first
/fɚst/ adjectif A1En français : premier, -unième
- Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest. · Hancock was first to arrive.· The first day of September 2013 was a Sunday.
- Most eminent or exalted; most excellent; chief; highest. · Demosthenes was the first orator of Greece.· the first violinist
- Of or belonging to a first family. · First Cat; First Daughter; First Dog; First Son
- Coming right after the zeroth in things that use zero-based numbering.
Superlatif firstmost
Dans la bibliothèque
“I remember, when we first knew her in Hertfordshire, how amazed we all were to find that she was a reputed beauty; and I particularly recollect your saying one night, after they had been dining at Netherfield, ‘_She_ a beauty!
“Yes,” replied Darcy, who could contain himself no longer, “but _that_ was only when I first knew her; for it is many months since I have considered her as one of the handsomest women of my acquaintance.”
Morrel appeared and was saluted with an enthusiastic burst of applause from the crew of the Pharaon, who hailed the visit of the shipowner as a sure indication that the man whose wedding feast he thus delighted to honor would ere long be first in command of the ship; and as Dantès was universally beloved on board his vessel, the sailors put no restraint on their tumultuous joy at finding that the opinion and choice of their superiors so exactly coincided with their own.
Père Pamphile had seen Dantès pass not ten minutes before; and assured that he was at the Catalans, they sat down under the budding foliage of the planes and sycamores, in the branches of which the birds were singing their welcome to one of the first days of spring.
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