premiere

See also Premiere, première, and premier

English

Wikipedia

Alternative forms

• première

Etymology

From French première "first"

Pronunciation

• Homophone: premier (in some US pronunciations, not in UK pronunciation)

Noun

premiere (plural premieres)

1. The first showing of a film, play or other form of entertainment, often held as a special event with celebrity guests.
2. The first episode of a television show or a particular season of that show.
3. In a series of narrative works, the installment that is chronologically set first.

Antonyms

• finale

Translations

first showing of a film, play or other form of entertainment

Chinese: Mandarin: 首演 (zh) (shǒuyǎn), 初次的演出 (zh) (chūcì de yǎnchū) Czech: premiéra (cs) f. French: première (fr) f. German: Premiere (de) f.

Hungarian: premier (hu), ősbemutató (hu) Japanese: 初演 (ja) (しょえん, shoen), 封切り (ja) (ふうきり, fūkiri) Polish: premiera (pl) f. Russian: премьера (ru) (prem'jéra) f. Spanish: estreno (es) m. Turkish: prömiyer (tr)

Verb

premiere (third-person singular simple present premieres, present participle premiering, simple past and past participle premiered)

1. (intransitive) Of a film or play, to play for the first time.

   The new film premieres this weekend.

2. (transitive) To present a film or play for the first time.

   The local theatre will premiere its latest play this week.

Translations

(intransitive) of a film or play, to play for the first time

(transitive) to present a film or play for the first time

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French: première (fr) f.

See also

• premier

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Middle French

Adjective

premiere f.

1. feminine form of premier