که‌م|tr=yekem|sc=ku-Arab
  • Kyrgyz - биринчи|tr=birinçi|sc=Cyrl
  • Lao - ທີ່ນຶ່ງ|tr=tʰī̀ nʉ̀ṅ|sc=Laoo
  • Latgalian - pyrmais|m, - pyrmuo|f
  • Latin - primus|alt=prīmus
  • Lettiska - pirmais
    • , pirmā
  • Litauiska - pirmas
    • , pirma
  • Livonian: ežmi
  • Luxembourgish - éischt
  • Makedonska - прв
  • Malaysiska - pertama
  • Malayalam - ഒന്നം|tr=onnaṁ|sc=Mlym
  • Maltese: l-ewwel
  • Manchu: (uju), (emuci)
  • Manx: kied, yn_chied
  • Marathi - पहिला|tr=pahilā|sc=Deva
  • Mongolian - нэгдүгээр|tr=negdügeer|sc=Cyrl
  • Nahuatl: achtoquetl
  • Navajo - łáaʼii góneʼ
  • Norska - først
  • Ossetian - фыццаг|tr=fyccag|sc=Cyrl
  • Pashto - لومړی|tr=lumṛay
  • Persiska - اولین
    • , اول, یکمین, یکم, نخستین , نخست
  • Polska - pierwszy
  • Portugisiska - primeiro
    • , primeira
  • Punjabi - ਪਹਿਲਾ|tr=pahilā|sc=Guru
  • Rumänska - prim
  • Ryska - первый
  • Sanskrit - प्रथम|tr=prathamá
  • Scottish Gaelic - ciad|alt=a' chiad|xs=Scottish Gaelic, - ceud|alt=a' cheud|xs=Scottish Gaelic
  • Serbo-Croatian:
  • : Cyrillic - први|m
  • : Roman - prvi|m
  • Sindhi - پهريون|m|tr=pahariyōn|sc=sd-Arab, - پهرِين|f|sc=sd-Arab
  • Sinhalese - පළමු|tr=paḷamu|sc=Sinh
  • Slovakiska - prvý
  • Slovenska - prvi
  • Spanska - primero
  • Swahili - ya kwanza
  • Svenska - förste
  • Svenska - första
  • Svenska - först
    • (if no noun after)
  • Filippinska - una
  • Tajik - аввал|tr=avval|sc=Cyrl, - якум|tr=yakum|sc=Cyrl
  • Tamil - முதல்|tr=mutal|sc=Taml
  • Tatar - беренче|tr=berençe|sc=Cyrl
  • Telugu - మొదటి|tr=modaṭi|sc=Telu, - ఒకటవ|tr=okaṭav|sc=Telu
  • Thailändska - ที่หนึ่ง
  • Tibetan - དང་པོ།|tr=daṅ.po|sc=Tibt
  • Tigrinya - ቀዳማይ|tr=ḳäddamay|sc=Ethi
  • Tupinambá: ypy
  • Turkiska - birinci
    • , ilk
  • Turkmen - birinji
  • Ukrainska - перший
  • Urdu - پہلا|tr=pahlā|sc=ur-Arab
  • Uyghur - بىرىنچى|tr=birinchi|sc=ug-Arab
  • Uzbek - birinchi
  • Vietnamesiska - thứ nhất
    • , đầu tiên
  • Welsh: cyntaf
  • West Frisian: earst, - foarst|xs=West Frisian
  • Yakut - биирис|tr=biiris|sc=Cyrl
  • Jiddisch - ערשט

    • Adverb

    -

    Before anything else; firstly.

    Translations

    before anything else

  • Arabiska - أولا
  • Armenian - նախ|tr=nax
  • Basque - aurreneko|xs=Basque
  • Katalanska - primer
  • Chinese:
  • : Mandarin - 第一|tr=dìyī|sc=Hani, - 首先|tr=shǒuxiān|sc=Hani, - 先|tr=xiān|sc=Hani, - 最先|tr=zuìxiān|sc=Hani
  • Tjeckiska - zaprvé
    • , prvně
  • Danska - først
  • Finska - ensinnäkin
  • Finska - ensiksi
  • Franska - avant tout
  • Franska - en premier lieu
  • Franska - d'abord
  • Franska - premièrement
  • Franska - primo
  • Tyska - erstens
  • Tyska - an erster Stelle
  • Grekiska - πρώτα
    • , πρωτίστως
  • Italienska - prima
    • , dapprima
  • Japanska - 先ず
  • Japanska - 第一
  • Japanska - 最初
  • Japanska - 先
  • Pashto - لومړی|tr=lumṛay
  • Polska - najpierw
  • Portugisiska - primeiro
  • Ryska - во-первых
  • Ryska - прежде всего
  • Ryska - в первую очередь
  • Scottish Gaelic - an toiseach|xs=Scottish Gaelic
  • Spanska - primeramente
  • Svenska - först
  • Turkiska - ilk

    • Noun

    s|-

    The person or thing in the first position.

  • He was the first to complete the course.

    • The first_gear of an engine.

    Something that has never happened before; a new occurrence.

  • This is a first. For once he has nothing to say.

    • baseball

    first_base

  • There was a close play at first.

    • - colloquial A first-class honours_degree.

    colloquial

    A first-edition copy of some publication.

    A fraction of an integer ending in one. oneth|Oneth.

  • One forty-first of the estate.

    • Translations

    person or thing in the first position

  • Arabiska - أول
  • Armenian - առաջին|tr=aṙaǰin
  • Basque - lehenengo|xs=Basque
  • Vitryska - першы
  • Tjeckiska - první
  • Danska - først
  • Danska - forrest
    • e
  • Esperanto - unua|xs=Esperanto
  • Finska - ykkönen
  • Franska - premier
  • German: Erste
  • Greek: πρώτος
  • Ungerska - első
  • Interlingua: primo
  • Italienska - primo
  • Kurdish - یه‌که‌م|tr=yekem|sc=ku-Arab
  • Pashto - لومړی|m|tr=lumṛay
  • Portuguese: primeiro
  • Romanian: primul - p-->
  • Ryska - первый
  • Spanska - primero
  • Svenska - etta
  • Turkiska - birinci
    • , ilk
  • Ukrainska - перший
  • Vietnamesiska - cơ bản

    • first gear

    new occurrence

  • Finska - ensimmäinen
  • Finska - kerta
  • Franska - première
  • Turkiska - ilk

    • baseball: first base|first base

    UK colloquial: first-class honours degree

    colloquial: a first-edition copy

    Derived terms

    Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, or noun first

  • feet_first
  • firstborn
  • first-class
  • first_gear
  • first_imperative

    Latin grammar

  • first_of_all
  • first_place
  • first_things_first
  • first_up

    • See also

  • primary

    • Etymology 2

    From - first|lang=enm, - lang=enm, - lang=enm, from - fyrst|lang=ang, - lang=ang, - |period, space of time, time, respite, truce|lang=ang, from - fristaz||fristan|date, appointed time|lang=en, from - pres-||per-|forward, forth, over, beyond|lang=en. Cognate with - - - lang=frr, - |period, time|lang=frr, - - |period, deadline, term|lang=de, - - |deadline, respite, reprieve, time-limit|lang=sv, - - |period|lang=is
  • Engelska - frist
    • .

    Noun

    time|Time; time granted; respite.

    Statistics

  • - much|after|96|first|down|good|never

    • Anagrams

  • frits#English|frits
  • rifts#English|rifts
    • ang:first ast:first simple:first

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