英和和英

語源

From French première (“first”).

発音

• (General American) IPA^(key): /pɹəˈmɪɚ/, /pɹɪ-/, /-ˈmiɚ/
• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɛmjɛə/
• 韻: (General 米国用法) -ɪə(ɹ)
• Homophone: premier (in some 米国発音 pronunciations, not in 英国発音 pronunciation)

名詞

premiere (複数形 premieres)

1. The first showing of a film, play or other form of entertainment, often held as a special event with celebrity guests.
2. The first episode of a television show or a particular season of that show.
3. In a series of narrative works, the installment that is chronologically set first.
4. The leading woman of a group, especially in a theatrical cast.

反意語

• finale

動詞

premiere (三人称単数 現在形 premieres, 現在分詞 premiering, 過去形および過去分詞形 premiered)

1. (intransitive) Of a film or play, to play for the first time.

   The new film premieres this weekend.

   • 2021 February 9, Christina Newland, “Is Tom Hanks part of a dying breed of genuine movie stars?”, in BBC‎^[1]:

     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.

2. (transitive) To present a film or play for the first time.

   The local theatre will premiere its latest play this week.

参考

• premier