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Date: 1900-2000
Language: French
Origin: , feminine form of premier; PREMIER2

premiere

 noun
     
Related topics: Film
prem‧i‧ere , première [countable]
AMF the first public performance of a film, play, or piece of music:
Rossini's work had its premiere at the Paris Opera.
a movie premiere
the play's world premiere (=the first performance in the world)
—premiere verb [intransitive and transitive]
The movie premiered on December 21, 1937.
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