prijs

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Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /prɛi̯s/
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  • Hyphenation: prijs
  • Rhymes: -ɛi̯s

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch prijs, prise, from Old French pris, preis, from Latin pretium (“worth, price, money spent, wages, reward”).

Noun

prijs m (plural prijzen, diminutive prijsje n)

  1. price, fare, charge
  2. price, price tag, price ticket
  3. prize, award, trophy
  4. reward, prize
  5. praise, act of praising
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: prys
  • Negerhollands: pries
  • → Caribbean Javanese: près, prèis
  • → Indonesian: pris
  • → Papiamentu: preis

Etymology 2

See prijzen.

Verb

prijs

  1. inflection of prijzen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative
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