prei
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch poreye, from Old French poree.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /prɛi̯/
- Rhymes: -ɛi̯
prei (file) - Hyphenation: prei
Noun
prei m (plural preien, diminutive preitje n)
- leek, Allium ampeloprasum syn. Allium porrum (stem vegetable)
Derived terms
- bolprei
- preisoep
Further reading
- prei on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /prei/
- Hyphenation: pri
Further reading
- “prei” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
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”).
Sranan Tongo
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /prei̯/
Verb
prei
- (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?
- (transitive) to play (to let an audiovisual storage medium run)
- Synonym: drai
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