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 Hyphenation: prei === Noun === prei m (plural preien, diminutive preitje n) leek (a stem vegetable, Allium ampeloprasum syn. Allium porrum) ==== 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 == === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈprei/ [ˈpre.i] Rhymes: -ei Syllabification: pre‧i === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Javanese ꦥꦿꦺꦲꦶ (prèi), from Dutch vrij (“free”). ==== Noun ==== prei (colloquial) holiday, free, doing nothing Synonym: libur === Etymology 2 === Unadapted borrowing from Dutch prei (“leek”). ==== Noun ==== prei leek === Further reading === “prei”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Javanese == === Romanization === prei alternative spelling of prèi, romanization of ꦥꦿꦺꦲꦶ == Old Prussian == === Etymology === From Proto-Balto-Slavic *prei, from Proto-Indo-European *préy. Cognate with Lithuanian priẽ (“at, with, to”), pri̇́e- (“at, with, to”), Latvian prie- and Proto-Slavic *pri (“at, with, by”). === Preposition === prei at with to == Sranan Tongo == === Alternative forms === pré (superseded) === Etymology === From English play. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /prei̯/ === Verb === prei (transitive, intransitive) to play (to be engaged in a game) (transitive, intransitive) to play, to perform (transitive, intransitive) to play (to let an audiovisual storage medium run) Synonym: drai === Noun === prei a play (a stage performance) (Winti) a ceremonial celebration in the Afro-Suriname Winti religion honouring spiritual entities === Derived terms ===