priora

Catalan

Noun

priora f (plural priores)

1. female equivalent of prior: prioress

   Synonym: prioressa

Latin

Adjective

priōra

1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of prior

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Noun

priora f (plural prioras)

1. (rare) female equivalent of prior: prioress

   Synonym: prioresa

Further reading

• “priora”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “priora”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “priora”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Etymology 2

Verb

priora

1. inflection of priorar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɾjoɾa/ [ˈpɾjo.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -oɾa
• Syllabification: prio‧ra

Noun

priora f (plural prioras)

1. female equivalent of prior: prioress

   Synonym: (obsolete) prioresa

Further reading

• “prior”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025