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English
Etymology
Clipping of president.
Pronunciation
Noun
prez (plural prezzes)
- (informal) Clipping of president.
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Serbo-Croatian
Preposition
prez (Cyrillic spelling през) (+ genitive case)
- (regional) without
Slovak
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *perz.
Pronunciation
Preposition
prez
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Further reading
- “prez”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024
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, Philippines) /ˈpɾes/
- Rhymes: -eθ
- Rhymes: -es
- Syllabification: prez
Noun
prez m or f same meaning (plural preces)
- (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.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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