first of all

English

Pronunciation

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Adverb

first of all (not comparable)

1. (sequence, idiomatic) Firstly; before anything else.

Synonyms

• first, firstly, first up; see also Thesaurus:firstly

Translations

before anything else

• Arabic: أَوَّلًا‎ (ʾawwalan), قَبْلَ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ‎ (qabla kulli šayʾin)
• Aromanian: ntãnj, ntãnjiu
• Bashkir: иң тәүҙә (iñ täwðä), иң башта (iñ bašta); (in enumeration) беренсенән (berensenän)
• Belarusian: перш за ўсё (pjerš za ŭsjo)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 首先 (zh) (shǒuxiān)

• Crimean Tatar: er şeyden evel, eñ evelâ
• Dutch: in de eerste plaats, bovenal (nl), om te beginnen
• Finnish: ensiksi (fi), ennen muuta (fi)
• French: tout d’abord (fr), en premier lieu (fr), avant toutes choses (fr)
• German: zunächst (de), zuallererst (de)
• Gothic: 𐌹𐌽 𐍆𐍂𐌿𐌼𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌼 (in frumistjam)

• Hungarian: elsősorban (hu), mindenekelőtt (hu)
• Italian: innanzitutto (it), prima di tutto, per prima cosa, come prima cosa, primariamente (it), in primo luogo, anzitutto (it), in primis (it)
• Japanese: 先ず (ja) (まず, mazu)
• Korean: 우선 (ko) (useon)
• Polish: przede wszystkim (pl), najpierw (pl), po pierwsze (pl)
• Portuguese: primeiro de tudo, antes de mais nada, antes de tudo, em primeiro lugar
• Romanian: întâi (ro)
• Russian: пре́жде всего́ (ru) (préžde vsevó)
• Spanish: en primer lugar
• Ukrainian: перш за все (perš za vse), передусім (peredusim)
• Vietnamese: trước hết (vi), trước nhất (vi)