prem

See also: Prem, prèm, and prém

English

Etymology

Shortening.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɹɛm/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɛm

Noun

prem (plural prems)

1. (informal) A prematurely born infant.
   • 2007, Wilbur Smith, Rage, page 200:

     Men are such clots, dates don't mean much to them, and if he does start counting, you can always bribe the doctor to tell him it's a prem.

Synonyms

• preemie
• premie

See also

• off-prem
• on-prem

Anagrams

• Emp'r, Perm, perm

Catalan

Verb

prem

1. inflection of prémer:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Romansch

Noun

prem m (plural prems)

1. (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) prune

Synonyms

• (Rumantsch Grischun) primbla, (Vallader) brümbla
• (Sursilvan) prema
• (Sursilvan) zuesca, (Sutsilvan) zvetga
• (Sutsilvan) paloja, (Puter) paloga
• (Puter) prüna