first and foremost

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31 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: بَادِئَ ذِي بَدْءٍ (bādiʔa ḏī badʔin) — primarily; most importantly
• Chinese Mandarin: 首先 (shǒuxiān) — primarily; most importantly
• Czech: na prvním místě — primarily; most importantly
• Danish: først og fremmest — primarily; most importantly
• Dutch: op de allereerste plaats — primarily; most importantly
• Faroese: fyrst og fremst — primarily; most importantly
• Finnish: ennen kaikkea — primarily; most importantly
• French: d’abord et avant tout — primarily; most importantly
• French: avant tout — primarily; most importantly
• German: vor allem — primarily; most importantly
• German: in erster Linie — primarily; most importantly
• Hebrew: בָּרֹאשׁ וּבָרִאשׁוֹנָה (ba-rósh u-va-rishoná) — primarily; most importantly
• Hebrew: קֹדֶם כָּל (kódem kol) — primarily; most importantly
• Hungarian: elsősorban — primarily; most importantly
• Hungarian: mindenekelőtt — primarily; most importantly
• Icelandic: fyrst og fremst — primarily; most importantly
• Icelandic: aðallega — primarily; most importantly
• Irish: thar aon rud eile — primarily; most importantly
• Japanese: 何よりもまず (nani yori mo mazu) — primarily; most importantly
• Norwegian Bokmål: først og fremst — primarily; most importantly
• Norwegian Nynorsk: først og fremst — primarily; most importantly
• Portuguese: primeiramente e sobretudo — primarily; most importantly
• Russian: в пе́рвую о́чередь (v pérvuju óčeredʹ) — primarily; most importantly
• Russian: пре́жде всего́ (préžde vsevó) — primarily; most importantly
• Spanish: antes que nada — primarily; most importantly
• Spanish: sobretodo — primarily; most importantly
• Swedish: först och främst — primarily; most importantly
• Swedish: framförallt — primarily; most importantly
• Swedish: i första hand — primarily; most importantly
• Vietnamese: trước hết — primarily; most importantly
• Vietnamese: trước nhất — primarily; most importantly