Wiktionary

pre-

See also: pre, pré, pře, pré-, pře-, and Appendix:Variations of "pre"

EnglishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

  • prae-, præ- (archaic, technical, or pedantic)
  • p͛- (abbreviation, obsolete)

EtymologyEdit

From Middle English pre-, borrowed from Latin prae-, from the preposition prae (“before”).

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /pɹi/
  • Audio (US)(file)

PrefixEdit

pre-

  1. Before; physically in front of; (anatomy) anterior.
  2. Before; earlier in time; beforehand.

Usage notesEdit

  • This prefix is usually prefixed to words without using a hyphen (for example, prefix, predate). A hyphen is used in the following cases:
    • Where excluding a hyphen would be likely to lead to a mispronunciation of the word because "pre" appears not to be a complete syllable (for example, "pre-yaw course", which could be read as "prey aw course" if unhyphenated).
    • Always in British English before the letter e (for example, pre-existing)
    • Often in British English before other vowels (for example, pre-operative);
    • Always in all varieties of English before a character other than a letter (for example, pre-1960).

SynonymsEdit

AntonymsEdit

Derived termsEdit

English terms prefixed with pre-
terms derived from pre-

TranslationsEdit

See alsoEdit

Further readingEdit

AnagramsEdit

CatalanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin prae- (“before”).

PrefixEdit

pre-

  1. Before; used to form words meaning "in front of" or "before".
  2. Before; used to form words meaning superiority or excellence.

Derived termsEdit

Catalan terms prefixed with pre-

Further readingEdit

GalicianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin prae- (“before”).

PrefixEdit

pre-

  1. pre-

Derived termsEdit

Galician terms prefixed with pre-

Further readingEdit

IdoEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from English pre-, French pré-, Italian pre-, Spanish pre-, Russian пред- (pred-), пре- (pre-).

PrefixEdit

pre-

  1. pre-

Derived termsEdit

Ido terms prefixed with pre-

ItalianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin prae- (“before”).

PrefixEdit

pre-

  1. pre-

Derived termsEdit

Italian terms prefixed with pre-
Derived terms

AnagramsEdit

LatinEdit

PrefixEdit

prē-

  1. (Medieval Latin) Alternative form of prae-

Derived termsEdit

Latin terms prefixed with pre-

Norwegian BokmålEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin prae.

PrefixEdit

pre-

  1. pre-

Derived termsEdit

Norwegian Bokmål terms prefixed with pre-

ReferencesEdit

Norwegian NynorskEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin prae.

PrefixEdit

pre-

  1. pre-

Derived termsEdit

Norwegian Nynorsk terms prefixed with pre-

ReferencesEdit

PolishEdit

PronunciationEdit

PrefixEdit

pre-

  1. pre-

Derived termsEdit

Polish terms prefixed with pre-

Further readingEdit

  • pre- in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • pre- in Polish dictionaries at PWN

PortugueseEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin prae-.

PrefixEdit

pre-

  1. pre- (before)

Derived termsEdit

Portuguese terms prefixed with pre-

RomanianEdit

Alternative formsEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Latin per-, with a few cases influenced by prae.

PrefixEdit

pre-

  1. used with verbs to indicate repetition or insistence

Examples: presăra, prelinge. Compare also prevedea, priveghea

Etymology 2Edit

Borrowed from French pre-, Latin prae-.

  1. pre-

SynonymsEdit

Derived termsEdit

Romanian terms prefixed with pre-

Serbo-CroatianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Slavic *per-.

PrefixEdit

pre- (Cyrillic spelling пре-)

  1. Prefix prepended to adjectives and adverbs to denote excess of a feature; too, excessively, over-
    dug / predug ― long / overlong
  2. Prefix prepended to verbs to indicate an action being done excessively, again or differently; re-, over-
    trpati / pretrpati ― to stuff / to overstuff
  3. Prefix prepended to verbs to indicate change in form, especially through partition
    prepoloviti ― split up
  4. Prefix prepended to imperfective verbs to make them perfective; to indicate that the action has been carried out
    Spavat ću u hotelu. Prespavao sam u hotelu. ― I will sleep in a hotel. I slept (over) in a hotel.

Usage notesEdit

The suffix matches the usage of all mentioned prefixes in English for all adjectives and majority of verbs. When "pre-" may cause confusion or cannot be prefixed to a verb in order to indicate repetition, opet or ponovo ("again" / "anew") followed by the verb construction is used instead, e.g. "redo" would be "ponovno uraditi" ("do again") rather than preraditi ("rework").

SloveneEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Slavic *per-.

PronunciationEdit

PrefixEdit

pre-

  1. Forms perfective verbs with the following meanings:
    1. (no change in meaning)
      ‎pre- + ‎zráčiti (“to ventilate”) → ‎prezráčiti (“to ventilate”)
    2. through, across
      ‎pre- + ‎grísti (“to bite”) → ‎pregrísti (“to bite through”)
    3. re-, again
      ‎pre- + ‎bȃrvati (“to paint”) → ‎prebȃrvati (“to repaint”)
    4. over-, too much
      ‎pre- + ‎plačáti (“to pay”) → ‎preplačáti (“to overpay”)
    5. for a certain time
      ‎pre- + ‎sedẹ́ti (“to sit”) → ‎presedẹ́ti (“to sit for a certain time”)

Derived termsEdit

Slovene terms prefixed with pre-

SpanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin prae- (“before”), from the Latin preposition prae.

PrefixEdit

pre-

  1. pre-
    Antonyms: post-, pos-

Derived termsEdit

Spanish terms prefixed with pre-

Further readingEdit

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