first class

See also: first-class, First-Class, and First Class

English

Pronunciation

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Adjective

first class (not comparable)

1. Belonging to the best or top group in a system of classification.

   That was a first class restaurant.

2. Of, or relating to the most luxurious and expensive class of accommodation on a train, ship, hotel, etc.

   We travelled first class to New York.

3. Of, or relating to a class of mail to be delivered before second class.

   First class stamps are now more expensive.

4. (UK, India) Great, very enjoyable.

   How was the cricket match? It was first class.

5. (cricket) Of, or relating to a first class match.
6. (programming) Of, or relating to a treatment like that for a first-class citizen.

   Java has no first-class functions, so function objects are usually expressed by an interface with a single method.

Translations

belonging to the best group in a system of classification

• Bulgarian: първокласен (bg) (pǎrvoklasen)
• Czech: prvotřídní
• Danish: førsteklasses
• Finnish: ensiluokkainen (fi), ensimmäisen luokan (genitive of noun)
• Galician: de primeira clase f
• German: erstklassig (de)
• Hungarian: első osztályú
• Latin: prīmārius
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• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: førsteklasses

  Nynorsk: fyrsteklasses, førsteklasses

• Portuguese: de primeira
• Romanian: de prima clasă
• Russian: первокла́ссный (ru) (pervoklássnyj)
• Turkish: birinci sınıf (tr)

relating to the most luxurious class of accommodation

• Bulgarian: първокласен (bg) (pǎrvoklasen)
• Danish: på første klasse
• Esperanto: unuaklasa
• Finnish: ensimmäisessä luokassa (inessive of noun)
• French: première classe (fr)
• German: Erste-Klasse-
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• Hungarian: első osztály
• Portuguese: da primeira classe
• Romanian: prima clasă f
• Russian: первокла́ссный (ru) (pervoklássnyj)
• Turkish: birinci sınıf (tr)

relating to a priority class of mail

• Finnish: ykkösluokan (fi)
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• Hungarian: első osztályú

cricket: relating to a first class match

• Hungarian: első osztályú
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programming: relating to a treatment like a first-class citizen

• Finnish: ensiluokan
• German: First-Class-
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• Turkish: birinci sınıf (tr)

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• (deprecated template usage) Spanish: de primera clase
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Noun

first class (plural first classes)

1. (A status, section, etc which is of) premier rank.

   sat in first class; attained first class in the Boy Scouts

2. (Ireland) the third year of primary school, following after the junior and senior infant levels.
3. (US) One of two classes of city government in the U.S. state of Kentucky, in which cities elect a mayor and aldermen.

Coordinate terms

• (the Kentucky city class): home rule class

Translations

a status, section, etc. of premier rank

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 頭等艙／头等舱 (zh) (tóuděngcāng), 头等舱 (zh) (tóuděngcāng) (airplane cabin)

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• Finnish: ensimmäinen luokka, ykkösluokka (fi)