different between first vs central

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /f??st/
• (General American) enPR: f?rst, IPA^(key): /f?st/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /f?rst/, /f?rst/
• Hyphenation: first
• Rhymes: -??(?)st

Etymology 1

From Middle English first, furst, ferst, fyrst, from Old English fyrest, from Proto-Germanic *furistaz (“foremost, first”), superlative of Proto-Germanic *fur, *fura, *furi (“before”), from Proto-Indo-European *per-, *pero- (“forward, beyond, around”), equivalent to fore +? -est. Cognate with North Frisian foarste (“first”), Dutch voorste (“foremost, first”), German Fürst (“chief, prince”, literally “first (born)”), Swedish först (“first”), Norwegian Nynorsk fyrst (“first”), Icelandic fyrstur (“first”).

Alternative forms

• 1st, Ist; I, I. (in names of monarchs and popes)
• firste (archaic)
• fyrst, fyrste (obsolete)

Adjective

first (not comparable)

1. Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest.

   Hancock was first to arrive.

2. Most eminent or exalted; most excellent; chief; highest.
   • 1784: William Jones, The Description and Use of a New Portable Orrery, &c., PREFACE

     THE favourable reception the Orrery has met with from Per?ons of the fir?t di?tinction, and from Gentlemen and Ladies in general, has induced me to add to it ?everal new improvements in order to give it a degree of Perfection; and di?tingui?h it from others; which by Piracy, or Imitation, may be introduced to the Public.

Related terms

• for
• fore

Translations

Adverb

first (not comparable)

1. Before anything else; firstly.
2. For the first time;

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:firstly

Translations

Noun

first (countable and uncountable, plural firsts)

1. (uncountable) The person or thing in the first position.
   • 1699, William Temple, Heads designed for an essay on conversations

     Study gives strength to the mind; conversation, grace: the first apt to give stiffness, the other suppleness: one gives substance and form to the statue, the other polishes it.

2. (uncountable) The first gear of an engine.
3. (countable) Something that has never happened before; a new occurrence.

4. (countable, baseball) first base

5. (countable, Britain, colloquial) A first-class honours degree.
6. (countable, colloquial) A first-edition copy of some publication.
7. A fraction of an integer ending in one.

Translations

Derived terms

Related terms

See also

• primary
• primus inter pares

Etymology 2

From Middle English first, furst, fyrst, from Old English fyrst, fierst, first (“period, space of time, time, respite, truce”), from Proto-Germanic *frestaz, *fristiz, *frest? (“date, appointed time”), from Proto-Indo-European *pres-, *per- (“forward, forth, over, beyond”). Cognate with North Frisian ferst, frest (“period, time”), German Frist (“period, deadline, term”), Swedish frist (“deadline, respite, reprieve, time-limit”), Icelandic frestur (“period”). See also frist.

Noun

first (plural firsts)

1. (obsolete) Time; time granted; respite.

References

• first at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• FTIRs, SIRTF, frist, frits, rifts

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin centr?lis, from centrum (“centre”), from Ancient Greek ??????? (kéntron).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?nt??l/

Adjective

central (comparative more central, superlative most central)

1. Being in the centre.
2. Having or containing the centre of something.
3. Being very important, or key to something.

   Synonyms: dominant, main, principal
4. (anatomy) Exerting its action towards the peripheral organs.

Derived terms

Related terms

• center

Translations

Noun

central (plural centrals)

1. (especially US) centre

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin centr?lis.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /s?n?t?al/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /sen?t?al/

Adjective

central (masculine and feminine plural centrals)

1. central (being in the centre)

Derived terms

• centralment
• centralitat
• centralitzar

Related terms

• centre

Noun

central f (plural centrals)

1. nexus; headquarters (non-military); central office
2. (electricity) power plant

Synonyms

• seu (“seat or headquarters”)

Antonyms

• sucursal (“branch office”)

Derived terms

Further reading

• “central” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “central” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “central” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “central” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin centralis.

Noun

central c (singular definite centralen, plural indefinite centraler)

1. headquarters, place whence organizations are administrated

Declension

Adjective

central

1. central, being in the centre

Inflection

References

• “central” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin centr?lis. Synchronically analysable as centre +? -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??.t?al/

Adjective

central (feminine singular centrale, masculine plural centraux, feminine plural centrales)

1. central

Antonyms

• périphérique

Derived terms

• banque centrale
• chauffage central (“central heating”)
• rond central
• système nerveux central
• unité centrale
• vision centrale

Related terms

Further reading

• “central” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• raclent

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin centr?lis.

Adjective

central m or f (plural centrais)

1. central

Derived terms

• centralismo
• centralista
• centralizar

Related terms

• centro

Further reading

• “central” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Occitan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin centr?lis.

Adjective

central m (feminine singular centrala, masculine plural centrals, feminine plural centralas)

1. central

Related terms

• centre

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin centr?lis.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /s?.?t?a?/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /s?.?t?aw/, [s???????.?t?ä??]
• Hyphenation: cen?tral

Adjective

central m or f (plural centrais, comparable)

1. central

Noun

central f (plural centrais)

1. centre
2. headquarters
3. (Portugal, soccer) back (player in a position behind most players on the team)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French central, Latin centr?lis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t??en?tral]

Adjective

central m or n (feminine singular central?, masculine plural centrali, feminine and neuter plural centrale)

1. central, pivotal, nodal

Declension

Related terms

• centru

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin centr?lis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /?en?t?al/, [??n??t??al]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /sen?t?al/, [s?n??t??al]

Adjective

central (plural centrales)

1. central

Derived terms

• centralismo
• centralista
• centralizar
• centralmente
• precentral

Noun

central f (plural centrales)

1. headquarter
2. center
3. power station

   Synonym: centra eléctrica

Derived terms

Related terms

• centrar
• céntrico
• centro

Further reading

• “central” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Swedish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin centr?lis, from centrum (“center point”) + -?lis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

central

1. central, centralized, situated at the centre (of a town)
2. central, important

Declension

Related terms

Etymology 2

Clipping of centralstation, or any other compound of the adjective.

Noun

central c

1. a central, a centre, a central station, a junction, a connection point, an electrical switchboard

Declension

Related terms

References

• central in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)