pri

See also: Appendix:Variations of "pri"

Translingual

Etymology

Abbreviation of English Paicî with r as a placeholder.

Symbol

pri

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Paicî.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Paicî terms

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• pi, pre

Etymology

From Latin per. Compare Romanian pe (archaic pre).

Preposition

pri

1. on

Related terms

• pristi / priste, pisti / piste
• pintru

Breton

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *prið, from Proto-Celtic *kʷrīyess.

Noun

pri

1. mud

Cornish

Alternative forms

• prei (Revived Late Cornish)

Etymology

From Middle Cornish pry, from Proto-Brythonic *prið, from Proto-Celtic *kʷrīyets. Cognate with Breton pri, Irish cré, Manx cray, Scottish Gaelic crè, and Welsh pridd.

Noun

pri m (plural priow)

1. clay
2. mud

   Synonyms: leys, stag

Derived terms

• poll gwynn (“china clay”)
• poll pri (“clay pit”)

Mutation

Mutation of pri

unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed	mixed after 'th
pri	bri	fri	unchanged	unchanged	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Esperanto

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek περί (perí). Compare French péri-, Italian, English and Spanish peri-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pri/

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• Rhymes: -i
• Syllabification: pri

Preposition

pri

1. about, regarding, concerning, in relation to
   • 2025 November 27, Renée Triolle, “La unua eŭropano, kiu vizitis Tibeton Alexandra David-Néel (1868-1969)”, in uea.facila‎^[1], archived from the original on 23 December 2025:

     Ĉe la muzeo Guimet en Parizo ŝi ekinteresiĝis pri la aziaj artoj kaj kulturoj.

     At the Guimet museum in Paris, she started to become interested about Asian art and cultures.

Derived terms

• pri-

• pridemandi (“to query”)
• priparoli (“to talk about, discuss”)
• pripensi (“to think about, consider”)
• priplori (“to deplore”)
• priskribi (“to describe”)
• pristudi (“to study, do research on, investigate”)
• prizorgi (“to worry about; to take care of”)

Further reading

• “pri”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “pri”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-present
• Wells, John C. (1992), “pri, about, after, at, concern, for, of, re, upon”, in Concise Esperanto and English Dictionary‎^[2], →ISBN, pages 132, 165, 169, 180, 215, 257, 310, 349
• Benson, Peter J. (1995), “about, as, concern, connect, in re, of, on, over, re, refer, regard, relate, relative, toward(s), -wise”, in Comprehensive English-Esperanto Dictionary‎^[3], →ISBN, pages 18, 46, 128, 131, 272, 354, 356-357, 364, 420, 423-426, 544, 584
• Butler, Montagu C. (1967), “pri”, in Esperanto-English Dictionary‎^[4], →OL, pages 331-332
• Motteau, Achille (1907), “pri”, in Esperanto-English Dictionary‎^[5], →OCLC, page 119

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French prix (“price”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɣi/

Noun

pri

1. price

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto pri, from Ancient Greek περί (perí).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pri/

Preposition

pri

1. about, concerning

Rade

Etymology

Borrowed from French prix (“prize”).

Noun

pri

1. reward; recompense

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pri, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *prei.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prî/

Preposition

prȉ (Cyrillic spelling при̏) [with locative]

1. close to, near, at (denoting spatial proximity)

   pri samom ulazu ― right at the entrance

   pri kraju ulice ― at the end of the street

   pri vrhu brda ― near the top of the hill

2. with, having, in possession of

   biti pri novcu ― to have money, having money

   biti pri sv(ij)esti ― to be conscious, having consciousness

   biti pri (zdravoj) pameti ― to be in one's right mind

   biti pri sebi ― to be in possession of one's faculties

   pri temperaturi od 20° C ― at 20° Cl

3. (archaic) at (belonging to, collaborating with)

   pisar pri sudu ― a scribe at the court

4. during, while, at (denoting temporal co-occurrence)

   pri zalasku sunca ― during the sunset, while the sun was/is setting

   pri jelu ― while eating

   pri kraju razgovora ― at the end of the conversation

   pri vožnji ― while driving

5. idiomatic and figurative meanings

   biti nekome pri ruci ― to help somebody

   ostajem pri svojoj izjavi ― I stick to my statement

   ostajem pri svome mišljenju ― I stick to my opinion

   pri tome ― while doing so; in this connection/matter

Related terms

• pri-

References

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

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pri.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pri]

Preposition

pri

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Further reading

• “pri”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026

Slovene

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pri, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *prei.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pri/

Preposition

pri

1. (with locative) by, near
2. (with locative) at