Categories: Common language
🇬🇧 early [ADJ][ADV]
Related term(s): čas, jutranji/jutranja/jutranje, jutro, po zajčkih, predčasen/predčasna/predčasno, prednosten/prednostna/prednostno, prezgodnji/prezgodnja/prezgodnje, ran/rani/rana/rano, zarana, zgodni/zgodna/zgodno
IPA pronunciation: [ˈɝli]
Grammar: [PLUR] early [ADJ]
Example(s) of use: “The early bird gets the worm – advice that might seem pointless to early retirees (unless they plan to go fishing)”, USA Today [🇺🇸], 3 reasons to retire as early as you can (14/06/2019)
Examples from arts & (pop)culture, etc: [Song][Comedy-drama, Dramedy] “Early Bird (Zgodnja ptica)”, Shirley Temple (1936) [🇺🇸]
Expressions, idioms: 1. the early bird gets/catches the worm, up with the lark [EXPR][Proverb], 2. an early bird, early-bird discount/price/rate/tickets… [FIG.][JARG.]
Literally meaning: [🇸🇮] “zgodnja ptica, zgodnji ptič”: 1. kdor prej pride, prej melje; rana ura, zlata ura; zgodaj pokonci 2. prednaročniška/preferencialna/ugodna cena, prednaročniški popust itd.;
Synonyms or related terms: ahead of time, before, commercial, day, first, in advance, marketing, morning, premature, sales, sooner, special offer, time, timely
Antonyms: late (pozen, pozno), night owl/nighthawk (ponočnjak)
Other meanings: lark (early bird): [🇸🇮] škrjanec (ptica)
Pivot language: [🇬🇧] early, lark, morning person
In other languages: [LAT] mane, praecox
Grammar: [PLUR] early [ADJ]
Example(s) of use: “The early bird gets the worm – advice that might seem pointless to early retirees (unless they plan to go fishing)”, USA Today [🇺🇸], 3 reasons to retire as early as you can (14/06/2019)
Examples from arts & (pop)culture, etc: [Song][Comedy-drama, Dramedy] “Early Bird (Zgodnja ptica)”, Shirley Temple (1936) [🇺🇸]
Expressions, idioms: 1. the early bird gets/catches the worm, up with the lark [EXPR][Proverb], 2. an early bird, early-bird discount/price/rate/tickets… [FIG.][JARG.]
Literally meaning: [🇸🇮] “zgodnja ptica, zgodnji ptič”: 1. kdor prej pride, prej melje; rana ura, zlata ura; zgodaj pokonci 2. prednaročniška/preferencialna/ugodna cena, prednaročniški popust itd.;
Synonyms or related terms: ahead of time, before, commercial, day, first, in advance, marketing, morning, premature, sales, sooner, special offer, time, timely
Antonyms: late (pozen, pozno), night owl/nighthawk (ponočnjak)
Other meanings: lark (early bird): [🇸🇮] škrjanec (ptica)
Pivot language: [🇬🇧] early, lark, morning person
In other languages: [LAT] mane, praecox