principe

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See also: Principe, príncipe, and Príncipe

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French principe, from Latin principium.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌprɪnˈsi.pə/
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  • Hyphenation: prin‧ci‧pe
  • Rhymes: -ipə

Noun

principe n (plural principes, diminutive principetje n)

  1. principle
    Synonym: beginsel

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Descendants

  • Afrikaans: prinsipe
  • → Indonesian: prinsip
  • → West Frisian: prinsipe

Esperanto

Etymology

From principo (“principle”) +‎ -e (adverbial ending).

Adverb

principe

  1. in principle

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French principe, from Latin prīncipium.

Pronunciation

Noun

principe m (plural principes)

  1. principle
  2. beginning; start; commencement
    dès le principe ― from the outset; from the start
  3. (somewhat archaic) source; origin; cause
    • 1791, National Constituent Assembly, Constitution française, présentée au roi par l'Assemblée nationale, le 3 septembre 1791 [French constitution, presented to the King by the National Assembly on 3 September 1791], Dijon: Imprimerie de P. Causse, page 2:
      Le principe de toute souveraineté réside essentiellement dans la nation.
      The source of all sovereignty resides essentially in the nation.

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin prīncipem (“chief”) (compare principio (“principle”) from the meaning "first").

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈprin.t͡ʃi.pe/
  • Rhymes: -intʃipe
  • Hyphenation: prìn‧ci‧pe

Noun

principe m (plural principi, feminine principessa)

  1. prince

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Latin

Noun

prī̆ncipe

  1. ablative singular of prī̆nceps

Portuguese

Noun

principe m (plural principes)

  1. Obsolete spelling of príncipe

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian principe, from Latin princeps.

Pronunciation

Noun

principe m (plural principi)

  1. prince

Declension

Declension of principe
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) principe principeul (niște) principi principii
genitive/dative (unui) principe principeului (unor) principi principilor
vocative principeule principilor

Spanish

Noun

principe

  1. Misspelling of príncipe.

Verb

principe

  1. inflection of principar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative
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