premiere
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From French première (“first”).
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /pɹəˈmɪɚ/, /pɹɪ-/, /-ˈmiɚ/
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpɹɛmjɛə/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: (General American) -ɪə(ɹ)
- Homophone: premier (in some US pronunciations, not in UK pronunciation)
Noun edit
premiere (plural premieres)
- The first showing of a film, play or other form of entertainment, often held as a special event with celebrity guests.
- The first episode of a television show or a particular season of that show.
- In a series of narrative works, the installment that is chronologically set first.
- The leading woman of a group, especially in a theatrical cast.
Antonyms edit
Translations edit
first showing of a film, play or other form of entertainment
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Verb edit
premiere (third-person singular simple present premieres, present participle premiering, simple past and past participle premiered)
- (intransitive) Of a film or play, to play for the first time.
- The new film premieres this weekend.
- 2021 February 9, Christina Newland, “Is Tom Hanks part of a dying breed of genuine movie stars?”, in BBC[1]:
- His two most recent films are last year's Greyhound, a Hanks-penned World War Two thriller in which he plays a naval commander, and now News of the World, a Western set in the years immediately following the close of the US Civil War, directed by Paul Greengrass, which is premiering around the world on Netflix tomorrow.
- (transitive) To present a film or play for the first time.
- The local theatre will premiere its latest play this week.
Translations edit
(intransitive) of a film or play, to play for the first time
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See also edit
Middle French edit
Adjective edit
premiere
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French première.
Noun edit
premiere m (definite singular premieren, indefinite plural premierer, definite plural premierene)
- a premiere (first showing)
References edit
- “premiere” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French première.
Noun edit
premiere m (definite singular premieren, indefinite plural premierar, definite plural premierane)
- a premiere (first showing)
References edit
- “premiere” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
premiere f (plural premieri)
Declension edit
Declension of premiere
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (o) premiere | premierea | (niște) premieri | premierile |
genitive/dative | (unei) premieri | premierii | (unor) premieri | premierilor |
vocative | premiere, premiereo | premierilor |
Spanish edit
Noun edit
premiere f (plural premieres)