premiere

See also: Premiere and première

English

Alternative forms

• première

Etymology

From French première (“first”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɹəˈmɪɚ/, /pɹɪ-/, /-ˈmiɚ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɛmjɛə/
• 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.
4. The leading woman of a group, especially in a theatrical cast.

Antonyms

• finale

Translations

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

• Arabic: الْعَرْضُ ٱلْأَوَّل m (al-ʕarḍu l-ʔawwal)
• Armenian: պրեմիերա (hy) (premiera)
• Azerbaijani: premyera
• Catalan: estrena (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 首演 (zh) (shǒuyǎn), 初次的演出 (chūcì de yǎnchū)

• Czech: premiéra (cs) f
• Dutch: première (nl) m or f
• Finnish: kantaesitys (fi), ensi-ilta (fi)
• French: première (fr) f
• German: Premiere (de) f, Uraufführung (de) f, Erstaufführung (de) f
• Greek: πρεμιέρα (el) f (premiéra)
• Hungarian: premier (hu), ősbemutató (hu)
• Indonesian: penampilan perdana, pertunjukkan perdana, premier
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• Italian: prima (it) f
• Japanese: 初演 (しょえん, shoen), 封切り (ふうきり, fūkiri)
• Macedonian: праизведба f (praizvedba), премиера f (premiera)
• Malay: tayangan perdana
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: premiere m

  Nynorsk: premiere m

• Polish: premiera (pl) f
• Portuguese: estreia (pt)
• Russian: премье́ра (ru) f (premʹjéra)
• Spanish: estreno (es) m
• Swedish: premiär (sv) c
• Turkish: prömiyer (tr)

Verb

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

• Catalan: estrenar (ca)
• German: uraufführen (de)
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• Spanish: estrenar (es)
• Swedish: ha premiär

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

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See also

• premier

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Middle French

Adjective

premiere

1. feminine singular of premier

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from French première.

Noun

premiere m (definite singular premieren, indefinite plural premierer, definite plural premierene)

1. a premiere (first showing)

References

• “premiere” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from French première.

Noun

premiere m (definite singular premieren, indefinite plural premierar, definite plural premierane)

1. a premiere (first showing)

References

• “premiere” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Spanish

Noun

premiere f (plural premieres)

1. premiere