prestige

See also Prestige

English

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Alternative forms

• præstige (archaic)

Etymology

From French prestige (“illusion, fascination, enchantment, prestige”)

, from Latin praestigium (“a delusion, an illusion”)

, from praestinguere (“to obscure,extinguish”)

, from prae (“before”) + stinguere (“to extinguish”); or

, from praestringere (“to blind; to blindfold; to dazzle or confuse someone”)

, from prae (“before”) + stringere (“to press, tighten, compress”).

• Note: despite the phonetic similarities and prestige's old meaning of "delusion, illusion, trick", the word has a different root than prestidigitator and prestidigitation.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /prɛstiʒ/

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• Rhymes: -iːdʒ

Noun

prestige (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) Delusion; illusion; trick.
   • William Warburton:

     The sophisms of infidelity, and the prestiges of imposture.

2. The quality of how good the reputation of something or someone is, how favourably something or someone is regarded

   Oxford has a university of very high prestige.

Derived terms

• prestigious

Translations

Czech: prestiž (cs) f. Dutch: aanzien (nl) n., prestige (nl) n. Finnish: maine (fi), kuuluisuus (fi) French: prestige (fr) m.

German: Prestige (de) n. Russian: престиж (ru) (prestíž) m., авторитет (ru) (avtoritét) m. Spanish: prestigio (es) m. Volapük: prästig (vo)

External links

• prestige in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• prestige in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• prestige at OneLook Dictionary Search

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Noun

prestige m. (plural prestiges)

1. prestige

   de prestige - prestigious

Derived terms

• prestigieux

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Swedish

Noun

prestige c.

1. prestige

Declension

Declension of prestige

	uncountable		uncountable
Common	indefinite	definite
nominative	prestige	prestigen
genitive	prestiges	prestigens

Related terms

• prestigelös