premier

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[edit] English

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[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: /pɹɛmɪə(ɹ)/

[edit] Etymology

From Middle French premier (as an adjective), from Latin prīmārius.

[edit] Adjective

premier (not comparable)

  1. Foremost, very first or very highest in quality or degree.

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foremost, very first or very highest in quality or degree

[edit] Noun

premier (plural premiers)

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  1. The head of a country's cabinet, see Prime minister.
  2. (Australian, Canada) The head of a state or provincial government.
  3. (nautical, slang) The first lieutenant or other second-in-command officer of a ship.

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prime minister of a country
Australia, Canada: head of a state or provincial government
nautical slang: the 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

premier (third-person singular simple present premiers, present participle premiering, simple past and past participle premiered)

  1. 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.

[edit] Dutch

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[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: /prɛ.ˈmiːr/, /prɛ.ˈmjeː/

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premier m. (plural premiers, diminutive premiertje)

  1. prime minister

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[edit] French

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  • (abbreviation, in general) 1er m., 1re or 1ère f.
  • (abbreviation, after names) I

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From Latin prīmārius.

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premier m. (f. première, m. plural premiers, f. plural premières)

  1. first
    Le premier élément de la liste est un zéro.
    The first element of the list is zero.
  2. prime (number etc)

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[edit] Noun

premier m. (plural premiers; feminine première, plural premières)

  1. first
    Il est le premier.
    He is the first.
  2. premier
  3. prime minister

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premier

  1. first
    Il joue premier
    he is playing first

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English

[edit] Noun

premier m. and f. inv.

  1. premier, prime minister (or similar title)

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[edit] Middle French

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Old French, from Latin primarius.

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premier m. (feminine singular premiere, masculine plural premiers, feminine plural premieres)

  1. first (ordinal number)

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[edit] Etymology

From Latin primarius.

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premier m. (feminine premiere)

  1. first

[edit] Declension

  Declension of premier  
Number Case Masculine Feminine Neuter
Singular Subject premiers premiere premier
Oblique premier premiere premier
Plural Subject premier premieres premier
Oblique premiers premieres premier

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premier

  1. first

[edit] Polish

[edit] Etymology

From French premier (“first”)

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: [ˈprɛmʲɛr]

[edit] Noun

premier m.

  1. prime minister
  2. genitive plural of premiera

[edit] Declension

    declension of premier
singular plural
nominative premier premierzy
genitive premiera premierów
dative premierowi premierom
accusative premiera premierów
instrumental premierem premierami
locative premierze premierach
vocative premierze premierzy

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premier m. and f. (plural premieres)

  1. premier (head of government)

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premier

  1. indefinite plural of premie

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[edit] Noun

premier

  1. premier, prime minister.

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