принц

Bulgarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [print͡s]

• Audio (Standard Bulgarian):

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• Rhymes: -int͡s

Noun

принц • (princ) m

1. prince

Declension

Declension of принц

	singular	plural
indefinite	принц princ	при́нцове príncove
definite (subject form)	при́нцът príncǎt	при́нцовете príncovete
definite (object form)	при́нца prínca
count form	—	при́нца prínca

References

• “принц”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “принц”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Macedonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [print͡s]

Noun

принц • (princ) m (feminine принцеза)

1. prince

Declension

Declension of принц

	singular	plural
indefinite	принц (princ)	принцови (princovi)
definite unspecified	принцот (princot)	принцовите (princovite)
definite proximal	принцов (princov)	принцовиве (princovive)
definite distal	принцон (princon)	принцовине (princovine)
vocative	принцу (princu)	принцови (princovi)
count form	—	принца (princa)

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Prinz, from French prince, from Latin prī̆nceps.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [prʲint͡s]

• Audio:

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Noun

принц • (princ) m anim (genitive при́нца, nominative plural при́нцы, genitive plural при́нцев, female equivalent принце́сса)

1. prince, crown prince (a son or other male family member of a king or a non-Russian emperor)

   Synonym: (dated or poetic) короле́вич (korolévič)

   • 1930, Лев Троцкий [Leon Trotsky], “XXXI. Переговоры в Бресте”, in Моя жизнь; English translation from “XXXI. Negotiations at Brest-Litovsk”, in My Life, 1930:

     Пе́рвую сове́тскую делега́цию, кото́рую возглавля́л Ио́ффе, в Брест-Литовске оха́живали со всех сторо́н. Бава́рский принц Леопо́льд принима́л их, как свои́х "госте́й".

     Pérvuju sovétskuju delegáciju, kotóruju vozglavljál Ióffe, v Brest-Litovske oxáživali so vsex storón. Bavárskij princ Leopólʹd prinimál ix, kak svoíx "gostéj".

     At Brest-Litovsk, the first Soviet delegation, headed by Joffe, was treated in a most ingratiating way by the Germans. Prince Leopold of Bavaria received them as his “guests.”

2. (rare, historical) prince (the holder of a princely title, especially in the Kingdom of France)
   • 1958 [1943], Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, chapter IV, in Нора Галь [Nora Gal], transl., Маленький принц, translation of Le Petit Prince (in French); English translation from Katherine Woods, transl., The Little Prince, 1943:

     У меня́ есть серьёзные основа́ния полага́ть, что Ма́ленький принц прилете́л с плане́тки, кото́рая называ́ется "астеро́ид Б-612".

     U menjá jestʹ serʹjóznyje osnovánija polagátʹ, što Málenʹkij princ priletél s planétki, kotóraja nazyvájetsja "asteróid B-612".

     [original: J’ai de sérieuses raisons de croire que la planète d’où venait le petit prince est l’astéroïde B 612.]

     I have serious reason to believe that the planet from which the little prince came is the asteroid known as B612.

Usage notes

• The words князь (knjazʹ) and принц (princ) both translate to “prince”, but have distinct usages in Russian:
  • принц (princ) in most cases refers to a son or other male family member of a king or non-Russian emperor; the word is strongly associated with a Western European, non-Russian context.
  • князь (knjazʹ) refers to the ruler of a principality or the holder of a princely title.
• Russian usually uses the term царь (carʹ, “tsar”) for ancient and non-European monarchs who in English would be called kings; the son of such a monarch would be a царе́вич (carévič, “tsarevich”), not принц (princ).

Declension

Declension of принц (anim masc-form ц-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	при́нц prínc	при́нцы príncy
genitive	при́нца prínca	при́нцев príncev
dative	при́нцу príncu	при́нцам príncam
accusative	при́нца prínca	при́нцев príncev
instrumental	при́нцем príncem	при́нцами príncami
prepositional	при́нце prínce	при́нцах príncax

Related terms

• при́нцепс m anim (prínceps), принципа́т m (principát)
• принце́сса f anim (princéssa)
• при́нцип m (príncip)

Descendants

• → Armenian: պրինց (princʻ), պրինծ (princ)
• → Ingrian: printsi

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Prinz, from French prince, from Latin prī̆nceps.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prînt͡s/

Noun

при̏нц m anim (Latin spelling prȉnc)

1. prince
2. (soccer, chiefly in plural) Paris Saint-Germain player

Declension

Declension of принц

	singular	plural
nominative	при̏нц	прѝнчеви
genitive	принца	прѝнче̄ва̄
dative	принцу	принчевима
accusative	принца	принчеве
vocative	принче	принчеви
locative	принцу	принчевима
instrumental	принцем	принчевима

Derived terms

• принце́за
• при̏нчевскӣ

References

• “принц”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Ukrainian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Prinz, from French prince, from Latin prī̆nceps.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [prɪnt͡s]

• Audio:

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Noun

принц • (prync) m pers (genitive при́нца, nominative plural при́нци, genitive plural при́нців, female equivalent принце́са)

1. prince

Declension

Declension of принц
(pers hard masc-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	принц prync	при́нци prýncy
genitive	при́нца prýnca	при́нців prýnciv
dative	при́нцові, при́нцу prýncovi, prýncu	при́нцам prýncam
accusative	при́нца prýnca	при́нців prýnciv
instrumental	при́нцом prýncom	при́нцами prýncamy
locative	при́нцові, при́нці prýncovi, prýnci	при́нцах prýncax
vocative	при́нце prýnce	при́нци prýncy

Further reading

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “принц”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “принц”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horox – Slovozmina, Horokh – Inflection]‎^[1]
• “принц”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “принц”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua, Slovnyk.ua]‎^[2]