No. 55 in French
premier
"Premier" means "first" in English.
In a sentence
Le premier jour de l'année est toujours célébré.
The first day of the year is always celebrated.
Here, 'premier' is used as an ordinal number, indicating the first element in a sequence (in this case, the day of the year).
Elle souhaite être la première à arriver.
She wants to be the first to arrive.
In this sentence, 'première' (feminine form of 'premier') acts as a superlative indicating superiority in order (arriving first).
C'est son premier roman publié.
This is his first published novel.
'Premier' in this context is used to denote the debut or initial instance of something (his first novel).
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