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English
Pronunciation
Adverb
first of all (not comparable)
- (sequence, idiomatic) Firstly; before anything else.
Synonyms
Translations
before anything else
- Arabic: أَوَّلًا (ʔawwalan), قَبْلَ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ (qabla kulli šayʔin)
- Aromanian: ntãnj, ntãnjiu
- Bashkir: иң тәүҙә (iñ təwźə), иң башта (iñ başta); (in enumeration) беренсенән (berensenən)
- Belarusian: перш за ўсё (pjerš za ŭsjo)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 首先 (zh) (shǒuxiān)
- Crimean Tatar: er şeyden evel, eñ evelâ
- Dutch: in de eerste plaats, bovenal (nl), om te beginnen, ten eerste (nl)
- Finnish: ensiksi (fi), ennen muuta (fi)
- French: tout d’abord (fr), en premier lieu (fr), avant toutes choses (fr)
- German: zunächst (de), zuallererst (de)
- Gothic: 𐌹𐌽 𐍆𐍂𐌿𐌼𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌼 (in frumistjam)
- Greek: πρώτα απ' όλα (próta ap' óla)
- Hebrew: קודם כל
- Hungarian: elsősorban (hu), mindenekelőtt (hu)
- Ingrian: enstää, ensti, ensiks
- Italian: innanzitutto (it), prima di tutto, per prima cosa, come prima cosa, primariamente (it), in primo luogo, anzitutto (it), in primis (it)
- Japanese: 先ず (ja) (まず, mazu)
- Korean: 우선 (ko) (useon)
- Polish: przede wszystkim (pl), najpierw (pl), po pierwsze (pl)
- Portuguese: primeiro de tudo, antes de mais nada, antes de tudo, em primeiro lugar
- Romanian: întâi (ro), mai întâi, înainte de toate
- Russian: пре́жде всего́ (ru) (préžde vsevó)
- Spanish: en primer lugar
- Tagalog: una sa lahat
- Ukrainian: перш за все (perš za vse), передусім (peredusim)
- Vietnamese: trước hết (vi), trước nhất (vi), trước tiên (vi)
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