prince
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Anglo-Norman, from Old French prince, from Latin prīnceps (“first head”), from prīmus (“first”) + capiō (“seize, take”). Doublet of princeps. Displaced native Old English æþeling.
PronunciationEdit
- enPR: prĭns, IPA(key): /pɹɪns/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɪns
- Homophone: prints (/pɹɪnts/) (in some accents)
NounEdit
prince (plural princes)
- (now archaic or historical) A (male) ruler, a sovereign; a king, monarch. [from 13th c.]
- 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 42, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book I, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
- Truely, to see our Princes all alone, sitting at their meat, beleagred round with so many talkers, whisperers, and gazing beholders, unknowne what they are or whence they come, I have often rather pittied than envied them.
- 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 600:
- By his last years Erasmus realized that princes like Henry VIII and François I had deceived him in their elaborate negotiations for universal peace, but his belief in the potential of princely power for good remained undimmed.
- 2009, Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall, Fourth Estate, published 2010, page 411:
- If Henry does not fully trust him, is it surprising? A prince is alone: in his council chamber, in his bedchamber, and finally in Hell's antechamber, stripped – as Harry Percy said – for Judgment.
- (obsolete) A female monarch.
- 1605, M. N. [pseudonym; William Camden], Remaines of a Greater Worke, Concerning Britaine, […], London: […] G[eorge] E[ld] for Simon Waterson, →OCLC:
- Queen Elizabeth, a prince admirable above her sex.
- Someone who is preeminent in their field; a great person. [from 13th c.]
- He is a prince among men.
- The (male) ruler or head of a principality. [from 14th c.]
- 2011 June 26, Angelique Chrisafis, The Guardian:
- He is the prince who never grew up – a one-time playboy and son of the Hollywood star Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier of Monaco.
- A male member of a royal family other than the ruler; especially (in the United Kingdom) the son or grandson of the monarch. [from 14th c.]
- A non-royal high title of nobility, especially in France and the Holy Roman Empire.
- Prince Louis de Broglie won the 1929 Nobel Prize in Physics.
- 2011 October 16, Katharine Whitehorn, The Guardian:
- Conspiracy theories are always enticing: one I was involved with in the 50s was about Mayerling, the 19th-century Austrian scandal involving a prince’s lover who died in dodgy circumstances in a hunting lodge.
- The mushroom Agaricus augustus.
- A type of court card used in tarot cards, the equivalent of the jack.
- Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Rohana.
Usage notesEdit
- The female equivalent is princess.
- A prince is usually addressed as "Your Highness". A son of a king is "His Royal Highness"; a son of an emperor is "His Imperial Highness". A sovereign prince may have a style such as "His Serene Highness".
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TranslationsEdit
male ruler or head of a principality
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son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch
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(figuratively) great person
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Agaricus augustus
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Further readingEdit
- Agaricus augustus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Agaricus sect. Arvenses on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Agaricus augustus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- “prince”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “prince”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
AnagramsEdit
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Inherited from Middle French prince, from Old French prince, a semi-learned borrowing from Latin prīnceps.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
prince m (plural princes)
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- → English: prince, princess
- → Dutch: prins, prinses
- → Danish: prins, prinsesse
- → Swedish: prins, prinsessa
- → German: Prinz, Prinzessin
- → Irish: prionsa
- → Luxembourgish: Prënz
- → Ottoman Turkish: پرَنْس (prens)
- Turkish: prens
- → Persian: پرَنس (perans)
- → Romanian: prinț, prințesă
- → Latvian: princis, princese
Further readingEdit
- “prince”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
AnagramsEdit
Middle FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old French prince.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
prince m (plural princes)
DescendantsEdit
- French: prince
Old FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Semi-learned borrowing from Latin prīnceps.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
prince m (oblique plural princes, nominative singular princes, nominative plural prince)
Old OccitanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin prīnceps, possibly a borrowing.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
prince m (oblique plural princes, nominative singular princes, nominative plural prince)
- prince
- c. 1235, anonymous, Vida of Jaufre Rudel:
- Jaufres Rudels de Blaia si fo mout gentils hom, e fo princes de Blaia.
- Jaufre Rudel of Blaye was a most noble man, and was the Lord of Blaye.
- c. 1235, anonymous, Vida of Jaufre Rudel:
WalloonEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
prince m (plural princes, feminine princesse, feminine plural princesses)