price

See also: Price, PRICE, priče, and příce

EnglishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

prize (obsolete) [16th–19th c.]

EtymologyEdit

From Middle English price (“price, prize, value, excellence”), borrowed from Old French pris, preis, from Latin pretium (“worth, price, money spent, wages, reward”); compare praise, precious, appraise, appreciate, depreciate, etc.

PronunciationEdit

Rhymes: -aɪs
(UK, US): enPR: prīs, IPA^(key): /pɹaɪs/
(Canadian raising): IPA^(key): /pɹʌɪs/
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NounEdit

price (plural prices)

The cost required to gain possession of something.
- c. 1595–1596, William Shakespeare, “Loues Labour’s Lost”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act I, scene ii]:
  We can afford no more at such a price.
- 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 3, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:
  My hopes wa'n't disappointed. I never saw clams thicker than they was along them inshore flats. I filled my dreener in no time, and then it come to me that 'twouldn't be a bad idee to get a lot more, take 'em with me to Wellmouth, and peddle 'em out. Clams was fairly scarce over that side of the bay and ought to fetch a fair price.
The cost of an action or deed.
I paid a high price for my folly.
Value; estimation; excellence; worth.
- 1611, Bible (King James Version), Proverbs xxxi. 10
  Her price is far above rubies.
- 1827, [John Keble], The Christian Year: Thoughts in Verse for the Sundays and Holydays throughout the Year, volume (please specify |volume=I or II), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] J. Parker; and C[harles] and J[ohn] Rivington, […], OCLC 1029642537:
  
  new treasures still, of countless price

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Terms derived from price (noun)

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DescendantsEdit

→ Irish: praghas

TranslationsEdit

cost required to gain possession of something

Abkhaz: ахә (āx°)
Afrikaans: prys (af)
Albanian: çmim (sq) m
Amharic: ዋጋ (waga)
Arabic: ثَمَن‎ m (ṯaman)
Egyptian Arabic: تمن‎ m (tamn, taman)
Armenian: գին (hy) (gin)
Assamese: মূল্য (muillo)
Asturian: preciu m
Azerbaijani: qiymət (az)
Bashkir: хаҡ (xaq)
Basque: prezio
Belarusian: цана́ f (caná), кошт m (košt)
Bengali: মূল্য (muljô)
Breton: priz (br)
Bulgarian: цена́ (bg) f (cená)
Burmese: ဈေး (my) (jhe:), ဈေးနှုန်း (my) (jhe:hnun:)
Catalan: preu (ca) m
Chamicuro: iso'no
Chichewa: mtengo
Chinese:
Cantonese: 價錢, 价钱 (gaa³ cin⁴), 價格, 价格 (gaa³ gaak³) (less common)

Dungan: җячян (ži͡ači͡an), җя (ži͡a)

Hakka: 價錢, 价钱 (ka-chhièn)

Mandarin: 價格 (zh), 价格 (zh) (jiàgé), 價錢 (zh), 价钱 (zh) (jiàqian), 價 (zh), 价 (zh) (jià)

Min Nan: 價數 (zh-min-nan), 价数 (kè-siàu), 價聲, 价声 (kè-siaⁿ / kèe-siaⁿ), 價跤, 价跤 (kè-kha)

Wu: 價鈿, 价钿 (ka di)
Chuvash: хак (hak)
Czech: cena (cs) f
Danish: pris (da) c
Dutch: prijs (nl) m
Estonian: hind (et)
Finnish: hinta (fi)
French: prix (fr) m
Friulian: presi m
Galician: prezo (gl) m
Georgian: ფასი (pasi)
German: Preis (de) m
Gothic: 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐌹 n (andawairþi)
Greek: τιμή (el) f (timí)
Ancient: ὦνος m (ônos)
Gujarati: કિંમત (kimmat)
Hebrew: מְחִיר‎ (he) m (m'khir)
Hindi: मूल्य (hi) m (mūlya), दाम (hi) m (dām), क़ीमत f (qīmat)
Hungarian: ár (hu)
Icelandic: verð (is) n
Ido: preco (io)
Indonesian: harga (id)
Irish: praghas (ga) m, costas m, luach m
Italian: prezzo (it) m
Japanese: 価格 (ja) (かかく, kakaku), 値段 (ja) (ねだん, nedan)
Jarai: nua
Jingpho: manu
Kannada: ಬೆಲೆ (kn) (bele)
Kazakh: баға (kk) (bağa)
Khmer: តម្លៃ (km) (tɑmlay), ថ្លៃ (km) (thlay)
Korean: 값 (ko) (gap), 가격 (ko) (gagyeok) (價格 (ko))
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: بەھا‎ (ku) (beha), نرخ‎ (ku) (nirx)

Northern Kurdish: biha (ku), nirx (ku), qîmet (ku), fiyet (ku)
Kyrgyz: баа (ky) (baa)
Lao: ລາຄາ (lo) (lā khā), ຄ່າ (lo) (khā)
Latgalian: cena f
Latin: pretium n
Latvian: cena f

Lithuanian: kaina (lt) f
Luxembourgish: Präis m
Lü: ᦅᦱᧈ (kaa¹)
Macedonian: цена f (cena)
Malay: harga
Malayalam: വില (ml) (vila)
Maltese: prezz m
Marathi: किंमत (kimmat)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: үнэ (mn) (üne)

Uyghurjin: ᠦᠨ᠎ᠡ (ün-e)
Nepali: मुल्य (mulya)
Ngazidja Comorian: ɓei 9 or 10
Norman: prix m
Norwegian: pris (no) m
Occitan: prètz (oc) m
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: цѣна f (cěna)
Old East Slavic: цѣна f (cěna)
Ossetian: аргъ (arǧ)
Pashto: بها‎ (ps) f (bahã), بيع‎ m (báy'), بيه‎ (ps) f (báya), قيمت‎ (ps) m (qimát), نرخ‎ (ps) m (nǝrx)
Persian: قیمت‎ (fa) (qeymat), بها‎ (fa) (bahâ), فی‎ (fa) (fi), نرخ‎ (fa) (nerx)
Plautdietsch: Priess m
Polish: cena (pl) f
Portuguese: preço (pt) m
Punjabi: ਕੀਮਤ (kīmat), ਦਰ m (dar), ਮੁੱਲ m (mulla)
Quechua: cani
Romanian: preț (ro) n
Romansch: pretsch m, prezi m, predsch m
Russian: цена́ (ru) f (cená), сто́имость (ru) f (stóimostʹ)
Sanskrit: मूल्य (sa) n (mūlya), अर्घ (sa) m (argha)
Sardinian: préciu, preju, prégiu, présiu, prétziu
Scottish Gaelic: prìs f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: це́на f, ције́на f

Roman: céna (sh) f, cijéna (sh) f
Shan: please add this translation if you can
Sicilian: prezzu (scn) m
Sinhalese: මිල (si) (mila)
Slovak: cena (sk) f
Slovene: cena (sl) f
Spanish: precio (es) m
Swahili: bei (sw)
Swedish: pris (sv) n
Tagalog: halaga (tl), presyo
Tajik: қимат (qimat), нарх (narx), баҳо (baho)
Tamil: விலை (ta) (vilai)
Tatar: бәя (tt) (bäya), хак (tt) (xaq), бәһа (tt) (bäha)
Telugu: ధర (te) (dhara), వెల (te) (vela)
Thai: ราคา (th) (raa-kaa), ค่า (th) (kâa)
Tibetan: གོང (gong)
Tigrinya: ዋጋ (waga)
Tocharian B: pīto
Turkish: fiyat (tr), paha (tr)
Turkmen: baha (tk)
Udmurt: дун (dun)
Ukrainian: ціна́ (uk) f (ciná), кошт m (košt)
Urdu: دام‎ (dām), قیمت‎ f (qīmat), مولیہ‎ m (mūlya)
Uyghur: باھا‎ (baha), نەرخ‎ (nerx)
Uzbek: narx (uz), baho (uz)
Vietnamese: giá (vi), giá cả (vi)
White Hmong: nqi
Yakut: сыана (sıana)
Yiddish: פּרײַז‎ m (prayz)
Zazaki: çena c, vaya c, vahya c
Zhuang: gyaqcienz, gyaq

cost of an action or deed

Arabic: ثَمَن‎ m (ṯaman)
Armenian: գին (hy) (gin)
Asturian: preciu m
Bashkir: хаҡ (xaq)
Catalan: preu (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 千金 (zh) (qiānjīn)
Czech: cena (cs) f
Danish: pris (da) c
Dutch: prijs (nl) m
Estonian: hind (et)
Finnish: hinta (fi)
French: prix (fr) m
Galician: prezo (gl) m
German: Preis (de) m
Greek: τίμημα (el) n (tímima), αντίτιμο (el) n (antítimo)
Hebrew: מְחִיר‎ (he) m (m'khir)
Hungarian: ár (hu)
Indonesian: harga (id)
Italian: prezzo (it) m
Japanese: 費用 (ja) (ひよう, hiyō), 手間賃 (てまちん, temachin), 報酬 (ja) (ほうしゅう, hōshū)

Korean: 품삯 (pumsak), 노임 (ko) (noim) (勞賃 (ko))
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: نرخ‎ (ku) (nirx)
Lithuanian: kaina (lt) f
Norman: prix m
Norwegian: pris (no)
Polish: cena (pl) f
Portuguese: preço (pt) m
Romanian: preț (ro) n
Russian: цена́ (ru) f (cená)
Scottish Gaelic: prìs f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: це́на f, ције́на f

Roman: céna (sh) f, cijéna (sh) f
Slovene: cena (sl) f
Spanish: precio (es) m
Swahili: bei (sw)
Swedish: pris (sv) n
Telugu: ఫలితము (te) (phalitamu)
Zazaki: teklif c

value

Finnish: arvo (fi)

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Translations to be checked

Esperanto: (1) ^{(please verify)} prezo (eo), (2) ^{(please verify)} premio (eo)
Ido: ^{(please verify)} preco (io)
Latin: (1) ^{(please verify)} pretium n, ^{(please verify)} premium n (2)

Romanian: ^{(please verify)} preț (ro) n
Turkish: ^{(please verify)} fiyat (tr)

VerbEdit

price (third-person singular simple present prices, present participle pricing, simple past and past participle priced)

(transitive) To determine the monetary value of (an item); to put a price on.
(transitive, obsolete) To pay the price of; to make reparation for.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, I.ix:
  Thou damned wight, / The author of this fact, we here behold, / What iustice can but iudge against thee right, / With thine owne bloud to price his bloud, here shed in sight.
(transitive, obsolete) To set a price on; to value; to prize.
(transitive, colloquial, dated) To ask the price of.
to price eggs