premiere C2+ Topic:Film & Television US /prɪˈmɪr/ UK /ˈprɛmiɛə/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun the first public performance or showing of a work The film's premiere drew a glittering crowd. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · the first public... debutopeningunveilinglaunchfirst night ↔ Opposites finaleclosing Word family Related forms premierprimaryprime Etymology AI details From French première, feminine of premier ('first'), from Latin primarius ('of the first rank'), from primus ('first'). première French primus Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Film & Television Theater & Performance General Vocabulary External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # premiere **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /prɪˈmɪr/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈprɛmiɛə/ ## Meanings 1. the first public performance or showing of a work ## Examples - The film's premiere drew a glittering crowd. ## Synonyms - debut - opening - unveiling - launch - first night ## Antonyms - finale - closing ## Related Forms - premier - primary - prime ## Roots and Affixes - Root: première - Root: primus ## Etymology From French première, feminine of premier ('first'), from Latin primarius ('of the first rank'), from primus ('first'). ## AI Etymology Premiere comes from French première, feminine of premier ('first'), from Latin primarius ('of the first rank'), from primus ('first'). The historical chain includes French première and Latin primus. The quoted older senses, "first" and "of the first rank", supply the semantic anchors for premiere. The formation is best read as borrowed: the word premiere carries its older form-history into a compact English lexical shape. In present English it is used as a noun, "the first public performance or showing of a work". Related English forms include premier, primary, and prime. The result is a noun and verb whose etymology preserves both the older form and the later English specialization. ## Topics - Film & Television - Theater & Performance - General Vocabulary markdown