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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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major
English
Alternative forms
- majour (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English major, from Latin maior, comparative of magnus (“great, large; noble, important”), from Proto-Indo-European *ma?-yes- (“greater”), comparative of *ma?-, *me?- (“great”). Compare West Frisian majoar (“major”), Dutch majoor (“major”), French majeur. Doublet of mayor.
Pronunciation
- enPR: m?'j?(r)
- IPA(key): /?me?.d??(?)/
- Rhymes: -e?d??(?)
Adjective
major (comparative more major, superlative most major)
- (attributive):
- Greater in dignity, rank, importance, significance, or interest.
- Greater in number, quantity, or extent.
- Synonym: main
- Notable or conspicuous in effect or scope.
- Synonym: considerable
- Prominent or significant in size, amount, or degree.
- (medicine) Involving great risk, serious, life-threatening.
- Greater in dignity, rank, importance, significance, or interest.
- Of full legal age, having attained majority.
- (education) Of or relating to a subject of academic study chosen as a field of specialization.
- (music):
- (of a scale) Having intervals of a semitone between the third and fourth, and seventh and eighth degrees.
- (of an interval) Equivalent to that between the tonic and another note of a major scale, and greater by a semitone than the corresponding minor interval.
- Having a major third above the root.
- Having a major third above the root.
- (postpositive) (of a key) Based on a major scale, tending to produce a bright or joyful effect.
- (campanology) Bell changes rung on eight bells.
- (of a scale) Having intervals of a semitone between the third and fourth, and seventh and eighth degrees.
- (Britain, dated) Indicating the elder of two brothers, appended to a surname in public schools.
- (logic)
- (of a term) Occurring as the predicate in the conclusion of a categorical syllogism.
- (of a premise) Containing the major term in a categorical syllogism.
Antonyms
- minor
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Noun
major (plural majors)
- (military) A rank of officer in the army and the US air force, between captain and lieutenant colonel.
- An officer in charge of a section of band instruments, used with a modifier.
- Meronyms: drum major, trumpet major
- An officer in charge of a section of band instruments, used with a modifier.
- A person of legal age.
- Antonym: minor
- (music):
- Ellipsis of major key.
- Ellipsis of major interval.
- Ellipsis of major scale.
- (campanology) A system of change-ringing using eight bells.
- A large, commercially successful company, especially a record label that is bigger than an indie.
- (Canada, US, Australia, New Zealand) The principal subject or course of a student working toward a degree at a college or university.
- Synonym: (UK) course
- A student at a college or university specializing on a given area of study.
- (logic):
- Ellipsis of major term.
- Ellipsis of major premise.
- (bridge) Ellipsis of major suit.
- (Canadian football) A touchdown, or major score.
- (Australian rules football) A goal.
- (British slang, dated) An elder brother (especially at a public school).
- (entomology) A large leaf-cutter ant that acts as a soldier, defending the nest.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
major (third-person singular simple present majors, present participle majoring, simple past and past participle majored)
- (intransitive) Used in a phrasal verb: major in.
Related terms
- majorant
Translations
References
- “major”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
- “major”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).
Anagrams
- Jarmo, joram
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin maior.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /m???o/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /ma?d??o?/
Adjective
major (masculine and feminine plural majors)
- larger (superlative: el major / la major—largest)
- older (superlative: el major / la major—oldest)
- main, principal
- (music) major
Derived terms
- majorista
- majorment
Related terms
- majoria
Noun
major m (plural majors)
- (military) major
Noun
major m or f (plural majors)
- of age, adult
Further reading
- “major” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “major” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “major” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “major” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Czech
Noun
major m
- major (military)
Declension
Further reading
- major in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
- major in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989
Estonian
Etymology
Borrowed from German Major, from Spanish, from Latin maior.
Noun
major (genitive majori, partitive majorit)
- major (rank)
Declension
Derived terms
- kindralmajor
French
Etymology
Ultimately from Latin maior. Doublet of maire and majeur.
- (France): French military authorities created in 1972 the rank of major (non-commissioned officer), which can easily be confused with the rank of major (officer) used in many countries, creating problems when communicating with allied forces.
- (Canada): English major. From the British traditional army military rank structure.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ma.???/
Noun
major m (plural majors)
- (military, France) major, the upper rank of French non-commissioned officers
- (military, Canada) major, the commissioned field officer rank
Derived terms
Coordinate terms
- capitaine de corvette (“capc”) (equivalent naval rank to the commissioned field officer rank)
Further reading
- “major” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Hungarian
Etymology
From German [Term?].
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?m?jor]
- Hyphenation: ma?jor
- Rhymes: -or
Noun
major (plural majorok)
- farm
Declension
Derived terms
- majoros
- majorság
Interlingua
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ma??or/
Adjective
major (not comparable)
- (comparative degree of grande) bigger
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?mai?.i?or/, [?mäi???r]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?ma.jor/, [?m?j??r]
Adjective
major (neuter majus, positive magnus); third declension
- Alternative spelling of maior.
Inflection
Third-declension comparative adjective.
References
- major in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- major in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ma.j?r/
Noun
major m pers (abbreviation mjr)
- major (military rank)
Declension
Further reading
- major in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin maior. Doublet of maior
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ma.????/
Noun
major m (plural majores)
- (military) major (military rank)
Romanian
Etymology
From French majeur.
Adjective
major m or n (feminine singular major?, masculine plural majori, feminine and neuter plural majore)
- major
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From German Major, from Latin m?ior.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m?jo?r/
- Hyphenation: ma?jor
Noun
màj?r m (Cyrillic spelling ???????)
- (military, Serbo-Croatian, Serbo-Croatian) major (rank)
Declension
Synonyms
- (Serbo-Croatian): bojnik
- tisu?nik
Swedish
Pronunciation
Noun
major c
- a major
- a Squadron Leader (in the British Royal Air Force)
Declension
References
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