"first time" meaning in English

See first time in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /fɜːst taɪm/ [Received-Pronunciation], /fɝst taɪm/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-first time.ogg [Mid-Atlantic] Forms: first times [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} first time (plural first times)
  1. An individual's first instance of sexual intercourse. Categories (topical): Sex Translations (first instance of sexual intercourse): primera vegada [feminine] (Catalan), ensimmäinen kerta (Finnish), ensi kerta (Finnish), première fois [feminine] (French), លើកដំបូង (ləəkdɑmboung) (Khmer), លើកទីមួយ ន (ləəktiimuəy nɔɔ) (Khmer), pierwszy raz [masculine] (Polish), primeira vez [feminine] (Portuguese), пе́рвый раз (pérvyj raz) [masculine] (Russian), primera vez [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-first_time-en-noun-gZ1fNrsL Disambiguation of Sex: 97 2 1 Disambiguation of 'first instance of sexual intercourse': 98 2
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see first, time.
    Sense id: en-first_time-en-noun-em64X73U

Verb

IPA: /fɜːst taɪm/ [Received-Pronunciation], /fɝst taɪm/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-first time.ogg [Mid-Atlantic] Forms: first times [present, singular, third-person], first timing [participle, present], first timed [participle, past], first timed [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} first time (third-person singular simple present first times, present participle first timing, simple past and past participle first timed)
  1. (chiefly video games, transitive) To try for the first time. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Video games
    Sense id: en-first_time-en-verb-Kc-6hAOV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 9 57 Topics: video-games

Inflected forms

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