first and foremost

English

Adverb

first and foremost

(set phrase) Primarily; most importantly.
- 1847, Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights, Chapter IX
  "There are many things to be considered before that question can be answered properly," I said, sententiously. "First and foremost, do you love Mr. Edgar?"

Synonyms

above all

Translations

primarily; most importantly

Chinese:
Mandarin: 首先 (zh) (shǒuxiān)
Danish: først og fremmest
Dutch: op de allereerste plaats
Faroese: fyrst og fremst
Finnish: ennen kaikkea (fi)
French: d’abord et avant tout (fr)
German: vor allem (de), in erster Linie (de)
Hebrew: בָּרֺאשׁ וּבָרִאשׁוֹנָה‎‎ (he) (ba-rósh u-va-rishoná), קֺדֶם כָּל‎‎ (kódem kol)
Hungarian: elsősorban (hu), mindenekelőtt (hu)

Icelandic: fyrst og fremst, aðallega (is)
Japanese: 何よりもまず (nani yori mo mazu)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: først og fremst

Nynorsk: først og fremst
Portuguese: primeiramente e sobretudo
Russian: в пе́рвую о́чередь (ru) (v pérvuju óčeredʹ), пре́жде всего́ (ru) (préžde vsevó)
Swedish: först och främst (sv), framförallt (sv), i första hand
Vietnamese: trước hết (vi), trước nhất (vi)

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