different between prem vs prex

English

Etymology

Shortening.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??m/

Noun

prem (plural prems)

1. (informal) A prematurely born infant.

Synonyms

• preemie
• premie

See also

• on-prem

Anagrams

• Emp'r, Perm, perm

Romansch

Noun

prem m (plural prems)

1. (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) prune

Synonyms

• (Rumantsch Grischun) primbla, (Vallader) brümbla
• (Sursilvan) prema
• (Sursilvan) zuesca, (Sutsilvan) zvetga
• (Sutsilvan) paloja, (Puter) paloga
• (Puter) prüna

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.