proie
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Old French proie, preie, from Latin praeda (probably via a Late Latin variant proeda or *prēda; the expected outcome of praeda would be *priée).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
proie f (plural proies)
- prey
- 1908, H. A. van Ysselsteyn, Le port de Rotterdam[1], page 287:
- […] toute la rangée de sheds serait devenue une proie des flammes.
- ...the whole row of sheds would be consumed by flames.
- booty
Usage notes[edit]
- Commonly used in phrases être la proie de (or être une proie de) and en proie à.
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “proie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams[edit]
Old French[edit]
Noun[edit]
proie oblique singular, f (oblique plural proies, nominative singular proie, nominative plural proies)
- Alternative form of preie
Descendants[edit]
- French: proie
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