"premier" meaning in Old French

See premier in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /prəˈmi͜ɛɾ/
Etymology: From Latin prīmārius. Etymology templates: {{ety|fro|:inh|la:prīmārius}}, {{inh|fro|la|prīmārius}} Latin prīmārius Head templates: {{head|fro|adjective|oblique and nominative feminine singular|premiere|||||||g=m|head=}} premier m (oblique and nominative feminine singular premiere), {{fro-adj}} premier m (oblique and nominative feminine singular premiere) Forms: premiere [feminine, nominative, oblique, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], premiers [masculine, singular, subjective], premiere [feminine, singular, subjective], premier [neuter, singular, subjective], premier [masculine, oblique, singular], premiere [feminine, oblique, singular], premier [neuter, oblique, singular], premiere [oblique, singular], premier [oblique, singular], premier [masculine, plural, subjective], premieres [feminine, plural, subjective], premier [neuter, plural, subjective], premier [plural, subjective], premiers [masculine, oblique, plural], premieres [feminine, oblique, plural], premier [neuter, oblique, plural], premieres [oblique, plural], premier [oblique, plural], premer [alternative], primer [alternative], primur [alternative]
  1. first Tags: masculine Derived forms: premierement
    Sense id: en-premier-fro-adj-p5N7ZLjK

Adverb

IPA: /prəˈmi͜ɛɾ/ Forms: premer [alternative], primer [alternative], primur [alternative]
Etymology: From Latin prīmārius. Etymology templates: {{ety|fro|:inh|la:prīmārius}}, {{inh|fro|la|prīmārius}} Latin prīmārius Head templates: {{head|fro|adverbs||head=}} premier, {{fro-adv}} premier
  1. first
    Sense id: en-premier-fro-adv-p5N7ZLjK

Noun

IPA: /prəˈmi͜ɛɾ/ Forms: premier oblique singular or [canonical, masculine], premiers [oblique, plural], premiers [nominative, singular], premier [nominative, plural], premer [alternative], primer [alternative], primur [alternative]
Etymology: From Latin prīmārius. Etymology templates: {{ety|fro|:inh|la:prīmārius}}, {{inh|fro|la|prīmārius}} Latin prīmārius Head templates: {{fro-noun|m}} premier oblique singular, m (oblique plural premiers, nominative singular premiers, nominative plural premier)
  1. first
    Sense id: en-premier-fro-noun-p5N7ZLjK
  2. beginning; start
    Sense id: en-premier-fro-noun-b0pGMy6z Categories (other): Old French entries with incorrect language header, Old French ordinal numbers Disambiguation of Old French entries with incorrect language header: 6 0 8 86 Disambiguation of Old French ordinal numbers: 6 0 24 70

Alternative forms

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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "premier",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "premer",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "primer",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "primur",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "premier oblique singular, m (oblique plural premiers, nominative singular premiers, nominative plural premier)",
      "name": "fro-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old French",
  "lang_code": "fro",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old French terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              26,
              32
            ]
          ],
          "english": "to know that the tenant was the first who entered",
          "text": "saver ke le tenant fut le primer ke entra",
          "translation": "to know that the tenant was the first who entered",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "first"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "first",
          "first"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "beginning; start"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "beginning",
          "beginning"
        ],
        [
          "start",
          "start"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/prəˈmi͜ɛɾ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "premier"
}

Download raw JSONL data for premier meaning in Old French (7.1kB)

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  "section": "Old French",
  "subsection": "noun",
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  "msg": "suspicious related form tags ['masculine', 'canonical']: 'premier oblique singular or' in 'premier oblique singular, m (oblique plural premiers, nominative singular premiers, nominative plural premier)'",
  "path": [
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