prez

Clipping of president.

• Rhymes: -ɛz

prez (plural prezzes)

1. (informal) Clipping of president.

• Perz

• bèz (standard)
• preza, brez (regional)

prez (Cyrillic spelling през) (+ genitive case)

1. (regional) without
   • 1501, Marko Marulić, Judita:

     Na koju godi stran sobom obratiše,
     sela, grade i stan prez boja dobiše.

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   • 1584, Brne Karnarutić, Vazetje Sigeta grada:

     Sebi, svomu rodu, jer nima razuma,
     Sramotu i škodu učini prez uma.

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   • 1762, Matija Antun Relković, Satir iliti divji čovik:

     Možeš zovnut i ženskoga uha,
     jer je prez njih pir i gozba gluha,

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   • early 20C, Drago Gervais, Va sremskoj ravnici:

     Sneg pada i sva je ravnica bela,

     vela ravnica prez kraja,

     ku nikad ne ću pasat...

Inherited from Old Spanish prez, borrowed from Old Occitan pretz, from Latin pretium. Doublet of precio.

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈpɾeθ/ [ˈpɾeθ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ˈpɾes/ [ˈpɾes]
• (Spain) Rhymes: -eθ
• (Latin America) Rhymes: -es
• Syllabification: prez

prez m or f same meaning (plural preces)

1. (archaic) honour
   • 1926, Roberto Arlt, “Los ladrones”, in El juguete rabioso:

     Los tres hermanos, cabelludos y flacos, prez de vagos, durante el día tomaban abundantes baños de sol y al oscurecer se trajeaban con el fin de ir a granjear amoríos entre las perdularias del arrabal.

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• “prez”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014