premier
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[edit] English
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- IPA: /pɹɛmɪə(ɹ)/
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From Middle French premier (as an adjective).
[edit] Adjective
premier (not comparable)
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- Foremost, very first or very highest in quality or degree.
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premier (plural premiers)
- The head of a country's cabinet, see Prime minister.
- (Australian, Canadian) The head of a state or provincial government.
- (nautical, slang) The first lieutenant or other second-in-command officer of a ship.
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[edit] Usage notes
In British English, prime minister and premier are interchangeable while in Australia and Canada, the federal leader is the prime minister and the local leaders are premiers.
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[edit] Verb
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to premier (third-person singular simple present premiers, present participle premiering, simple past and past participle premiered)
- To perform, display or exhibit for the first time.
- The composer invited all his friends when they premiered the movie he orchestrated, we got to see it before anyone but the crew.
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premier m. (plural premiers, diminutive premiertje)
[edit] French
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- (abbreviation, in general) 1er m., 1re or 1ère f.
- (abbreviation, after names) I
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premier m (f première, m plural premiers, f plural premières)
- first
- Le premier élément de la liste est un zéro. - The first element of the list is zero.
- prime (number etc)
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premier m (f première, m plural premiers, f plural premières)
- first
- Il est le premier. - He is the first.
[edit] Italian
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premier m. and f. inv.
- premier, prime minister (or similar title)
[edit] Polish
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- IPA: [ˈprɛmʲɛr]
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premier m.
- prime minister
- genitive plural of premiera
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| Nominative | premier | premierzy |
| Genitive | premiera | premierów |
| Dative | premierowi | premierom |
| Accusative | premiera | premierów |
| Instrumental | premierem | premierami |
| Locative | premierze | premierach |
| Vocative | premierze | premierzy |
[edit] Spanish
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premier m. and f. (plural premieres)
- premier (head of government)
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premier

