prez

See also: přez and prëz

English

Etymology

Clipping of president.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛz

Noun

prez (plural prezzes)

1. (informal) Clipping of president.

Translations

president

• Finnish: pressa (fi)
• Spanish: presi m or f

Anagrams

• Perz

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

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

Preposition

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.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1584, Brne Karnarutić, Vazetje Sigeta grada:

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

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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

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

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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

     Sneg pada i sva je ravnica bela,

     vela ravnica prez kraja,

     ku nikad ne ću pasat...

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

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