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first
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)
- Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest.
- Hancock was first to arrive.
- 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.
- 1784: William Jones, The Description and Use of a New Portable Orrery, &c., PREFACE
Related terms
- for
- fore
Translations
Adverb
first (not comparable)
- Before anything else; firstly.
- For the first time;
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:firstly
Translations
Noun
first (countable and uncountable, plural firsts)
- (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.
- 1699, William Temple, Heads designed for an essay on conversations
- (uncountable) The first gear of an engine.
- (countable) Something that has never happened before; a new occurrence.
- (countable, baseball) first base
- (countable, Britain, colloquial) A first-class honours degree.
- (countable, colloquial) A first-edition copy of some publication.
- 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)
- (obsolete) Time; time granted; respite.
References
- first at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- FTIRs, SIRTF, frist, frits, rifts
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crude
English
Etymology
From Middle English crude, borrowed from Latin cr?dus (“raw, bloody, uncooked, undigested, crude”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *krewh?- (“raw meat, fresh blood”). Cognate with Old English hr?aw (“raw, uncooked”). More at raw.
Pronunciation
- enPR: kro?od, IPA(key): /k?u?d/
- (Scotland) IPA(key): /k??d/
- Rhymes: -u?d
- Homophone: crewed (except Scotland)
Adjective
crude (comparative cruder, superlative crudest)
- In a natural, untreated state.
- Synonym: raw, unrefined, unprocessed
- Characterized by simplicity, especially something not carefully or expertly made.
- Synonym: primitive, rough, rude, rudimentary
- Lacking concealing elements.
- Synonym: obvious, plain, unadorned, undisguised
- Lacking tact or taste.
- Synonym: blunt, coarse, earthy, gross, stark, uncultivated, vulgar
- (archaic) Immature or unripe.
- Synonyms: immature, unripe
- (grammar) Pertaining to the uninflected stem of a word.
Synonyms
- (statistics: in an unanalyzed form): raw
- See also Thesaurus:raw
Antonyms
- (being in a natural state): refined, processed
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Noun
crude (countable and uncountable, plural crudes)
- Any substance in its natural state.
- Crude oil.
Derived terms
- syncrude
Translations
Anagrams
- Druce, Ducre, cured
Italian
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ude
Adjective
crude
- feminine plural of crudo
Anagrams
- curde
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?kru?.de/, [?k?u?d??]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?kru.de/, [?k?u?d??]
Adjective
cr?de
- vocative masculine singular of cr?dus
References
- crude in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English cr?dan.
Verb
crude
- Alternative form of crouden
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Latin cr?dus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?kriu?d(?)/
Adjective
crude
- unprocessed, uncooked, unworked (in a negative way)
Derived terms
- crudelite
Descendants
- English: crude
References
- “cr?de, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-10.
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