early

Etymology 1
From, , , from , equivalent to.

Adjective

 * 1) At a time in advance of the usual or expected event.
 * 2) Arriving a time before expected; sooner than on time.
 * 3) Near the start or beginning.
 * 4) Near the start of the day.
 * 5) Having begun to occur; in its early stages.
 * 6)  Of a star or class of stars, hotter than the sun.
 * 1) Near the start or beginning.
 * 2) Near the start of the day.
 * 3) Having begun to occur; in its early stages.
 * 4)  Of a star or class of stars, hotter than the sun.
 * 1) Near the start of the day.
 * 2) Having begun to occur; in its early stages.
 * 3)  Of a star or class of stars, hotter than the sun.
 * 1) Having begun to occur; in its early stages.
 * 2)  Of a star or class of stars, hotter than the sun.
 * 1)  Of a star or class of stars, hotter than the sun.

Synonyms

 * : premature
 * : first

Antonyms

 * : late
 * : terminal

Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: بَاكِر
 * Egyptian Arabic: بدري
 * Moroccan Arabic: بكري
 * Armenian: ,
 * Aromanian: timpuriu
 * Assamese: সোনকালে, আগতীয়াকৈ
 * Asturian: temprano
 * Azerbaijani: erkən
 * Bashkir: иртә
 * Belarusian: ра́нні
 * Bengali:
 * Bikol Central:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan: d'hora
 * Cebuano: sayo
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 早
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: frua
 * Estonian: varajane
 * Even: бадь
 * Faroese: tíðliga
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:, ,
 * Galician: cedo, temperán
 * Georgian: ადრეული, ადრე
 * German:, ,
 * Alemannic German: früe
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: πρῷος
 * Gujarati: વહેલું
 * Hebrew: מוקדם
 * Higaonon: sayo
 * Hindi: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Ingrian: aikahiin
 * Irish: luath, moch
 * Italian:, , , ,
 * Japanese:
 * Kazakh: ерте
 * Khmer: មុនម៉ោង
 * Korean: ,
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: زوو
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Ladin: abenëura
 * Lao: ເຊົ້າ
 * Latgalian: agrys, agreims, agrejs
 * Latin: matutinus, praecox
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian: ankstus, ankstyvas
 * Luxembourgish: fréi
 * Macedonian: ран
 * Maltese: kmieni, bikri
 * Manchu: ᡝᡵᡩᡝ
 * Maori: moata, tuata
 * Mongolian:, эртний
 * North Frisian: eeđer
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Occitan: d'ora
 * Old English: hræd
 * Old Javanese: isuk
 * Old Norse: snemt, snemma
 * Ottoman Turkish: اركن
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: ,
 * Romansch: baud
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: tràthail
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: рани
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: raný, včasný
 * Slovene: zgoden
 * Sorbian:
 * Upper Sorbian: zažny
 * Spanish:, , precoz
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tajik: барвақт
 * Thai:, ,
 * Turkish:
 * Turkmen: ir, irki
 * Ukrainian: ра́нній, завча́сний
 * Urdu: سویرا
 * Uzbek:
 * Vietnamese:, , đầu mùa
 * Volapük:
 * Welsh: yn fore,
 * West Frisian: ier
 * Yakut: эрдэ
 * Yiddish: באַלדיק
 * Zazaki:


 * Armenian: ,
 * Bashkir: иртә
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician: cedo
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Irish: luath
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: ,
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: زوو
 * Maori: moata, tuata
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Old English: hræd
 * Ottoman Turkish: اركن
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: tràthail
 * Sorbian:
 * Upper Sorbian: zažny
 * Spanish: prematuro,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:
 * Volapük:


 * Finnish:
 * French:, , ,
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: ,
 * Latin:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Old English: hræd
 * Ottoman Turkish: اركن
 * Piedmontese: primeiro
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:
 * Volapük:


 * French:
 * Greek:
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Spanish:, precoz

Noun

 * 1)  A shift  that takes place early in the day.

Etymology 2
From, , , , , from , , equivalent to. Cognate with 🇨🇬, ( > 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬).

Adverb

 * 1) At a time before expected; sooner than usual.
 * 2) Soon; in good time; seasonably.
 * 1) Soon; in good time; seasonably.
 * 1) Soon; in good time; seasonably.

Translations

 * Arabic: مُبَكِّرًا, بَاكِرًا
 * Egyptian Arabic: بدري
 * Moroccan Arabic: بكري
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: erkən
 * Bakhtiari: زید
 * Bashkir: иртә
 * Basque: goizik
 * Belarusian: ра́на
 * Breton:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan:
 * Chamicuro: wa'ni tsijta
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Faroese: snimma, árla
 * Finnish:, , , hyvissä ajoin
 * French:, ,
 * Galician: cedo
 * Georgian: ადრე
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: πρωΐ, ἦρι
 * Hebrew: מוקדם
 * Hindi:
 * Hittite: hit
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido:
 * Ingrian: aikaisee, varraa
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Kazakh: ерте
 * Korean: ,
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish:
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian: anksti
 * Luxembourgish: fréi
 * Macedonian: рано
 * Malay:
 * Old English: hraþe, ǣr
 * Old Norse: snemma
 * Ottoman Turkish: اركن
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: рано
 * Roman:
 * Sicilian:
 * Slovak: skoro, čoskoro, včas, zavčasu
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Tajik: барвақт
 * Thai: แต่วัน
 * Turkish:
 * Turkmen: irki
 * Ukrainian: ра́но,
 * Urdu: جلدی
 * Uzbek:
 * Vietnamese:
 * Volapük: göliko, gölo
 * Walloon:, , di boune eure
 * Welsh:, plygeinwaith
 * Yiddish: פֿרי