prier

== English == === Alternative forms === pryer === Etymology === From pry + -er. === Noun === prier (plural priers) A person who pries. === Anagrams === Perri, irrep, riper == Albanian == === Etymology === From Proto-Albanian *per(i)-era, a prefixal verb, cognate to Hittite [Term?] (/⁠arnumi⁠/, “to move, to shift”), Sanskrit ऋणुते (ṛṇóti, “to arise, to move”), Ancient Greek ὄρνυμι (órnumi, “to stir up”), Latin orior (“to rise”). === Verb === prier (aorist prora, participle prierë) to incline, lean, turn aside ==== Related terms ==== pjerr === References === == French == === Etymology === From Old French proiier, preier, from Latin precārī. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pʁi.je/ === Verb === prier (transitive) to pray (transitive) to beg, to beseech, to pray to ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== prière === Further reading === “prier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === périr, riper == Middle French == === Etymology === From Old French proiier, from Latin precari. === Verb === prier to pray to implore; to beg; to beseech ==== Conjugation ==== Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive. ==== Descendants ==== French: prier == Norman == === Etymology === From Old French proiier, from Latin precor, precārī, from prex (“request, petition, prayer”), from Proto-Indo-European *preḱ-, *perḱ- (“to ask, woo”). === Verb === prier (Jersey, religion) to pray == Old French == === Verb === prier alternative form of proiier ==== Conjugation ==== This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide. == Romanian == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin (mensis) Aprīlis. Probably via an early (unattested) *prire; which has either undergone metathesis or more likely by a merging of the aforementioned *prire and the archaic prie (pronounced /'pri͜e/). For the sound change of the latter compare the dialectal fărină with standard făină. Cognate to Aromanian aprir, prir, prilj, Albanian prill. Doublet of aprilie. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈprjer/ === Noun === prier m (uncountable) (popular/folk usage) April (fourth month of the Gregorian calendar) Synonym: (standard/most common) aprilie