different between pre vs prex

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Latin prae (“in front of”); see pre-.

Preposition

pre

1. Before (something significant).

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:pre.

Derived terms

• pre-existing

Etymology 2

Abbreviation of precum.

Noun

pre (uncountable)

1. (slang) Precum, Cowper's fluid, pre-ejaculate.

Verb

pre (third-person singular simple present pres, present participle preing, simple past and past participle pred or preed)

1. (slang) To precum, to pre-ejaculate.

Etymology 3

Abbreviation of preparty.

Noun

pre (plural pres)

1. (slang) A preparty.

Anagrams

• EPR, ERP, PER, Per., RPE, Rep, Rep., per, per-, per., rep

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin praeda.

Noun

pre f

1. prey
2. quarry

See also

• viktimë

Lawi

Noun

pre

1. hail

Further reading

• Theraphan L. Thongkum, The place of Lawi, Harak and Tariang within Bahnaric (1997), in The Mon-Khmer Studies Journal, volume 27

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• pr?je (Ijekavian)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prê/

Adverb

pr? (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. before, earlier

Preposition

pr? (Cyrillic spelling ????) (+ genitive case)

1. before
2. ago

Spanish

Noun

pre m (plural pres)

1. (obsolete) loan

Derived terms

• estar a pre

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?ks

Etymology 1

From US college slang; from 1828.

Noun

prex (plural prexes)

1. (US, college slang) A president, especially of a university.

Synonyms

• (president, especially of a university): prexy

Etymology 2

Noun

prex (plural prexes)

1. Prefix.

References

Anagrams

• XPer

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pre?- (“to request, ask”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /preks/, [p??ks?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /preks/, [p??ks]

Noun

prex f (genitive precis); third declension

1. prayer; request
2. entreaty

Declension

• The nominative singular, prex, and genitive singular, precis, are unattested in Classical Latin.

Third-declension noun.

Derived terms

• prec?rius
• precor

Related terms

• proc?
• procor
• proc?x

Descendants

• Portuguese: prece
• English: prayer

References

• prex in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• prex in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• prex in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• prex in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.