precoce

See also: précoce

English

Etymology

Borrowing from French précoce.

Adjective

precoce (comparative more precoce, superlative most precoce)

  1. (obsolete) precocious

References

Galician

Verb

precoce

  1. inflection of precocer:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Interlingua

Adjective

precoce (not comparable)

  1. precocious, precoce

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin praecox. Doublet of albicocca.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /preˈkɔ.t͡ʃe/, /preˈko.t͡ʃe/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ɔtʃe, -otʃe
  • Hyphenation: pre‧cò‧ce, pre‧có‧ce

Adjective

precoce (plural precoci, superlative precocissimo)

  1. premature, untimely
  2. hasty
  3. precocious, early

Derived terms

References

  1. precoce in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Further reading

  • precoce in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin praecox. Doublet of abricó.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /pɾeˈkɔ.si/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /pɾeˈkɔ.se/

Adjective

precoce m or f (plural precoces)

  1. precocious (characterised by exceptionally early occurrence or development)
  2. early, early-stage
    sinais de alerta precoces.
    early warning signs

Further reading

  • precoce” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin praecocem, or via French précoce, itself borrowed from Latin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /preˈko.t͡ʃe/

Adjective

precoce m or f or n (masculine plural precoci, feminine and neuter plural precoce)

  1. precocious

Declension

Further reading

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