prei

Dutch

Alternative forms

  • porei (dated)
  • porrei (obsolete)
  • porreij (obsolete)
  • porrey (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Dutch poreye, from Old French poree.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /prɛi̯/
  • Rhymes: -ɛi̯
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: prei

Noun

prei m (plural preien, diminutive preitje n)

  1. leek, Allium ampeloprasum syn. Allium porrum (stem vegetable)

Derived terms

  • bolprei
  • preisoep

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: prei
  • Indonesian: prei
  • Papiamentu: prei
  • West Frisian: prei

Further reading

Anagrams

Indonesian

Etymology

From Javanese prei, from Dutch vrij (free).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /prei/
  • Hyphenation: pri

Noun

prei

  1. (colloquial) holiday, free, doing nothing.
    Synonym: libur

Further reading

Old Prussian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *prei, from Proto-Indo-European *prey. Cognate with Lithuanian priẽ (at, with, to), príe- (at, with, to), Latvian prie- and Proto-Slavic *pri (at, with, by).

Preposition

prei

  1. at
  2. with
  3. to

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English play.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /prei̯/

Verb

prei

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to play (to be engaged in a game)
    • ca. 1765, Pieter van Dyk, Nieuwe en nooit bevoorens geziene Onderwyzinge in het Bastert, of Neeger Engels, zoo als het zelve in de Hollandsze Colonien gebruikt word [New and unprecedented instruction in Bastard or Negro English, as it is used in the Dutch colonies], page 107:
      Baſſia hoe fafi maſtra gi permiſſi fo pree.
      Basya, how are you? Did master give permission to play?
  2. (transitive) to play (to let an audiovisual storage medium run)
    Synonym: drai
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