Meanings
nounpremiere (plural premieres)
plural premieres · alternative première
- The first episode of a television show or a particular season of that show.
- In a series of narrative works, the installment that is chronologically set first.
- The leading woman of a group, especially in a theatrical cast.
verbpremiere (third-person singular simple present premieres, present participle premiering, simple past and past participle premiered)
present singular third person premieres · participle present premiering · participle past premiered · past premiered · alternative première
- intransitiveOf a film or play, to play for the first time.
The new film premieres this weekend.
1 more example
His two most recent films are last year's Greyhound, a Hanks-penned World War Two thriller in which he plays a naval commander, and now News of the World, a Western set in the years immediately following the close of the US Civil War, directed by Paul Greengrass, which is premiering around the world on Netflix tomorrow.
2021 February 9, Christina Newland, “Is Tom Hanks part of a dying breed of genuine movie stars?”, in BBC - transitiveTo present a film or play for the first time.
The local theatre will premiere its latest play this week.
Synonyms & antonyms
Opposite
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Frenchpremière“first”
- Englishpremiere
From French première (“first”).
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic الْعَرْضُ ٱلْأَوَّل
- الْعَرْضُ ٱلْأَوَّل (al-ʕarḍu l-ʔawwal)first showing of a film, play or other form of entertainment
Bulgarian премиера
- премиера (premiera)first showing of a film, play or other form of entertainment
Catalan estrena, estrenar
- estrenafirst showing of a film, play or other form of entertainment
- estrenar(intransitive) of a film or play, to play for the first time
Chinese Mandarin 首演, 初次的演出
- 首演 (shǒuyǎn)first showing of a film, play or other form of entertainment
- 初次的演出 (chūcì de yǎnchū)first showing of a film, play or other form of entertainment
Czech premiéra
- premiérafirst showing of a film, play or other form of entertainment
Dutch première
- premièrefirst showing of a film, play or other form of entertainment
Finnish kantaesitys, ensi-ilta
- kantaesitysfirst showing of a film, play or other form of entertainment
- ensi-iltafirst showing of a film, play or other form of entertainment
French première
- premièrefirst showing of a film, play or other form of entertainment
German Premiere, Uraufführung
- Premierefirst showing of a film, play or other form of entertainment
- Uraufführungfirst showing of a film, play or other form of entertainment
- Erstaufführungfirst showing of a film, play or other form of entertainment
- uraufführen(intransitive) of a film or play, to play for the first time
Greek πρεμιέρα
- πρεμιέρα (premiéra)first showing of a film, play or other form of entertainment
Hungarian premier, ősbemutató
- premierfirst showing of a film, play or other form of entertainment
- ősbemutatófirst showing of a film, play or other form of entertainment
Indonesian penampilan perdana, pertunjukkan perdana
- penampilan perdanafirst showing of a film, play or other form of entertainment
- pertunjukkan perdanafirst showing of a film, play or other form of entertainment
- premierfirst showing of a film, play or other form of entertainment
Italian prima
- primafirst showing of a film, play or other form of entertainment
Japanese 初演, 封切り
- 初演 (shoen)first showing of a film, play or other form of entertainment
- 封切り (fūkiri)first showing of a film, play or other form of entertainment
Malay tayangan perdana
- tayangan perdanafirst showing of a film, play or other form of entertainment
Norwegian Bokmål premiere
- premierefirst showing of a film, play or other form of entertainment
Polish premiera, premierować
- premierafirst showing of a film, play or other form of entertainment
- premierować(intransitive) of a film or play, to play for the first time
- mieć premierę(intransitive) of a film or play, to play for the first time
- wystawiać premierę(transitive) to present a film or play for the first time
- wystawić premierę(transitive) to present a film or play for the first time
Portuguese estreia, estrear
- estreiafirst showing of a film, play or other form of entertainment
- estrear(intransitive) of a film or play, to play for the first time
Romanian premieră, avea premiera
- premierăfirst showing of a film, play or other form of entertainment
- avea premiera(intransitive) of a film or play, to play for the first time
Russian премье́ра, выходи́ть
- премье́ра (premʹjéra)first showing of a film, play or other form of entertainment
- выходи́ть (vyxodítʹ)(intransitive) of a film or play, to play for the first time
- вы́йти (výjti)(intransitive) of a film or play, to play for the first time
Spanish estreno, premier
- estrenofirst showing of a film, play or other form of entertainment
- premierfirst showing of a film, play or other form of entertainment
- estrenar(intransitive) of a film or play, to play for the first time
- estrenar(transitive) to present a film or play for the first time
Swedish premiär, ha premiär
- premiärfirst showing of a film, play or other form of entertainment
- ha premiär(intransitive) of a film or play, to play for the first time
Turkish prömiyer
- prömiyerfirst showing of a film, play or other form of entertainment
Vietnamese khởi chiếu
- khởi chiếu(intransitive) of a film or play, to play for the first time
Rhymes & wordplay
Sounds the same
premier (in some US pronunciations, not in UK pronunciation)premier (in some US pronunciations, not in UK pronunciation)
Cite this entry
APA
premiere. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/premiere
MLA
“premiere.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/premiere. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “premiere,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/premiere.
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