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Czech

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

princ m anim (female equivalent princezna)

  1. prince (male descendant of a monarch)

Declension

Derived terms

See also

Further reading

  • princ”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • princ”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Hungarian

Etymology

From German Prinz, from French prince, from Latin prī̆nceps.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

princ (plural princek)

  1. (informal) prince
    Synonym: herceg
  2. (informal) pet, darling (a person especially cherished and indulged)
    Synonym: kedvenc

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative princ princek
accusative princet princeket
dative princnek princeknek
instrumental princcel princekkel
causal-final princért princekért
translative princcé princekké
terminative princig princekig
essive-formal princként princekként
essive-modal
inessive princben princekben
superessive princen princeken
adessive princnél princeknél
illative princbe princekbe
sublative princre princekre
allative princhez princekhez
elative princből princekből
delative princről princekről
ablative princtől princektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
princé princeké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
princéi princekéi
Possessive forms of princ
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. princem princeim
2nd person sing. princed princeid
3rd person sing. prince princei
1st person plural princünk princeink
2nd person plural princetek princeitek
3rd person plural princük princeik

References

  1. ^ princ in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN

Kashubian

Niemiecczi princ Wilhelm von Preußen

Etymology

Borrowed from German Prinz.

Pronunciation

Noun

princ m pers (female equivalent princesa)

  1. (rare) prince
    Synonym: ksążã

Declension

Derived terms

adjectives

Further reading

  • Stefan Ramułt (1993) [1893] “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 [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Old English

Etymology

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).

Pronunciation

Noun

princ ?

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

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

prȉnc m (Cyrillic spelling при̏нц)

  1. prince

Declension

Derived terms

References

  • princ”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Slovak

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

princ m pers (female equivalent princezná)

  1. prince (descendant of a monarch)
    Synonyms: cárovič, kráľovič, knieža

Declension

Further reading

  • princ”, 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

Slovene

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

prȋnc m anim (female equivalent princẹ̑sa)

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

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine anim., soft o-stem
nom. sing. prínc
gen. sing. prínca
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
prínc prínca prínci
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
prínca príncev príncev
dative
(dajȃlnik)
príncu príncema príncem
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
prínca prínca prínce
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
príncu príncih príncih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
príncem príncema prínci