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French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French proie, preie, from Latin praeda (probably via a Late Latin variant proeda or *prēda; the expected outcome of praeda would be *priée).
Pronunciation
Noun
proie f (plural proies)
- prey
1908, H. A. van Ysselsteyn, Le port de Rotterdam, page 287:[…] toute la rangée de sheds serait devenue une proie des flammes.- ...the whole row of sheds would be consumed by flames.
- booty
Usage notes
- Commonly used in phrases être la proie de (or être une proie de) and en proie à.
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Old French
Noun
proie oblique singular, f (oblique plural proies, nominative singular proie, nominative plural proies)
- Alternative form of preie
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