proie

French

Etymology

From Old French proie, preie, from Latin praeda (probably via a Late Latin variant proeda or *prēda; the expected outcome of praeda would be *priée).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʁwa/, /pʁwɑ/

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Noun

proie f (plural proies)

1. prey
2. booty

Further reading

• “proie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• poire

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Old French

Noun

proie oblique singular, f (oblique plural proies, nominative singular proie, nominative plural proies)

1. Alternative form of preie

Descendants

• French: proie