première

See also: premiere and Premiere

English

Noun

première (plural premières)

1. (less common) Alternative spelling of premiere.
   • 2002, Michel Faber, The Crimson Petal and the White, Canongate Books (2010), page 369:

     At yet another première, she watches William file out of the theatre with Agnes at his side.

Translations

premiere — see premiere

Verb

première (third-person singular simple present premières, present participle premièring, simple past and past participle premièred)

1. (less common) Alternative spelling of premiere

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French première.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prəˈmjɛː.rə/

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: pre‧mi‧è‧re
• Rhymes: -ɛːrə

Noun

première m (plural premières, diminutive premièretje n)

1. premiere

   De première van de film is opnieuw uitgesteld. ― The premiere of the film has been postponed again.

Derived terms

• filmpremière
• theaterpremière

Related terms

• premier

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʁə.mjɛʁ/

• Audio

  (file)

• Homophone: premières
• Hyphenation: pre‧mière

Adjective

première

1. feminine singular of premier

Derived terms

• la tête la première

Noun

première f (plural premières)

1. (of a film) premiere, première
2. first (new event, something never done before)
3. (France) the penultimate year of lycée
4. first, first gear
5. first class (public transport)

Derived terms

• première de couverture

Further reading

• “première”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.