prase

English

Etymology

From Latin prasius, from Ancient Greek πράσιος ‎(prásios, “of a leek-green”), from Ancient Greek πράσον ‎(práson, “leek”).

Noun

prase ‎(countable and uncountable, plural prases)

1. (mineralogy) A variety of cryptocrystalline of a leek-green colour.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

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Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *porsę, from Proto-Indo-European *pórḱos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈprasɛ/

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• Rhymes: -asɛ
• Hyphenation: pra‧se

Noun

prase n

1. pig

Declension

Declension of prase

	singular	plural
nominative	prase	prasata
genitive	prasete	prasat
dative	praseti	prasatům
accusative	prase	prasata
vocative	prase	prasata
locative	praseti	prasatech
instrumental	prasetem	prasaty

Synonyms

• vepř, čuně, čuník

Hyponyms

• svině
• prasnice
• kanec
• sele
• podsvinče

Related terms

• prasák
• prasárna
• prasečák
• prasečí
• prasečina
• prasečinec
• prasátko

External links

• prase in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• prase in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *porsę, from Proto-Indo-European *pórḱos.

Noun

prȃse n ‎(Cyrillic spelling пра̑се)

1. piglet

Declension

Declension of prase

	singular	plural
nominative	prȃse	prȁsād
genitive	prȁseta	prasadi
dative	prasetu	prasadi
accusative	prase	prasad
vocative	prase	prasadi
locative	prasetu	prasadi
instrumental	prasetom	prasadi

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Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *porsę, from Proto-Indo-European *pórḱos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /praˈsɛ́/, /ˈpràːsɛ/
• Tonal orthography: prasȅ, práse

Noun

prasè or práse n ‎(genitive praséta, nominative plural praséta)

1. piglet

Declension

Declension of prase (neuter, t-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	prase	praseti	praseta
accusative	prase	praseti	praseta
genitive	praseta	praset	praset
dative	prasetu	prasetoma	prasetom
locative	prasetu	prasetih	prasetih
instrumental	prasetom	prasetoma	praseti