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• Received-Pronunciation: /fɜːst/
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• /feːst/ Liverpool, fair–fur merger
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• /fɛːst/ Humberside, Teesside, fair–fur merger
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• Northumbria: /fɔːst/
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• Scotland: /fɪrst/
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• Scotland: /fʌrst/
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• Wales: /føːst/
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• General-American: fŭrst
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• General-American: /fɚst/
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• New-Zealand: /føːst/
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• /fʊːɹs/ Local Dublin
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• Canada: [fɚːst]
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• Canada: [fəɹst]
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• /fɜ(r)sʈ/
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• /fə(r)sʈ/ non-rhotic, also
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• Early, Modern: /fʊrst/
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• Early, Modern, rare: /fɪrst/
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• US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)st
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• homophone: thirst (th-fronting)
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• CMU ARPABET: F ER1 S T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English first, furst, ferst, fyrst, from Old English fyrest, from Proto-West Germanic *furist, from Proto-Germanic *furistaz (“first, foremost”), superlative of Proto-Germanic *furai, *furi (“before”), from Proto-Indo-European *preh2- (“before”), from *per- (“before; first”), equivalent to fore + -est. Cognates Cognate with Scots first (“first”), Dutch voorste (“foremost, first”), vorst (“prince”), German Fürst (“chief, prince”, literally “first (born)”), Limburgish Vürsch (“prince”), Luxembourgish viischt (“anterior; forward”), Vilamovian fiyśt, fjəšt, fjyśt, fjyšt (“prince”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål først (“first”), Faroese and Icelandic fyrstur (“first”), Norwegian Nynorsk fyrst, først (“first”), Swedish först (“first”); also Latin prīnceps (“first, foremost; chief”), Greek παρ’ (par’), παρά (pará, “despite; less”), Mycenaean Greek 𐀞𐀫 (pa-ro, “from”), Albanian parë (“first; chief, main”), Latgalian pyrmais (“first”), Latvian pirmais (“first; foremost”), Lithuanian pirmas (“first; primary”), Bulgarian пъ́рви (pǎ́rvi), пръ́в (prǎ́v, “first”), Czech and Slovak prvý (“first”), Macedonian прв (prv), први (prvi, “first”), Polish piersy, pierwszy, pirszy (“first”), Russian пе́рвый (pérvyj, “first”), Serbo-Croatian пр̑вӣ, pȓvī (“first”), Slovene prvi (“first”), Armenian հարավ (harav, “south”), Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬎𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬀 (pauruua, “before, first”), Tocharian A pärwat (“first”), Tocharian B parwe (“first”), Sanskrit पूर्व (pūrva, “before”).

* As a German surname, variant of Fürst, Furst. * As a Jewish surname, from Yiddish פֿירשט (firsht, “prince”), a rendition of the above. * As a Serbo-Croatian and Slovene, from the noun firšt (“prince”), a loanword from German and thus related to the above.

From Middle English first, furst, fyrst, from Old English fyrst, fierst, first (“period, space of time, time, respite, truce”), from Proto-Germanic *frestaz, *fristiz, *frestą (“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.

501 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Abkhaz: актәи (akʼtwʼi) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Afrikaans: eerste — numeral first — see also 1st
• Aghwan: 𐕚𐔴𐕙𐔱𐔰𐕒𐕡𐕎 (serbaun) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Albanian: parë — numeral first — see also 1st
• Southern Altai: биринчи (birinči) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Southern Altai: баштапкы (baštapkï) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Northern Amami Ōshima: 初 (hatsï) — numeral first — see also 1st
• American Sign Language: 1@Side-PalmForward 1@Side-PalmBack — numeral first — see also 1st
• Amharic: አንደኛ (ʾändäña) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Arabic: أَوَّل (ʔawwal) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Arabic: أُولَى (ʔūlā) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Arabic: أول (ʔawwil) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܩܲܕ݇ܡܵܝܵܐ (qamāyā) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܩܲܕ݇ܡܵܝܬܵܐ (qamāytā) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Armenian: առաջին (aṙaǰin) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Assamese: পহিলা (pohila) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Assamese: প্ৰথম (prothom) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Asturian: primeru — numeral first — see also 1st
• Azerbaijani: birinci — numeral first — see also 1st
• Azerbaijani: ilk — numeral first — see also 1st
• Bashkir: беренсе (berense) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Basque: lehenengo — numeral first — see also 1st
• Belarusian: пе́ршы (pjéršy) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Bengali: প্রথম (prothom) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Bengali: আউয়াল (auẏal) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Bengali: পহেলা (pohela) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Bhojpuri: पहिला (pahilā) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Breton: kentañ — numeral first — see also 1st
• Bulgarian: пъ́рви (pǎ́rvi) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Burmese: ပထမ (pa.hta.ma.) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Buryat: нэгэдэхи (negedexi) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Carpathian Rusyn: пе́ршый (péršŷj) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Carpathian Rusyn: пе́рвый (pérvŷj) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Catalan: primer — numeral first — see also 1st
• Cebuano: una — numeral first — see also 1st
• Chamicuro: mashapulista — numeral first — see also 1st
• Chechen: хьалхара (ḥralxara) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Cherokee: ᎢᎬᏱᎢ (igvyii) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Chinese Cantonese: 第一 (dai6 jat1) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Chinese Cantonese: 最初 (zeoi3 co1) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Hakka Chinese: 第一 (thi-yit) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Chinese: 第一 (tē-it) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Chinese Mandarin: 第一 (dìyī) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Chinese Mandarin: 最初 (zuìchū) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Chuukese: aewin — numeral first — see also 1st
• Chuvash: пӗрремӗш (pĕrremĕš) — numeral first — see also 1st
• West Circassian: апэрэ (apɛrɛ) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Crimean Tatar: birinci — numeral first — see also 1st
• Crimean Tatar: sipti — numeral first — see also 1st
• Czech: první — numeral first — see also 1st
• Dalmatian: prein — numeral first — see also 1st
• Danish: første — numeral first — see also 1st
• Dhivehi: އެއްވަނަ (evvana) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Dolgan: маӈнайгы (maŋnaygı) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Dutch: eerst — numeral first — see also 1st
• Egyptian: tp:p*y (tpj) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Esperanto: unua — numeral first — see also 1st
• Estonian: esimene — numeral first — see also 1st
• Evenki: элэкэсипты (ələkəsipti) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Faroese: fyrsti — numeral first — see also 1st
• Faroese: fyrri — numeral first — see also 1st
• Finnish: ensimmäinen — numeral first — see also 1st
• French: premier — numeral first — see also 1st
• French: -unième — numeral first — see also 1st
• North Frisian: iarst — numeral first — see also 1st
• North Frisian: iáárs — numeral first — see also 1st
• North Frisian: jarst — numeral first — see also 1st
• North Frisian: jest — numeral first — see also 1st
• Old Frisian: forma — numeral first — see also 1st
• Old Frisian: ērosta — numeral first — see also 1st
• West-Frisian: earst — numeral first — see also 1st
• West-Frisian: foarst — numeral first — see also 1st
• Friulian: prin — numeral first — see also 1st
• Gagauz: birinci — numeral first — see also 1st
• Galician: primeiro — numeral first — see also 1st
• Ge'ez: ቀዳሚ (ḳädami) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Georgian: პირველი (ṗirveli) — numeral first — see also 1st
• German: erster — numeral first — see also 1st
• German: erste — numeral first — see also 1st
• Gothic: 𐍆𐍂𐌿𐌼𐌰 (fruma) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Greek: πρώτος (prótos) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Ancient Greek: πρῶτος (prôtos) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Ancient Greek: πρώτιστος (prṓtistos) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Greek: πρᾶτος (prâtos) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Paraguayan Guarani: ypy — numeral first — see also 1st
• Gujarati: પહેલું (pahelũ) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Haitian Creole: premye — numeral first — see also 1st
• Hawaiian: mua — numeral first — see also 1st
• Hebrew: רִאשׁוֹן (rishón) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Hindi: पहला (pahlā) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Hindi: प्रथम (pratham) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Hindi: पहिला (pahilā) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Hindi: अव्वल (avval) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Hindi: प्रारंभिक (prārambhik) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Hungarian: első — numeral first — see also 1st
• Icelandic: fyrstur — numeral first — see also 1st
• Ido: unesma — numeral first — see also 1st
• Indonesian: pertama — numeral first — see also 1st
• Indonesian: perdana — numeral first — see also 1st
• Indonesian: kesatu — numeral first — see also 1st
• Ingrian: ensimäin — numeral first — see also 1st
• Interlingua: prime — numeral first — see also 1st
• Irish: aonú — numeral first — see also 1st
• Irish: céad — numeral first — see also 1st
• Istriot: preîmo — numeral first — see also 1st
• Italian: primo — numeral first — see also 1st
• Japanese: 第一 (daiichi) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Japanese: 最初 (saisho) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Japanese: 初めて (hajimete) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Japanese: 初 (hatsu) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Japanese: 一番目 (ichibanme) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Jeju: 쳇차 (chetcha) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Kabyle: amezwaru — numeral first — see also 1st
• Kabyle: amenzu — numeral first — see also 1st
• Kaitag: ца́йбил (cájbil) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Kalmyk: негдгч (negdgç) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Kannada: ಒಂದನೆಯ (ondaneya) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Karakhanid: اِلْكْ (ilk) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Kazakh: бірінші (bırınşı) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Khakas: пастағы (pastağı) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Khakas: пірінӌі (pìrìncì) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Khmer: ទីមួយ (tii muəy) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Konkani: पयलें (paylẽ) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Korean: 첫째 (cheotjjae) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Korean: 첫 번째 (cheot beonjjae) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Korean: 제일 (jeil) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Korean: 최초 (choecho) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Kunigami: 初 (pachī) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Central Kurdish: یەکەم (yekem) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Northern Kurdish: yekem — numeral first — see also 1st
• Northern Kurdish: yekemîn — numeral first — see also 1st
• Kyrgyz: биринчи (birinci) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Ladin: prim — numeral first — see also 1st
• Ladin: prum — numeral first — see also 1st
• Lakota: t’oka — numeral first — see also 1st
• Lakota: t’okeya — numeral first — see also 1st
• Lakota: t’okaheya — numeral first — see also 1st
• Lao: ທີ່ນຶ່ງ (thī nưng) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Lao: ທີ່ຫນຶ່ງ (thī nưng) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Latgalian: pyrmais — numeral first — see also 1st
• Latin: prīmus — numeral first — see also 1st
• Latvian: pirmais — numeral first — see also 1st
• Latvian: pirmā — numeral first — see also 1st
• Lithuanian: pi̇̀rmas — numeral first — see also 1st
• Livonian: ežmi — numeral first — see also 1st
• Louisiana Creole: prémiyé — numeral first — see also 1st
• Louisiana Creole: prinmiyé — numeral first — see also 1st
• Low German: eerst — numeral first — see also 1st
• Luxembourgish: éischt — numeral first — see also 1st
• Macedonian: прв (prv) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Malay: pertama — numeral first — see also 1st
• Malayalam: ഒന്നാം (onnāṁ) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Maltese: l-ewwel — numeral first — see also 1st
• Manchu: ᡝᠮᡠᠴᡳ (emuci) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Manchu: ᡠᠵᡠᡳ (ujui) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Manchu: ᡠᠵᡠ (uju) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Manchu: ᠪᠣᠩᡤᠣ (bonggo) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Manx: kied — numeral first — see also 1st
• Manx: yn chied — numeral first — see also 1st
• Māori: tuatahi — numeral first — see also 1st
• Māori: te tahi — numeral first — see also 1st
• Marathi: पहिला (pahilā) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Marathi: पहिली (pahilī) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Marathi: पहिले (pahile) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Mirandese: purmeiro — numeral first — see also 1st
• Miyako: 初 (patsï) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Mongolian: анхдугаар (anxdugaar) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Mongolian: анхны (anxny) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Mongolian: нэгдүгээр (negdügeer) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Mongolian: нэгдэх (negdex) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Nahuatl: achtoquetl — numeral first — see also 1st
• Classical Nahuatl: ic ce — numeral first — see also 1st
• Nanai: бонго (boŋo) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Navajo: łáaʼii góneʼ — numeral first — see also 1st
• Navajo: áłtsé — numeral first — see also 1st
• Norman: preunmyi — numeral first — see also 1st
• Norwegian Bokmål: første — numeral first — see also 1st
• Norwegian Nynorsk: første — numeral first — see also 1st
• Norwegian Nynorsk: fyrste — numeral first — see also 1st
• Occitan: primièr — numeral first — see also 1st
• Okinawan: 初 (hachi) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Old Church Slavonic: прьвъ (prĭvŭ) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Old English: forma — numeral first — see also 1st
• Old English: ǣrest — numeral first — see also 1st
• Old Prussian: pirmas — numeral first — see also 1st
• Old Turkic: 𐰃𐰠𐰚 — numeral first — see also 1st
• Ossetian: фыццаг (fyccag) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Pali: paṭhama — numeral first — see also 1st
• Pashto: لومړی (lumṛay) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Pennsylvania German: erscht — numeral first — see also 1st
• Persian: اولین (avvalin) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Persian: اول (avval) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Persian: یکمین (yekomin) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Persian: یکم (yekom) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Persian: نخستین (noxostin) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Persian: نخست (noxost) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Plautdietsch: ieescht — numeral first — see also 1st
• Polish: pierwszy — numeral first — see also 1st
• Portuguese: primeiro — numeral first — see also 1st
• Punjabi: ਪਹਿਲਾ (pahilā) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Quechua: hukñiqin — numeral first — see also 1st
• Romagnol: prèm — numeral first — see also 1st
• Romani: jekhto — numeral first — see also 1st
• Romanian: prim — numeral first — see also 1st
• Romansh: emprim — numeral first — see also 1st
• Romansh: emprem — numeral first — see also 1st
• Russian: пе́рвый (pérvyj) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Northern Sami: vuosttaš — numeral first — see also 1st
• Samogitian: pėrms — numeral first — see also 1st
• Sanskrit: प्रथम (prathamá) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Sardinian: primmu — numeral first — see also 1st
• Sardinian: primu — numeral first — see also 1st
• Scots: first — numeral first — see also 1st
• Scottish Gaelic: a' chiad — numeral first — see also 1st
• Scottish Gaelic: a' cheud — numeral first — see also 1st
• Serbo-Croatian: први — numeral first — see also 1st
• Serbo-Croatian: prvi — numeral first — see also 1st
• Shor: паштапқы — numeral first — see also 1st
• Shor: пиринчи — numeral first — see also 1st
• Sicilian: primu — numeral first — see also 1st
• Sindhi: پهريون (pahariyōn) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Sindhi: پهرِين (phrī̃) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Sinhalese: පළමු (paḷamu) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Slovak: prvý — numeral first — see also 1st
• Slovene: pŕvi — numeral first — see also 1st
• Lower Sorbian: prědny — numeral first — see also 1st
• Upper Sorbian: prěni — numeral first — see also 1st
• Spanish: primer — numeral first — see also 1st
• Swahili: -a kwanza — numeral first — see also 1st
• Swedish: förste — numeral first — see also 1st
• Swedish: första — numeral first — see also 1st
• Swedish: först — numeral first — see also 1st
• Sylheti: ꠚꠂꠟꠣ (fóila) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Tagalog: una — numeral first — see also 1st
• Tajik: аввал (avval) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Tajik: якум (yakum) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Tamil: முதல் (mutal) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Tatar: беренче (berençe) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Telugu: మొదటి (modaṭi) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Telugu: ఒకటవ (okaṭava) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Telugu: ప్రథమము (prathamamu) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Thai: ที่หนึ่ง (tîi-nʉ̀ng) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Tibetan: དང་པོ། — numeral first — see also 1st
• Tigre: ቀዳም (ḳädam) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Tigrinya: ቀዳማይ (ḳädamay) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Tocharian B: parwe — numeral first — see also 1st
• Tocharian B: pärweṣṣe — numeral first — see also 1st
• Tonga (Zambia): ansyini — numeral first — see also 1st
• Tooro: okubanza — numeral first — see also 1st
• Tupinambá: ypy — numeral first — see also 1st
• Turkish: birinci — numeral first — see also 1st
• Turkish: evvel — numeral first — see also 1st
• Turkish: ilk — numeral first — see also 1st
• Turkmen: birinji — numeral first — see also 1st
• Tuvan: бирги (birgi) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Tuvan: баштайгы (baştaygı) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Ukrainian: пе́рший (péršyj) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Urdu: پہلا (pahlā) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Urdu: اوّل (avval) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Urdu: اولین (avvalīn) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Urdu: یکم (yakam) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Urdu: نخست (nuxust) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Urdu: نخستین (nuxustīn) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Uyghur: بىرىنچى (birinchi) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Uzbek: birinchi — numeral first — see also 1st
• Venetan: primo — numeral first — see also 1st
• Vietnamese: thứ nhất — numeral first — see also 1st
• Vietnamese: đầu tiên — numeral first — see also 1st
• Votic: esimein — numeral first — see also 1st
• Walloon: prumî — numeral first — see also 1st
• Walloon: prumire — numeral first — see also 1st
• Walloon: -ey-ininme — numeral first — see also 1st
• Waray-Waray: siyahan — numeral first — see also 1st
• Waray-Waray: una — numeral first — see also 1st
• Waray-Waray: primero — numeral first — see also 1st
• Welsh: cyntaf — numeral first — see also 1st
• Wolaytta: koyro — numeral first — see also 1st
• Written Oirat: ᠨᡅᡎᡄᡑᡉᡍᡔᡅ (nigedüxci) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Yaeyama: 初 (patsï) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Yaghnobi: якум (yakum) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Yakut: биирис (biiris) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Yakut: маҥнайгы (maŋnaygï) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Yiddish: ערשט (ersht) — numeral first — see also 1st
• Yoruba: àkọ́kọ́ — numeral first — see also 1st
• Yoruba: kìíní — numeral first — see also 1st
• Yucatec Maya: yáax — numeral first — see also 1st
• Afrikaans: eerste — before anything else
• Albanian: para — before anything else
• Albanian: nëfillim — before anything else
• Arabic: أَوَّلاً (ʔawwalan) — before anything else
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܩܲܕ݇ܡܵܐܝܼܬ (qammāˀīt) — before anything else
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܩܲܕ݇ܡܬܵܐ (qamtā) — before anything else
• Armenian: նախ (nax) — before anything else
• Aromanian: ntãnj — before anything else
• Aromanian: ntãnjiu — before anything else
• Asturian: primeramente — before anything else
• Azerbaijani: əvvəl — before anything else
• Azerbaijani: ilk növbədə — before anything else
• Bangi: yambo — before anything else
• Bashkir: тәүҙә (təwźə) — before anything else
• Bashkir: башта (başta) — before anything else
• Bashkir: алда (alda) — before anything else
• Bashkir: алдан (aldan) — before anything else
• Bashkir: борон (boron) — before anything else
• Bashkir: элек (elek) — before anything else
• Basque: aurreneko — before anything else
• Belarusian: спача́тку (spačátku) — before anything else
• Belarusian: па-пе́ршае (pa-pjéršaje) — before anything else
• Bulgarian: пъ́рво (pǎ́rvo) — before anything else
• Catalan: primer — before anything else
• Cebuano: una — before anything else
• Cebuano: permiro — before anything else
• Chinese Cantonese: 先 (sin1) — before anything else
• Chinese Cantonese: 第一 (dai6 jat1) — before anything else
• Chinese Mandarin: 第一 (dìyī) — before anything else
• Chinese Mandarin: 首先 (shǒuxiān) — before anything else
• Chinese Mandarin: 先 (xiān) — before anything else
• Chinese Mandarin: 最先 (zuìxiān) — before anything else
• Ngazidja Comorian: rangu — before anything else
• Czech: zaprvé — before anything else
• Czech: prvně — before anything else
• Danish: først — before anything else
• Dutch: eerst — before anything else
• Esperanto: unue — before anything else
• Faroese: fyrst — before anything else
• Finnish: ensinnäkin — before anything else
• Finnish: ensiksi — before anything else
• Finnish: ensin — before anything else
• French: avant tout — before anything else
• French: en premier lieu — before anything else
• French: d'abord — before anything else
• French: premièrement — before anything else
• French: primo — before anything else
• French: auparavant — before anything else
• Galician: primeiro — before anything else
• German: erstens — before anything else
• German: an erster Stelle — before anything else
• German: zuerst — before anything else
• German: als Erstes — before anything else
• Gothic: 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌸𐌹𐍃 (faurþis) — before anything else
• Greek: πρώτα (próta) — before anything else
• Greek: πρωτίστως (protístos) — before anything else
• Ancient Greek: πρῶτον (prôton) — before anything else
• Hindi: अव्वल (avval) — before anything else
• Hindi: प्रारंभिक (prārambhik) — before anything else
• Hungarian: először — before anything else
• Hungarian: előbb — before anything else
• Hungarian: előtte — before anything else
• Icelandic: fyrst — before anything else
• Irish: ar dtús — before anything else
• Italian: prima — before anything else
• Italian: dapprima — before anything else
• Japanese: 先ず (mazu) — before anything else
• Japanese: 第一に (daiichi ni) — before anything else
• Japanese: 最初に (saisho ni) — before anything else
• Japanese: 先に (saki ni) — before anything else
• Karakhanid: اِلْكْ (ilk) — before anything else
• Korean: 우선 (useon) — before anything else
• Northern Kurdish: pêşî — before anything else
• Northern Kurdish: ewilî — before anything else
• Lakota: t’oeyaš — before anything else
• Lakota: t’owaš — before anything else
• Lakota: t’oel — before anything else
• Lakota: t’ok’eyaš — before anything else
• Latin: prīmum — before anything else
• Lingala: yambo — before anything else
• Macedonian: прво (prvo) — before anything else
• Macedonian: најпрво (najprvo) — before anything else
• Macedonian: најпрвин (najprvin) — before anything else
• Macedonian: првин (prvin) — before anything else
• Malayalam: ആദ്യം (ādyaṁ) — before anything else
• Malayalam: ഒന്നാമത് (onnāmatŭ) — before anything else
• Māori: mātua — before anything else
• Muna: deki — before anything else
• Norwegian Bokmål: først — before anything else
• Norwegian Nynorsk: først — before anything else
• Norwegian Nynorsk: fyrst — before anything else
• Pashto: لومړی (lumṛay) — before anything else
• Persian: نخست (naxost) — before anything else
• Polish: najpierw — before anything else
• Polish: najsampierw — before anything else
• Polish: na początku — before anything else
• Polish: naprzód — before anything else
• Polish: nasamprzód — before anything else
• Polish: na wstępie — before anything else
• Polish: pierw — before anything else
• Polish: pierwej — before anything else
• Polish: po pierwsze — before anything else
• Polish: wpierw — before anything else
• Portuguese: primeiro — before anything else
• Quechua: ñawpa — before anything else
• Romanian: întâi — before anything else
• Russian: во-пе́рвых (vo-pérvyx) — before anything else
• Russian: пре́жде всего́ (préžde vsevó) — before anything else
• Russian: в пе́рвую о́чередь (v pérvuju óčeredʹ) — before anything else
• Russian: сперва́ (spervá) — before anything else
• Northern Sami: vuos — before anything else
• Scottish Gaelic: an toiseach — before anything else
• Slovak: po prvé — before anything else
• Spanish: primeramente — before anything else
• Spanish: para empezar — before anything else
• Swedish: först — before anything else
• Tamil: முதலில் (mutalil) — before anything else
• Tatar: беренчегә (berençegä) — before anything else
• Tatar: беренчедән (berençedän) — before anything else
• Tatar: алдан (aldan) — before anything else
• Tatar: башта (başta) — before anything else
• Thai: ก่อน (gɔ̀ɔn) — before anything else
• Thai: ก่อนอื่น (gɔ̀ɔn-ʉ̀ʉn) — before anything else
• Turkish: ilk — before anything else
• Turkish: önce — before anything else
• Turkish: başta — before anything else
• Ukrainian: по-пе́рше (po-pérše) — before anything else
• Ukrainian: спе́ршу (spéršu) — before anything else
• Ukrainian: споча́тку (spočátku) — before anything else
• Uyghur: ئاۋۋال (awwal) — before anything else
• Vietnamese: trước tiên — before anything else
• Vietnamese: trước hết — before anything else
• Vietnamese: trước nhất — before anything else
• Yiddish: פֿריִער (frier) — before anything else
• Zazaki: sıfte — before anything else
• Arabic: أَوَّل (ʔawwal) — person or thing in the first position
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܩܲܕ݇ܡܵܝܵܐ (qamāyā) — person or thing in the first position
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܩܲܕ݇ܡܵܝܬܵܐ (qamāytā) — person or thing in the first position
• Armenian: առաջին (aṙaǰin) — person or thing in the first position
• Aromanian: ntãnj — person or thing in the first position
• Aromanian: ntãnjiu — person or thing in the first position
• Basque: lehenengo — person or thing in the first position
• Belarusian: пе́ршы (pjéršy) — person or thing in the first position
• Bengali: প্রথম (prothom) — person or thing in the first position
• Bengali: পহেলা (pohela) — person or thing in the first position
• Bengali: আউয়াল (auẏal) — person or thing in the first position
• Bulgarian: първене́ц (pǎrvenéc) — person or thing in the first position
• Catalan: primer — person or thing in the first position
• Cebuano: una — person or thing in the first position
• Cebuano: primero — person or thing in the first position
• Cebuano: permiro — person or thing in the first position
• Chickasaw: ámmo'na — person or thing in the first position
• Chickasaw: ammo'na' — person or thing in the first position
• Czech: první — person or thing in the first position
• Dalmatian: prein — person or thing in the first position
• Danish: den første — person or thing in the first position
• Danish: den forreste — person or thing in the first position
• Dutch: eerste — person or thing in the first position
• Esperanto: unua — person or thing in the first position
• Finnish: ykkönen — person or thing in the first position
• French: premier — person or thing in the first position
• Friulian: prin — person or thing in the first position
• Galician: primeiro — person or thing in the first position
• German: Erste — person or thing in the first position
• Greek: πρώτος (prótos) — person or thing in the first position
• Hindi: अव्वल (avval) — person or thing in the first position
• Hindi: प्रथम (pratham) — person or thing in the first position
• Hindi: प्रारंभिक (prārambhik) — person or thing in the first position
• Hungarian: első — person or thing in the first position
• Interlingua: primo — person or thing in the first position
• Italian: primo — person or thing in the first position
• Central Kurdish: یەکەم (yekem) — person or thing in the first position
• Macedonian: прв (prv) — person or thing in the first position
• Malayalam: ഒന്നാമൻ (onnāmaṉ) — person or thing in the first position
• Māori: tuatahi — person or thing in the first position
• Māori: mātāmua — person or thing in the first position
• Occitan: primièr — person or thing in the first position
• Pashto: لومړی (lumṛay) — person or thing in the first position
• Polish: pierwszy — person or thing in the first position
• Portuguese: primeiro — person or thing in the first position
• Romanian: primul — person or thing in the first position
• Romanian: întâiul — person or thing in the first position
• Romanian: întâi — person or thing in the first position
• Romansh: emprim — person or thing in the first position
• Romansh: emprem — person or thing in the first position
• Russian: пе́рвый (pérvyj) — person or thing in the first position
• Sardinian: primmu — person or thing in the first position
• Sardinian: primu — person or thing in the first position
• Spanish: primero — person or thing in the first position
• Spanish: primo — person or thing in the first position
• Swedish: etta — person or thing in the first position
• Thai: ที่หนึ่ง (tîi-nʉ̀ng) — person or thing in the first position
• Thai: อันดับหนึ่ง (an-dàp-nʉ̀ng) — person or thing in the first position
• Thai: ที่แรก (tîi-rɛ̂ɛk) — person or thing in the first position
• Thai: อันดับแรก (an-dàp-rɛ̂ɛk) — person or thing in the first position
• Thai: ลําดับแรก (lam-dàp-rɛ̂ɛk) — person or thing in the first position
• Tocharian A: pärwat — person or thing in the first position
• Tocharian B: parwe — person or thing in the first position
• Turkish: birinci — person or thing in the first position
• Turkish: ilk — person or thing in the first position
• Ukrainian: пе́рший (péršyj) — person or thing in the first position
• Bulgarian: начало (načalo) — new occurrence
• Finnish: ensimmäinen kerta — new occurrence
• French: première — new occurrence
• German: Novum — new occurrence
• Spanish: estreno — new occurrence
• Thai: ครั้งแรก (kráng-rɛ̂ɛk) — new occurrence
• Turkish: ilk — new occurrence
• Turkish: başlangıç — new occurrence
• Thai: เกียรตินิยมอันดับหนึ่ง (gìiat-ní-yom-an-dàp-nʉ̀ng) — UK colloquial: first-class honours degree
• Cebuano: orihinal — colloquial: a first-edition copy
• Dutch: origineel — colloquial: a first-edition copy
• Finnish: ensipainos — colloquial: a first-edition copy
• Finnish: yhdesosa — fraction of an integer ending in one
• Hungarian: -egyed — fraction of an integer ending in one