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Dutch
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle Dutch poreye, from Old French poree.
Pronunciation
Noun
prei m (plural preien, diminutive preitje n)
- leek, Allium ampeloprasum syn. Allium porrum (stem vegetable)
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Indonesian
Etymology
From Javanese prei, from Dutch vrij (“free”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /prei/
- Hyphenation: pri
Noun
prei
- (colloquial) holiday, free, doing nothing.
- Synonym: libur
Further reading
Old Prussian
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *prei, from Proto-Indo-European *prey. Cognate with Lithuanian priẽ (“at, with, to”), príe- (“at, with, to”), Latvian prie- and Proto-Slavic *pri (“at, with, by”).
Preposition
prei
- at
- with
- to
Sranan Tongo
Etymology
From English play.
Pronunciation
Verb
prei
- (transitive, intransitive) to play (to be engaged in a game)
ca. 1765, Pieter van Dyk, Nieuwe en nooit bevoorens geziene Onderwyzinge in het Bastert, of Neeger Engels, zoo als het zelve in de Hollandsze Colonien gebruikt word [New and unprecedented instruction in Bastard or Negro English, as it is used in the Dutch colonies], page 107:Baſſia hoe fafi maſtra gi permiſſi fo pree.- Basya, how are you? Did master give permission to play?
- (transitive) to play (to let an audiovisual storage medium run)
- Synonym: drai