princ

Borrowed from German Prinz, from French prince, from Latin princeps (“first head”), from primus (“first”) + ceps (“head”), related to capitus (“head”).

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: princ

princ m anim (female equivalent princezna)

1. prince (male descendant of a monarch)

• kníže m

• “princ”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “princ”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “princ”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

From German Prinz, from French prince, from Latin prī̆nceps.

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• Hyphenation: princ (one syllable)
• Rhymes: -int͡s

princ (plural princek)

1. (informal) prince

   Synonym: herceg

2. (informal) pet, darling (a person especially cherished and indulged)

   Synonym: kedvenc

Borrowed from German Prinz.

• IPA^(key): /ˈprint͡s/
• Rhymes: -int͡s
• Syllabification: princ

princ m pers (female equivalent princesa)

1. (rare) prince

   Synonym: ksążã

• Stefan Ramułt (1993) “princ”, in Jerzy Trepczyk, editor, Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), 3 edition
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “książę”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎
• “princ”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka , Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Of obscure origin, but probably related to the root of modern pry (“to look, inquire closely”). The word survived as Middle English prinken and modern English prink (sense 1) (“to look”).

• IPA^(key): /prink/,

princ ?

1. the twinkling of an eye, wink
   • On prince ēages ― In the twinkling of an eye
2. a moment, instant

From German Prinz, from French prince, from Latin princeps (“first head”), from primus (“first”) + ceps (“head”), related to capitus (“head”).

• IPA^(key): /prînt͡s/

prȉnc m (Cyrillic spelling при̏нц)

1. prince
2. (soccer, chiefly in plural) Paris Saint-Germain player

• princéza
• prȉnčevskī

• “princ”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Derived from German Prinz, from French prince, from Latin princeps (“first head”), from primus (“first”) + ceps (“head”), related to capitus (“head”).

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princ m pers (female equivalent princezná)

1. prince (descendant of a monarch)

   Synonyms: cárovič, kráľovič, knieža

• “princ”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Borrowed from German Prinz, from French prince, from Latin prīnceps.

• IPA^(key): /príːnt͡s/

prȋnc m anim (female equivalent princẹ̑sa)

1. prince (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch)

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