priser

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English

Noun

priser (plural prisers)

  1. A tool for prising something open.
    • 1863, J. Pascoe, The Brigantine, page 263:
      "Well, then, here goes to shatter his timbers," said Grasper, with a lively tone; and seizing, as he spoke, a weighty crowbar from Dan, he assailed the door. [] "Here, Dan," said he, " bring another priser."
  2. Obsolete form of prizer.[1]

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Danish

Noun

priser c

  1. indefinite plural of pris
  2. indefinite plural of prise

Verb

priser

  1. present of prise

French

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Verbalization of prise, itself a deverbalization of prise, the feminine past participle of prendre (to take).

Verb

priser

  1. (transitive) to snuff, take snuff (to inhale a drug or other substance through the nose)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Late Latin pretiāre, pretiō (to appraise), from Latin pretium (price). Unrelated to pris, the past participle of prendre, although it might be remotivated in that way by contemporary French speakers.

Verb

priser

  1. (transitive) to price (fix a price according to market forces)
  2. (transitive) to prize (consider something valuable)
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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

priser m

  1. indefinite plural of pris

Verb

priser

  1. present tense of prise

Swedish

Noun

priser

  1. indefinite plural of pris

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Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English freezer.

Pronunciation

Noun

priser (Baybayin spelling ᜉ᜔ᜇᜒᜐᜒᜇ᜔)

  1. freezer