princ

See also: princ.

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from German Prinz, from French prince, from Latin princeps (“first head”), from primus (“first”) + ceps (“head”), related to capitus (“head”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈprɪnt͡s]
• Hyphenation: princ

Noun

princ m anim (female equivalent princezna)

1. prince (male descendant of a monarch)

Declension

Declension of princ (soft masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	princ	princové, princi
genitive	prince	princů
dative	princovi, princi	princům
accusative	prince	prince
vocative	princi	princové, princi
locative	princovi, princi	princích
instrumental	princem	princi

Derived terms

• korunní princ
• princátko n
• princezna f

 

See also

• kníže m

Further reading

• “princ”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935-1957
• “princ”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Hungarian

Etymology

From German Prinz, from French prince, from Latin prī̆nceps.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈprint͡s]
• Hyphenation: princ (one syllable)
• Rhymes: -int͡s

Noun

princ (plural princek)

1. (informal) prince

   Synonym: herceg

2. (informal) pet, darling (a person especially cherished and indulged)

   Synonym: kedvenc

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	princ	princek
accusative	princet	princeket
dative	princnek	princeknek
instrumental	princcel	princekkel
causal-final	princért	princekért
translative	princcé	princekké
terminative	princig	princekig
essive-formal	princként	princekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	princben	princekben
superessive	princen	princeken
adessive	princnél	princeknél
illative	princbe	princekbe
sublative	princre	princekre
allative	princhez	princekhez
elative	princből	princekből
delative	princről	princekről
ablative	princtől	princektől
non-attributive possessive - singular	princé	princeké
non-attributive possessive - plural	princéi	princekéi

Possessive forms of princ
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	princem	princeim
2nd person sing.	princed	princeid
3rd person sing.	prince	princei
1st person plural	princünk	princeink
2nd person plural	princetek	princeitek
3rd person plural	princük	princeik

Kashubian

Niemiecczi princ Wilhelm von Preußen

Etymology

Borrowed from German Prinz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈprint͡s/
• Rhymes: -int͡s
• Syllabification: princ

Noun

princ m pers (female equivalent princesa)

1. (rare) prince

   Synonym: ksążã

Declension

Declension of princ

	singular	plural
nominative	princ	princowie
genitive	princa	princów
dative	princowi	princóm
accusative	princa	princów
instrumental	princã	princama
locative	princu	princach
vocative	princ/princu	princowie

Derived terms

adjectives

• princów

 

Further reading

• Stefan Ramułt (1993) [1893] “princ”, in Jerzy Trepczyk, editor, Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), 3 edition
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “książę”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[1]
• “princ”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Old English

Etymology

Of obscure origin, but probably related to the root of modern pry (“to look, inquire closely”). The word survived as Middle English prinken and modern English prink (sense 1) (“to look”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prink/, [priŋk]

Noun

princ ?

1. the twinkling of an eye, wink
   • On prince ēages ― In the twinkling of an eye
2. a moment, instant

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From German Prinz, from French prince, from Latin princeps (“first head”), from primus (“first”) + ceps (“head”), related to capitus (“head”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prînt͡s/

Noun

prȉnc m (Cyrillic spelling при̏нц)

1. prince

Declension

Declension of princ

	singular	plural
nominative	prȉnc	prìnčevi
genitive	princa	prìnčēvā
dative	princu	prinčevima
accusative	princa	prinčeve
vocative	prinče	prinčevi
locative	princu	prinčevima
instrumental	princem	prinčevima

Derived terms

• princéza
• prȉnčevskī

References

• “princ” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovak

Etymology

Derived from German Prinz, from French prince, from Latin princeps (“first head”), from primus (“first”) + ceps (“head”), related to capitus (“head”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈprint͡s/

Noun

princ m anim (feminine princezná)

1. prince (descendant of a monarch)

   Synonyms: cárovič, kráľovič, knieža

Declension

Declension of princ

	singular	plural
nominative	princ	princovia
genitive	princa	princov
dative	princovi	princom
accusative	princa	princov
locative	princovi	princoch
instrumental	princom	princmi

References

• “princ”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Slovene

Etymology

Borrowed from German Prinz, from French prince, from Latin prīnceps.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /príːnt͡s/

Noun

prȋnc m anim (female equivalent princẹ̑sa)

1. prince (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch)

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine anim., soft o-stem
nom. sing.	prínc
gen. sing.	prínca
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	prínc	prínca	prínci
genitive (rodȋlnik)	prínca	príncev	príncev
dative (dajȃlnik)	príncu	príncema	príncem
accusative (tožȋlnik)	prínca	prínca	prínce
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	príncu	príncih	príncih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	príncem	príncema	prínci