prins

prins

1. plural of prin

Via Middle Low German prinze, German Prinz from Old French prince, from Latin prīnceps. Doublet of fyrste via a calque.

• IPA^(key): /prenˀs/, [ˈpʰʁ̥ænˀs]

prins c (singular definite prinsen, plural indefinite prinser)

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

   Synonym: kongesøn

2. prince consort (husband of a ruling queen)

   Synonym: prinsgemal

3. prince (male ruler or head of a principality)

   Synonym: fyrste

• arveprins
• kronprins (“crown prince”)
• prinsesse (“princess”)
• prinsgemal (“prince consort”)

• “prins” in Den Danske Ordbog
• prins on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

From Middle Dutch prince, from Old French prince, from Latin princeps (“first”), notably in princeps civitatis (“first citizen”), the primary title of the Roman 'emperor' under the still republican constitution.

• IPA^(key): /prɪns/

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• Rhymes: -ɪns

prins m (plural prinsen, diminutive prinsje n, feminine prinses)

1. prince

• Negerhollands: prints
• → Papiamentu: prens, prins

From Old Norse prinz, from Middle Low German prinse, from Latin princeps.

• IPA^(key): /pʰrɪns/
• Rhymes: -ɪns

prins m (genitive singular prins, nominative plural prinsar)

1. prince

• prinsessa
• fursti

prins m (feminine prinse, masculine plural prins, feminine plural prinses)

1. past participle of prendre
   • 1545, Epistres morales et familieres, folio vii recto:

     Pourquoy as tu prins par exaction, / L’homme remply de conſolation ?

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prins

1. first/second-person singular past historic of prendre
   • 1542, Les Œuvres de Clement Marot de Cahors, folio 73r:

     La nuict ie prins d’elle ung fruict ſauoureux, / […]

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   • 1600, La plaisante, et ioyevse histoyre du grand geant Gargantua, page 56:

     Quoy ? diſt Grandgoſier, mon petit couillon as tu prins au pot ? veu que tu rimes deſia ?

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From Old Norse prinz, from Middle Low German prinse, from Old French prince, from Latin princeps.

prins m (definite singular prinsen, indefinite plural prinser, definite plural prinsene)

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

• fyrste

• kronprins
• prinsregent

• “prins” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old French prince, from Latin princeps.

prins m (definite singular prinsen, indefinite plural prinsar, definite plural prinsane)

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

• fyrste

• kronprins
• prinsregent

• “prins” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Inherited from Latin prensus, variant of prehensus.

• IPA^(key): /prins/

prins

1. past participle of prinde

prins m or n (feminine singular prinsă, masculine plural prinși, feminine/neuter plural prinse)

1. caught, nabbed
2. captive, prisoner

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prins c (feminine: prinsessa)

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

• → Finnish: prinssi

• prins in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• prins in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• prins in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Ultimately from Old French prince, from Latin princeps. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

prins c (plural prinsen, diminutive prinske)

1. A prince.

• prinsesse