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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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incipient
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin incipi?ns, present participle of incipi? (“begin”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA(key): /?n?s?p.i.?nt/
- Rhymes: -?pi?nt
- Hyphenation: in?cip?i?ent
Adjective
incipient (not comparable)
- In an initial stage; beginning, starting, coming into existence.
Synonyms
- (beginning): beginning, commencing, emerging, starting, inchoate, nascent
Translations
Noun
incipient (countable and uncountable, plural incipients)
- (countable, obsolete) beginner
- (uncountable, grammar) A verb tense of the Hebrew language.
Synonyms
- (beginner): beginner, inceptor
Related terms
- inception
- incipience
- incipiency
- incipiently
- incipit
Anagrams
- Picentini
Latin
Verb
incipient
- third-person plural future active indicative of incipi?
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