prez
English
Etymology
Clipping of president.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɛz
Noun
prez (plural prezzes)
Translations
informal, president
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Anagrams
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
Preposition
prez (Cyrillic spelling през) (+ genitive case)
- (regional) without
- 1501, Marko Marulić, Judita:
- Na koju godi stran sobom obratiše,
- sela, grade i stan prez boja dobiše.
- 1584, Brne Karnarutić, Vazetje Sigeta grada:
- Sebi, svomu rodu, jer nima razuma,
- Sramotu i škodu učini prez uma.
- 1762, Matija Antun Relković, Satir iliti divji čovik:
- Možeš zovnut i ženskoga uha,
- jer je prez njih pir i gozba gluha,
- early 20C, Drago Gervais, Va sremskoj ravnici:
- Sneg pada i sva je ravnica bela,
- vela ravnica prez kraja,
- ku nikad ne ću pasat...
- 1501, Marko Marulić, Judita:
Spanish
Etymology
From Old Spanish prez, borrowed from Old Occitan pretz, from Latin pretium. Doublet of precio.
Pronunciation
Noun
prez m or f (plural preces)
- (archaic) honour
- 1926, Roberto Arlt, “Los ladrones”, in El juguete rabioso:
- Los tres hermanos, cabelludos y flacos, prez de vagos, durante el día tomaban abundantes baños de sol y al oscurecer se trajeaban con el fin de ir a granjear amoríos entre las perdularias del arrabal.
Further reading
- “prez”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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