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prince
English
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman, from Old French prince, from Latin pr?nceps (“first head”), from pr?mus (“first”) + capi? (“seize, take”). Doublet of princeps.
Pronunciation
- enPR: pr?ns, IPA(key): /p??ns/
- Rhymes: -?ns
- Homophone: prints (/p??nts/) (in some accents)
Noun
prince (plural princes)
- (now archaic or historical) A (male) ruler, a sovereign; a king, monarch. [from 13th c.]
- 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, 2010, p.600:
- By his last years Erasmus realized that princes like Henry VIII and François I had deceived him in their elaborate negotiations for universal peace, but his belief in the potential of princely power for good remained undimmed.
- 2009, Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall, Fourth Estate, 2010, p.411:
- If Henry does not fully trust him, is it surprising? A prince is alone: in his council chamber, in his bedchamber, and finally in Hell's antechamber, stripped – as Harry Percy said – for Judgment.
- 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, 2010, p.600:
- (obsolete) A female monarch.
- Queen Elizabeth, a prince admirable above her sex.
- Someone who is preeminent in their field; a great person. [from 13th c.]
- The (male) ruler or head of a principality. [from 14th c.]
- 2011, Angelique Chrisafis, The Guardian, 26 June:
- He is the prince who never grew up – a one-time playboy and son of the Hollywood star Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier of Monaco.
- 2011, Angelique Chrisafis, The Guardian, 26 June:
- 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.
- Prince Louis de Broglie won the 1929 Nobel Prize in Physics.
- 2011, Katharine Whitehorn, The Guardian, 16 October:
- Conspiracy theories are always enticing: one I was involved with in the 50s was about Mayerling, the 19th-century Austrian scandal involving a prince’s lover who died in dodgy circumstances in a hunting lodge.
- The mushroom Agaricus augustus.
- A type of court card used in tarot cards, the equivalent of the jack.
- 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".
Synonyms
- (mushroom): Agaricus augustus
Hypernyms
- ruler
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
See also
- Agaricus augustus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Agaricus augustus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Further reading
- prince in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- prince in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- pincer
French
Etymology
From Middle French prince, from Old French prince, a semi-learned borrowing from Latin pr?nceps, pr?ncipem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p???s/
Noun
prince m (plural princes)
- prince
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? Turkish: prens
Further reading
- “prince” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- pincer
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French prince.
Noun
prince m (plural princes)
- prince
Descendants
- French: prince
Old French
Etymology
Semi-learned borrowing from Latin pr?ncipem, accusative singular of pr?nceps.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?prin.t?s?/
Noun
prince m (oblique plural princes, nominative singular princes, nominative plural prince)
- prince
Old Occitan
Etymology
From Latin pr?nceps, possibly a borrowing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?p?intse/
Noun
prince m (oblique plural princes, nominative singular princes, nominative plural prince)
- prince
- c. 1235, anonymous, Vida of Jaufre Rudel:
- Jaufres Rudels de Blaia si fo mout gentils hom, e fo princes de Blaia.
- Jaufre Rudel of Blaye was a most noble man, and was the Lord of Blaye.
- c. 1235, anonymous, Vida of Jaufre Rudel:
Walloon
Noun
prince m (plural princes, feminine princesse, feminine plural princesses)
- prince
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baseball
English
Alternative forms
- base ball (obsolete) [1800s]
- base-ball (dated)
Etymology
base +? ball
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?be?s.b??l/
- (US) IPA(key): /?be?s.b?l/, /?be?s.b?l/
Noun
baseball (plural baseballs)
- A sport common in North America, the Caribbean, and Japan, in which the object is to strike a ball so that one of a nine-person team can run counter-clockwise among four bases, resulting in the scoring of a run. The team with the most runs after termination of play, usually nine innings, wins.
- 1797-1798, Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey
- It was not very wonderful that Catherine, who had nothing heroic about her, should prefer cricket, base-ball, riding on horseback, and running about the country at the age of fourteen, to books.
- 1797-1798, Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey
- The ball used to play the sport of baseball.
- A variant of poker in which cards with baseball-related values have special significance.
Usage notes
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:baseball.
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- rounders
- softball
- wiffleball
- Appendix:Glossary of baseball
Czech
Etymology
Borrowed from English baseball.
Noun
baseball m
- baseball
Finnish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English baseball.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?bei?sbo?l/, [?be?i?s?bo??l]
- Syllabification: base?ball
Noun
baseball
- baseball
Declension
Synonyms
- amerikkalainen pesäpallo (archaic)
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English baseball.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b?z.b?l/
Noun
baseball m (uncountable)
- Alternative spelling of base-ball
Hungarian
Etymology
Borrowed from English baseball.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?be?zbo?l]
- Hyphenation: base?ball
- Rhymes: -o?l
Noun
baseball
- (sports) baseball
Declension
Derived terms
References
Further reading
- baseball in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (’A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2021)
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English baseball.
Noun
baseball m (invariable)
- baseball
- Synonym: (rare) pallabase
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From American English baseball
Noun
baseball m (definite singular baseballen, uncountable)
- baseball (ball game)
References
- “baseball” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “baseball” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From American English baseball
Noun
baseball m (definite singular baseballen, uncountable)
- baseball (ball game)
References
- “baseball” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
Alternative forms
- bejsbol
Etymology
Borrowed from English baseball.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?b?j.zb?l/
Noun
baseball m inan
- baseball
Declension
Derived terms
- baseballista
- baseballowy
- baseballówka
Further reading
- baseball in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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