English-French translations for beginnings

• prémices
  J'y vois là les prémices d'un partenariat fructueux. This looks and feels to me like the beginnings of successful partnership.
  Nous aurions ainsi les prémices d'une armée européenne permanente. And there we have the beginnings of a European standing army.
  Ma région accueille les prémices d’une industrie du biodiesel florissante dans la vallée de la Tees. In my own region we have the beginnings of a successful bio-diesel industry in the Tees Valley.

Related words

• beginning
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