princ

Borrowed from German Prinz, from French prince, from Latin princeps (“first head”), from primus (“first”) + ceps (“head”), related to capitus (“head”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈprɪnt͡s]
• Hyphenation: princ

princ m anim (female equivalent princezna)

1. prince (male descendant of a monarch)

• kníže m

• “princ”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “princ”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “princ”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

From German Prinz, from French prince, from Latin prī̆nceps.^[1]

• IPA^(key): [ˈprint͡s]
• Hyphenation: princ (one syllable)
• Rhymes: -int͡s

princ (plural princek)

1. (informal) prince

   Synonym: herceg

2. (informal) pet, darling (a person especially cherished and indulged)

   Synonym: kedvenc

Borrowed from German Prinz.

• IPA^(key): /ˈprint͡s/
• Rhymes: -int͡s
• Syllabification: princ

princ m pers (female equivalent princesa)

1. (rare) prince

   Synonym: ksążã

• Stefan Ramułt (1993) [1893], “princ”, in Jerzy Trepczyk, editor, Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), 3 edition
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011), “książę”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[2]
• “princ”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Most likely related to the root of prician (“to prick”) (modern prick), with the notion of "prick" as a tiny point or instant in time.^[1]

Probably related to modern pry (“to look, inquire closely”). The word survived as Middle English prinken and modern English prink (sense 1) (“to look”).

• IPA^(key): /prink/, [priŋk]

princ ?

1. the twinkling of an eye, wink
   • On prince ēages ― In the twinkling of an eye
2. a moment, instant

Borrowed from German Prinz.

• IPA^(key): /prînt͡s/

prȉnc m anim (Cyrillic spelling при̏нц)

1. prince
2. (soccer, chiefly in plural) Paris Saint-Germain player

• princéza
• prȉnčevskī

• “princ”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Derived from German Prinz

• IPA^(key): /print͡s/, [ˈprint͡s]
• Rhymes: -int͡s

princ m pers (female equivalent princezná)

1. prince (descendant of a monarch)

   Synonyms: cárovič, kráľovič, knieža

• “princ”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026

Borrowed from German Prinz

• IPA^(key): /príːnt͡s/

prȋnc m anim (female equivalent princẹ̑sa)

1. prince (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch)