premier

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Middle French premier (adjective), from Latin prīmārius. Doublet of primary. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpɹɛ.mi.ɛː/, /ˈpɹɛm.jɛː/, /ˈpɹɛ.mi.ə/, /ˈpɹɛm.jə/ (US) IPA(key): /pɹɪˈmɪəɹ/ (Canada) IPA(key): /ˈpɹimjɚ/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈpɹemjə/ Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ) Homophone: premiere (in some US pronunciations, not in UK pronunciation) === Adjective === premier (not comparable) Foremost; first or highest in quality or degree. 2004, Philip Moore, Scouting an Anthropology of Sport, Anthropologica, Volume 46, Number 1, Canadian Anthropology Society, page 40, This failure, for a team associated with one of the premier Australian Rules Football teams with the longest of traditions, is truly enormous. 2011, Kate Askew, Dot. Bomb Australia, Read How You Want, page 70, If they′d followed the advice they had received more carefully, they would have paired up with John Fairfax Holdings, later Fairfax Media, Australia′s premier independent media company. (heraldry) Most ancient; first to hold a specified status. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== preeminent, primary, prime === Noun === premier (plural premiers) (politics, UK, Westminster system) The head of government in parliament and leader of the cabinet. (politics, UK parliament) The prime minister. 1871 July 29, “Our Tyrant”, The Spectator, Volume 303, Issues 9308-9315, page 910, Mr. Gladstone had literally no option. Not to coerce the Lords was to coerce the Commons to continue purchase in spite of their repeated votes for its abolition, and this the Premier had as little the power as the will to do. (politics, Australia, Canada, South Africa) The leader of a state or provincial government and cabinet. (politics, non-Westminster) The government leader in a legislative congress or leader of a government-level administrative body; the head of government. 1983, Guo Zhou, China & the World, Volume 4, Beijing Review, page 13, This shows that our policy of strengthening friendly ties with Africa as developed by Chairman Mao Zedong and Premier Zhou Enlai is a correct one and that it has won popular support in Africa. (nautical, slang) The first lieutenant or other second-in-command officer of a ship. (Australia, sporting) The champion team of a particular season (especially as used in Australian rules football). ==== Usage notes ==== Often capitalised, especially when used as a title. In British English, prime minister and premier are interchangeable, while in Australia and Canada, the federal leader is the prime minister and the state/provincial leaders are premiers. The term prime minister is commonly a synonym also in non-Westminster system contexts ==== Synonyms ==== (parliamentary leader of government and leader of cabinet in a national parliament): prime minister, first minister (parliamentary leader of government and leader of cabinet in a state or provincial parliament): first minister (head of government in a non-Westminster system): prime minister (second-in-command on a ship): first lieutenant, first mate ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== premiere king, queen, president governor first minister === Verb === premier (third-person singular simple present premiers, present participle premiering, simple past and past participle premiered) To perform, display or exhibit for the first time. To govern in the role of premier. === Anagrams === reprime == Dutch == === Alternative forms === (eye dialect) prumjee === Etymology === Shortening of French premier ministre. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /prəˈmjeː/ Hyphenation: pre‧mier Rhymes: -eː === Noun === premier m (plural premiers, diminutive premiertje n) prime minister Synonym: minister-president ==== Derived terms ==== premierbonus premierschap == French == === Alternative forms === 1er (abbreviation, in general) Ier (abbreviation, after names) === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French premier, from Old French premier, from Latin prīmārius. Doublet of primaire. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pʁə.mje/, (in liaison) /pʁə.mje.ʁ‿/ === Adjective === premier (feminine première, masculine plural premiers, feminine plural premières) (ordinal number) first prime (number etc) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Haitian Creole: premye → Portuguese: premiê === Noun === premier m (plural premiers, feminine première) first premier prime minister ==== Descendants ==== → Brazilian Portuguese: premiê, premier (unadapted form) === Adverb === premier first === Further reading === “premier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === empirer, réprime, réprimé == Hungarian == === Alternative forms === prömier (nonstandard) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈprɛmijɛr] Hyphenation: pre‧mi‧er Rhymes: -ɛr === Noun === premier (plural premierek) premiere (the first showing of a film, play or other form of entertainment) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== filmpremier === Further reading === premier in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN. == Indonesian == === Etymology === Borrowed from English premiere, première, from French première. Doublet of première. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /preˈmi.ɛr/, [preˈmi.ɛr] Rhymes: -ɛr Hyphenation: pre‧mi‧er === Noun === premier (plural premier-premier) premiere, première === Further reading === “premier”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Italian == === Etymology === Borrowed from English premier, itself a borrowing from French premier, ultimately from Classical Latin prīmārius. Doublet of primaio, primiero, and primario. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈprɛ.mjer/ Rhymes: -ɛmjer Hyphenation: prè‧mier === Noun === premier m or f by sense (invariable) premier, prime minister (or similar title) ==== Derived terms ==== vicepremier === Anagrams === reprime == Middle French == === Etymology === From Old French premier, from Latin primarius. === Pronunciation === === Adjective === premier m (feminine singular premiere, masculine plural premiers, feminine plural premieres) first (ordinal number) ==== Descendants ==== French: premier == Norwegian Bokmål == === Noun === premier m indefinite plural of premie == Old French == === Alternative forms === premer, primer, primur === Etymology === From Latin prīmārius. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /prəˈmi͜ɛɾ/ === Adjective === premier m (oblique and nominative feminine singular premiere) first ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== premierement === Adverb === premier first === Noun === premier oblique singular, m (oblique plural premiers, nominative singular premiers, nominative plural premier) first beginning; start ==== Descendants ==== Middle French: premier French: premier → English: premier Norman: preunmyi == Polish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈprɛ.mjɛr/ Rhymes: -ɛmjɛr Syllabification: pre‧mier === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from French premier. First attested in the 19th century. Compare Kashubian premiér / premiéra and Silesian prymier. ==== Noun ==== premier m pers (female equivalent premier or premierka, related adjective premierowski) (government) prime minister (chief member of the cabinet and head of the government, especially in a parliamentary democracy; often the leader of the majority party) (government) Prime Minister of Poland (head of the cabinet and the head of government of Poland) Synonym: prezes Rady Ministrów ===== Declension ===== ==== Noun ==== premier f (indeclinable, male equivalent premier) (government) female equivalent of premier (“prime minister”) (chief member of the cabinet and head of the government, especially in a parliamentary democracy; often the leader of the majority party) ===== Derived terms ===== ==== Alternative forms ==== premjer (pre-reform orthography (1936)) ==== Trivia ==== According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), premier is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 0 times in scientific texts, 60 times in news, 8 times in essays, 1 time in fiction, and 6 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 75 times, making it the 861st most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words. === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Noun ==== premier f genitive plural of premiera === References === === Further reading === “premier”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[3] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “premier”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[4] (in Polish) premier in PWN's encyclopedia premier in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French premier. === Noun === premier m (plural premieri) prime minister ==== Declension ==== == Spanish == === Alternative forms === première === Etymology === Borrowed from French premier (literally “first”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pɾeˈmjeɾ/ [pɾeˈmjeɾ] Rhymes: -eɾ IPA(key): /ˈpɾemjeɾ/ [ˈpɾe.mjeɾ] Rhymes: -emjeɾ Syllabification: pre‧mier === Noun === premier m or f by sense (plural premiers or premieres) premier (head of government) ==== Further reading ==== “premier”, in Diccionario panhispánico de dudas [Panhispanic Dictionary of Uncertainties] (in Spanish), 2nd edition, Royal Spanish Academy; Association of Academies of the Spanish Language, 2023, →ISBN Seco, Manuel; Andrés, Olimpia; Ramos, Gabino (2023), “premier”, in Diccionario del español actual (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA Seco, Manuel; Andrés, Olimpia; Ramos, Gabino (2023), “première”, in Diccionario del español actual (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA == Swedish == === Noun === premier indefinite plural of premie == Tatar == === Noun === premier Latin spelling of премьер (premʹyır)