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English
Etymology
Borrowing from French précoce.
Adjective
precoce (comparative more precoce, superlative most precoce)
- (obsolete) precocious
References
Galician
Verb
precoce
- inflection of precocer:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Interlingua
Adjective
precoce (not comparable)
- 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)
- premature, untimely
- hasty
- precocious, early
Derived terms
References
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)
- precocious (characterised by exceptionally early occurrence or development)
- 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)
- precocious
Declension
Further reading