prez

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See also: přez and prëz

English

Etymology

Clipping of president.

Pronunciation

Noun

prez (plural prezzes)

  1. (informal) Clipping of president.

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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Preposition

prez (Cyrillic spelling през) (+ genitive case)

  1. (regional) without

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish prez, borrowed from Old Occitan pretz, from Latin pretium. Doublet of precio.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈpɾeθ/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /ˈpɾes/
  • (Spain) Rhymes: -eθ
  • (Latin America) Rhymes: -es
  • Syllabification: prez

Noun

prez m or f same meaning (plural preces)

  1. (archaic) honour
    • 1926, Roberto Arlt, “Los ladrones”, in El juguete rabioso:
      Los tres hermanos, cabelludos y flacos, prez de vagos, durante el día tomaban abundantes baños de sol y al oscurecer se trajeaban con el fin de ir a granjear amoríos entre las perdularias del arrabal.
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