Everyday life
1er
AbbreviationOfficialA1Meaning
premier
First written as a figure: le 1er mai, le 1er étage. The other ranks take a simple e: 2e, 3e, 10e. The feminine is 1re.
How it is said
premier
Gender and article
no article
Where you meet it
A date, a floor, a ranking, an address (« Paris 1er »).
Example
Fermeture exceptionnelle le 1er mai, jour de la fête du Travail.
Exceptional closure on 1 May (1er mai), Labour Day.
In the DELF
reading A1 · writing A1
Watch out
Never « 1ère », « 2ème » nor « 1e »: the only correct forms are 1er, 1re, then 2e, 3e. And the French 1er étage is the second level in Taiwan.