From Middle English [Term?] . Compare Dutch bovenal ( “ above all ” ) .
Prepositional phrase [ edit ] above all
Of prime importance; before anything else; especially .
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of prime importance
Afrikaans: veral (af) , hoofsaaklik (af)
Bulgarian: пре́ди вси́чко ( prédi vsíčko )
Catalan: sobretot (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 首先 (zh) ( shǒuxiān )
Czech: především (cs)
Danish: først og fremst fremfor alt
Dutch: bovenal (nl) , vooral (nl) , voornamelijk (nl)
Esperanto: precipe (eo) , antaŭ ĉio
Finnish: ylipäätänsä ennen kaikkea (fi)
French: surtout (fr) , par-dessus tout (fr) , avant tout (fr)
Georgian: უპირველეს ყოვლისა ( uṗirveles q̇ovlisa )
German: vor allem (de) , hauptsächlich (de) , vor allem anderen
Gothic: 𐌸𐌹𐍃𐌷𐌿𐌽 ( þishun )
Greek: προπαντός (el) ( propantós )
Ancient: μάλιστα ( málista )
Hebrew: קודם כל ( qódem kol )
Hungarian: mindenekelőtt (hu) , elsősorban (hu) , legfőképp (hu) , legfőképpen (hu)
Ido: precipue (io)
Interlingua: super toto
Italian: soprattutto (it) , anzitutto (it)
Japanese: 何よりも ( なによりも, nani yori mo )
Korean: 무엇보다 먼저 ( mueotboda meonjeo )
Maltese: fuq kollox
Norwegian:
Bokmål: først og fremst fremfor alt framfor alt
Nynorsk: først og fremst framfor alt
Polish: przede wszystkim (pl)
Portuguese: sobretudo (pt) , acima de tudo
Russian: пре́жде всего́ (ru) ( préžde vsevó ) , осо́бенно (ru) ( osóbenno )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: пре свeгa
Roman: pre svega
Spanish: sobre todo ante todo más que nada por encima de todo máxime (es)
Swedish: framförallt (sv) , främst (sv)
Thai: สิ่งสำคัญที่สุด ( sìng săm-kan têe sùt ) , เหนือสิ่งอื่นใด ( nĕua sìng èun dai )
Ukrainian: передусі́м ( peredusím ) , передовсі́м ( peredovsím ) , перш за все ( perš za vse )