first time

See also: first-time

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /fɜːst taɪm/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /fɝst taɪm/

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Noun

first time (plural first times)

1. An individual's first instance of sexual intercourse.

   Do you remember your first time?

2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see first,‎ time.
   • 1971, Lyndon Johnson, “The Beginning”, in The Vantage Point‎^[1], Holt, Reinhart & Winston, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 11:

     Just a minute or so before we left — it must have been about 1:30 p.m. — Assistant Press Secretary Malcolm Kilduff came into the room and addressed me as "Mr. President." This was the first time anyone had called me that and I must have looked startled; I certainly felt strange.

Translations

first instance of sexual intercourse

• Catalan: primera vegada f
• Finnish: ensimmäinen kerta, ensi kerta
• French: première fois f
• Khmer: លើកដំបូង (ləəkdɑmboung), លើកទីមួយ ន (ləəktiimuəy nɔɔ)
• Polish: pierwszy raz m
• Portuguese: primeira vez f
• Russian: пе́рвый раз (ru) m (pérvyj raz)
• Spanish: primera vez f

Verb

first time (third-person singular simple present first times, present participle first timing, simple past and past participle first timed)

1. (chiefly video games, transitive) To try for the first time.

   I'm first timing this game.

   Looking forward to first time this champion in my ranked games.