Phrase guide

ladies first

phrase · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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phrase

Meaning 1

A phrase encouraging perceived polite gentlemanliness, allowing the ladies to go before the men.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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History

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Across languages

Translations

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: السيدات أولاً — Translations
  • Chinese Mandarin: 女士優先 /女士优先 (nǚshìyōuxiān) — Translations
  • Danish: damerne først — Translations
  • Dutch: dames gaan voor — Translations
  • Finnish: naiset ensin — Translations
  • French: les dames d’abord — Translations
  • French: honneur aux dames — Translations
  • German: Frauen zuerst — Translations
  • Italian: prima le signore — Translations
  • Japanese: レディーファースト (redī fāsuto) — Translations
  • Korean: 레이디 퍼스트 (reidi peoseuteu) — Translations
  • Maltese: in-nisa l-ewwel — Translations
  • Norwegian Bokmål: damene først — Translations
  • Polish: panie przodem — Translations
  • Portuguese: primeiro as damas — Translations
  • Russian: да́мы вперёд (dámy vperjód) — Translations
  • Serbo-Croatian: даме имају предност — Translations
  • Serbo-Croatian: dame imaju prednost — Translations
  • Spanish: las mujeres primero — Translations
  • Swedish: damerna först — Translations
  • Turkish: bayanlar önden — Translations