pretrial

See also: pre-trial

English

Alternative forms

• pre-trial

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *per-

Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *-i

Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i?

Proto-Italic *prai

Proto-Italic *prai-

Latin prae-lbor.

Middle English pre-

English pre-

English trial

English pretrial

From pre- + trial.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɹɪˈtɹaɪəl/

Adjective

pretrial (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to a preliminary trial.
2. Before a trial.
   • 2025 June 13, Rosa Flores, “Missing Navy sailor found dead in Virginia, another sailor in custody”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     “A Navy Sailor has been placed in pretrial confinement in connection with the death of Seaman Resendiz. Charges under the Uniform Code of Military Justice are pending,” NCIS told CNN in a statement Thursday.

Noun

pretrial (plural pretrials)

1. (law) A preliminary trial held in advance of a court trial.

   As a result, another pretrial review was to be held on 17 February.

Translations

a preliminary trial held in advance of a court trial

• Bulgarian: предварително производство n (predvaritelno proizvodstvo)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 預審 / 预审 (zh) (yùshěn)

• Indonesian: praperadilan (id)
• Italian: predibattimento m
• Japanese: 予審 (ja) (yoshin)
• Korean: 예심(豫審) (ko) (yesim)
• Malay: prabicara
• Polish: przedprocesowy

Anagrams

• paltrier