pre-

See also: pre, pré, pře, pré-, pře-, and Appendix:Variations of "pre"

English

Alternative forms

  • prae- (archaic, technical, or pedantic)
  • præ- (archaic, technical, or pedantic)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin prae-, from the preposition prae (“before”).

Pronunciation

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Prefix

pre-

  1. Before; used to form words meaning "in front of (in space)"; (anatomy) anterior.
  2. Before; used to form words meaning "before (in time)".

Usage notes

  • This prefix is usually prefixed to words without using a hyphen (for example, prefix, predate). A hyphen is used in the following cases:
    • Where excluding a hyphen would be likely to lead to a mispronunciation of the word because "pre" appears not to be a complete syllable (for example, "pre-yaw course", which could be read as "prey aw course" if unhyphenated).
    • Always in British English before the letter e (for example, pre-existing)
    • Often in British English before other vowels (for example, pre-operative);
    • Always in all varieties of English before a character other than a letter (for example, pre-1960).

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Antonyms

Derived terms

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Translations

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Anagrams

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin prae- (“before”).

Prefix

pre-

  1. Before; used to form words meaning "in front of" or "before".
  2. Before; used to form words meaning superiority or excellence.

Derived terms

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Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English pre-, French pré-, Italian pre-, Spanish pre-, Russian пред- (pred-), пре- (pre-)

Prefix

pre-

  1. pre-

Derived terms

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin prae- (“before”).

Prefix

pre-

  1. pre-

Derived terms

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin prae

Prefix

pre-

  1. pre-

Derived terms

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References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin prae

Prefix

pre-

  1. pre-

Derived terms

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References

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin prae-.

Prefix

pre-

  1. pre- (before)

Romanian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pre/

Etymology 1

From Latin per-, with a few cases influenced by prae.

Prefix

pre-

  1. used with verbs to indicate repetition or insistence

Examples: presăra, prelinge. Compare also prevedea, priveghea

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French pre-, Latin prae-.

  1. pre-

Synonyms

Derived terms

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *per-.

Prefix

pre- (Cyrillic spelling пре-)

  1. Prefix prepended to adjectives and adverbs to denote excess of a feature; too, excessively, over-
    dug / predug ― long / overlong
  2. Prefix prepended to verbs to indicate an action being done excessively, again or differently; re-, over-
    trpati / pretrpati ― to stuff / to overstuff
  3. Prefix prepended to verbs to indicate change in form, especially through partition
    prepoloviti ― split up
  4. Prefix prepended to imperfective verbs to make them perfective; to indicate that the action has been carried out
    Spavat ću u hotelu. Prespavao sam u hotelu. ― I will sleep in a hotel. I slept (over) in a hotel.

Usage notes

The suffix matches the usage of all mentioned prefixes in English for all adjectives and majority of verbs. When "pre-" may cause confusion or cannot be prefixed to a verb in order to indicate repetition, opet or ponovo ("again" / "anew") followed by the verb construction is used instead, e.g. "redo" would be "ponovno uraditi" ("do again") rather than preraditi ("rework").

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin prae- (“before”), from the preposition prae.

Prefix

pre-

  1. pre-

Derived terms

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