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

• Audio:

  (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

• prei on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl

Anagrams

• Pier, pier, riep

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

• “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 *préy. 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]‎^[1], 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