première partie

American

[pri-meer pahr-tee, -myair, pruh-myer par-tee] / prɪˈmɪər pɑrˈti, -ˈmyɛər, prə myɛr parˈti /

noun

Furniture.

(in buhl) the primary inlay formed, in which the tortoise shell forms the ground for a design cut in brass.

Etymology

Origin of première partie

< French: literally, the first part

Example Sentences

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Et voilà terminée la première partie de mon discours.

From Essays in Radical Empiricism by James, William

Brochard, dans sa première partie, a conduit par terre jusqu'à Constantinople l'ost de Nostre Seigneur, et il lui a fait prendre cette ville.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 10 Asia, Part III by Hakluyt, Richard

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