pre-

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[edit] English

[edit] Alternative forms

  • præ- (archaic, technical, or pedantic)

[edit] Etymology

From French pré-, from Latin pre-, prae-, before

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Prefix

pre-

  1. Before; used to form words meaning "in front of (in space)".
  2. Before; used to form words meaning or "before (in time)".

[edit] Usage notes

  • This prefix is usually prefixed to words without using a hyphen (for example, prefix, predate). A hyphen is used in the following cases:
    • Where excluding a hyphen would be likely to lead to a mispronunciation of the word because "pre" appears not to be a complete syllable (for example, "pre-yaw course", which could be read as "prey aw course" if unhyphenated).
    • Always in British English before the letter e (for example, pre-existing)
    • Often in British English before other vowels (for example, pre-operative);
    • Always in all varieties of English before a character other than a letter (for example, pre-1960).

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  • Finnish: esi-
  • French: (before a word) pré-; (before a number) d'avant (to form adjectives, for example a pre-1960 car - une voiture d'avant 1960), avant (to form adverbs, for example to go back pre-1960 - retourner avant 1960)
  • Italian: pre-

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[edit] Catalan

[edit] Etymology

From Latin pre-, prae-, before

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pre-

  1. Before; used to form words meaning "in front of" or "before".
  2. Before; used to form words meaning superiority or excellence.

[edit] Croatian

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pre-

  1. Prefix prepended to adjectives to create an adjective denoting an excessiveness of a feature.

[edit] Italian

[edit] Etymology

From Latin pre-, prae-, before

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pre-

  1. pre-#English

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[edit] Latin

[edit] Etymology

Variant form of prae-, before

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pre-

  1. before, in time or space
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