prince

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English prince, from Anglo-Norman prince, from Latin prīnceps (“first head”), from prīmus (“first”) +‎ capiō (“seize, take”). Cognate with Old English fruma (“prince, ruler”). Doublet of princeps and principe. Displaced native Middle English atheling, from Old English æþeling; Middle English kinebarn, from Old English cynebearn; Middle English alder, from Old English ealdor; and Middle English drighten, from Old English dryhten. === Pronunciation === enPR: prĭns, IPA(key): /pɹɪns/ Rhymes: -ɪns Homophone: prints (/pɹɪnts/) (in some accents) === Noun === prince (plural princes) (now archaic or historical) A (male) ruler, a sovereign; a king, monarch. [from 13th c.] (obsolete) A female monarch. Someone who is preeminent in their field; a great person. [from 13th c.] The (male) ruler or head of a principality. [from 14th c.] 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. A type of court card used in tarot cards, the equivalent of the jack. The mushroom Agaricus augustus. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Rohana. ==== Usage notes ==== 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". ==== Hypernyms ==== ruler ==== Coordinate terms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Manx: prinse → Japanese: プリンス (purinsu) ==== Translations ==== === Verb === prince (third-person singular simple present princes, present participle princing, simple past and past participle princed) (intransitive, rare, often followed by dummy subject it) To behave or act like a prince. (transitive, rare) To transform (someone) into a prince. === References === “prince, v.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. === Further reading === Agaricus augustus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Agaricus sect. Arvenses on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Agaricus augustus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons “prince”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “prince”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. === Anagrams === pincer == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French prince, from Old French prince, a semi-learned borrowing from Latin prīnceps. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pʁɛ̃s/ === Noun === prince m (plural princes) prince ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Ottoman Turkish: پرَنْس (prens) Turkish: prens → Persian: پرَنس (perans) === Further reading === “prince”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === pincer == Middle French == === Etymology === From Old French prince. === Pronunciation === === Noun === prince m (plural princes) prince ==== Descendants ==== French: prince→ Ottoman Turkish: پرَنْس (prens)Turkish: prens→ Persian: پرَنس (perans) == Old French == === Etymology === Semi-learned borrowing from Latin prīnceps. === Pronunciation === (classical) IPA(key): /ˈpɾint͡sə/ (late) IPA(key): /ˈpɾinsə/ === Noun === prince oblique singular, m (oblique plural princes, nominative singular princes, nominative plural prince) prince ==== Descendants ==== == Old Occitan == === Etymology === From Latin prīnceps, possibly a borrowing. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpɾint͡se/ === Noun === prince m (oblique plural princes, nominative singular princes, nominative plural prince) prince == Walloon == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pʀɛ̃s/ === Noun === prince m (plural princes, feminine princesse, feminine plural princesses) prince