different between priser vs riser

English

Noun

priser (plural prisers)

1. A tool for prising something open.
   • 1863, J. Pascoe, The Brigantine (page 263)

     "Well, then, here goes to shatter his timbers," said Grasper, with a lively tone; and seizing, as he spoke, a weighty crowbar from Dan, he assailed the door. […] "Here, Dan," said he, " bring another priser."

2. Obsolete form of prizer.

Anagrams

• Perris, Priers, irreps, priers, sprier

Danish

Noun

priser c

1. indefinite plural of pris
2. indefinite plural of prise

Verb

priser

1. present of prise

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?i.ze/

Etymology 1

Verbalization of prise, itself a deverbalization of prise, the feminine past participle of prendre (“to take”).

Verb

priser

1. (transitive) to snuff, take snuff (to inhale a drug or other substance through the nose)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Late Latin preti?re, preti? (“to appraise”), from Latin pretium (“price”). Unrelated to pris, the past participle of prendre, although it might be remotivated in that way by contemporary French speakers.

Verb

priser

1. (transitive) to price (fix a price according to market forces)
2. (transitive) to prize (consider something valuable)

Conjugation

Derived terms

• mépriser

Further reading

• “priser” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

priser m

1. indefinite plural of pris

Verb

priser

1. present tense of prise

Swedish

Noun

priser

1. indefinite plural of pris

Anagrams

• repris

English

Etymology

From Middle English ryser, risere, equivalent to rise +? -er.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??a?.z?(?)/
• Rhymes: -a?z?(r)

Noun

riser (plural risers)

1. Someone or something which rises.
2. A platform or stand used to lift or elevate something.

   The choir stood on risers for the performance.

3. The vertical part of a step on a staircase.
4. (archery) The main body of a bow.
5. A vertical utility conduit, pipe or path between floors of a building for placement of cables (e.g. telephone, networking), or to convey fluids (e.g. gas, water).
6. A pipe connecting an individual exhaust port of an internal combustion engine to the muffler, particularly on aircraft.
7. A Manx cat with a showable short tail.
8. A strip of webbing joining a parachute's harness to the rigging lines.

Coordinate terms

• (Manx cat): longy, rumpy
• (vertical part of a step): run, tread

Derived terms

• dry riser
• wet riser

Translations

Anagrams

• serir

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

riser

1. present tense of rise