prise

Alternative forms

• (verb) prize

Etymology

From Old French prise

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɹaɪz/
• Rhymes: -aɪz
• Homophones: pries, prize

Noun

prise (plural prises)

1. (obsolete) An enterprise or adventure.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Edmund Spenser to this entry?)

2. Obsolete form of prize.

Verb

prise (third-person singular simple present prises, present participle prising, simple past and past participle prised)

1. To force (open) with a lever; to pry.
   • 1919, Sax Rohmer, The Quest of the Sacred Slipper

     I think he must have been trying to prise open that box yonder when he was attacked.

   • c. 1925, Jack Lindsay, translation of Lysistrata

     Come, force the gates with crowbars, prise them apart!

   • 2004, BBC News

     Most people used pliers, scissors, rubber gloves and knives to try to prise open products.

Anagrams

• Peris, Piers, Speir, Spier, peris, piers, pries, ripes, spire

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /priːsə/, [ˈpʰʁ̥iːsə]

Noun

prise c (singular definite prisen, plural indefinite priser)

1. (nautical) prize (anything captured using the rights of war)

Verb

prise (imperative pris, infinitive at prise, present tense priser, past tense priste, perfect tense har prist)

1. to praise

References

• “prise” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology

From French prise.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈprizə/, /pris/

Noun

prise f (plural prises or prisen, diminutive prieske n)

1. (Belgium) electrical plug

Anagrams

• spier

Etymology

From Old French prise

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʁiz/

• audio (une prise)

  (file)

Noun

prise f (plural prises)

1. (electrical) socket, wall socket
2. (martial arts) hold
3. hold (of a climbing wall)
4. grip
5. (baseball) a strike

Verb

prise f

1. feminine singular of the past participle of prendre

Verb

prise

1. first-person singular present indicative of priser
2. third-person singular present indicative of priser
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of priser
4. first-person singular present subjunctive of priser
5. second-person singular imperative of priser

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• péris, pires, pries, priés, ripes, ripés, spire

Etymology

From pris

Verb

prise (imperative pris, present tense priser, passive prises, simple past and past participle prisa or priset)

1. to price (something)

   prise seg ut av markedet - price oneself out of the market

References

• “prise” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Alternative forms

• price

Etymology

From the past participle of prendre.

Noun

prise f (oblique plural prises, nominative singular prise, nominative plural prises)

1. seizure; taking; capture