different between prex vs prez

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.

English

Etymology

Clipping of president.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?z

Noun

prez (plural prezzes)

1. (informal) President.

Translations

Anagrams

• Perz

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• (standard): bèz
• (regional): preza, brez

Preposition

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

1. (regional) without
   • 1501, Marko Maruli?, Judita:

     Na koju godi stran sobom obratiše,

     sela, grade i stan prez boja dobiše.

   • 1584, Brne Karnaruti?, Vazetje Sigeta grada:

     Sebi, svomu rodu, jer nima razuma,

     Sramotu i škodu u?ini prez uma.

   • 1762, Matija Antun Relkovi?, Satir iliti divji ?ovik:

     Možeš zovnut i ženskoga uha,

     jer je prez njih pir i gozba gluha,

   • early 20C, Drago Gervais, Va sremskoj ravnici:

     Sneg pada i sva je ravnica bela,

     vela ravnica prez kraja,

     ku nikad ne ?u pasat...

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish prez, borrowed from Old Occitan pretz, from Latin pretium. Doublet of precio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /?p?e?/, [?p?e?]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /?p?es/, [?p?es]

Noun

prez m or f (plural preces)

1. honour