precoce

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English

Etymology

Borrowing from French précoce.

Adjective

precoce (comparative more precoce, superlative most precoce)

  1. (obsolete) precocious

References

Galician

Verb

precoce

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

Interlingua

Adjective

precoce (not comparable)

  1. precocious, precoce

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin praecox. Doublet of albicocca.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /preˈkɔ.t͡ʃe/, /preˈko.t͡ʃe/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ɔtʃe, -otʃe
  • Hyphenation: pre‧cò‧ce, pre‧có‧ce

Adjective

precoce (plural precoci, superlative precocissimo)

  1. premature, untimely
  2. hasty
  3. precocious, early

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ precoce in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Further reading

  • precoce in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin praecox. Doublet of abricó.

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

precoce m or f (plural precoces)

  1. precocious (characterised by exceptionally early occurrence or development)
  2. early, early-stage
    sinais de alerta precoces.
    early warning signs

Further reading

  • precoce” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin praecocem, or via French précoce, itself borrowed from Latin.

Pronunciation

Adjective

precoce m or f or n (masculine plural precoci, feminine and neuter plural precoce)

  1. precocious

Declension

singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative
indefinite precoce precoce precoci precoce
definite precocele precocea precocii precocele
genitive-
dative
indefinite precoce precoce precoci precoce
definite precocelui precocei precocilor precocelor

Further reading