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Nearby words

  1. premiate,
  2. premie,
  3. premier,
  4. premier cru,
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Origin of premiere

1890–95; < French première literally, first; feminine of premier premier
Can be confusedpremier premiere

première

[ pri-meer, -myair; French pruh-myer ]
/ prɪˈmɪər, -ˈmyɛər; French prəˈmyɛr /

noun, plural pre·mières [pri-meerz, -myairz; French pruh-myer] /prɪˈmɪərz, -ˈmyɛərz; French prəˈmyɛr/, verb (used with or without object), pre·miered, pre·mier·ing, adjective

premiere.
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British Dictionary definitions for premiering

premiere

/ (ˈprɛmɪˌɛə, ˈprɛmɪə) /

noun

the first public performance of a film, play, opera, etc
the leading lady in a theatre company

verb

to give or be the first public performance of

Word Origin for premiere

C19: from French, feminine of premier first
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Word Origin and History for premiering

premiere

n.

1889, "first performance of a play," from French première, in phrase première représentation, from fem. of Old French premier "first" (see premier). The verb is recorded from 1940.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper