principe

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See also: Principe, príncipe, and Príncipe

Aragonese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin prīncipem.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /pɾinˈθipe/
  • Rhymes: -ipe
  • Syllabification: prin‧ci‧pe

Noun

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principe m

  1. prince
    Synonym: infant
  2. sovereign, ruler
    Synonym: monarca
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Further reading

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Chavacano

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Etymology

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Inherited from Spanish príncipe.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpɾinsipe/, [ˈpɾĩn.si.pe]
  • Hyphenation: prin‧ci‧pe

Noun

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principe

  1. prince

Coordinate terms

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Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French principe, from Latin principium.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˌprɪnˈsi.pə/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: prin‧ci‧pe
  • Rhymes: -ipə

Noun

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principe n (plural principes, diminutive principetje n)

  1. principle [from late 18th c.]
    Synonym: beginsel

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Afrikaans: prinsipe
  • Indonesian: prinsip
  • West Frisian: prinsipe

Further reading

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  • principe” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]

Esperanto

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Etymology

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From principo (principle) +‎ -e (adverbial ending).

Adverb

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principe

  1. in principle

French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old French principe, from Latin prīncipium.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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principe m (plural principes)

  1. principle
  2. beginning; start; commencement
    dès le principefrom the outset; from the start
  3. (somewhat archaic) source; origin; cause
    • 1791, National Constituent Assembly, Constitution française, présentée au roi par l'Assemblée nationale, le 3 septembre 1791 [French constitution, presented to the King by the National Assembly on 3 September 1791], Dijon: Imprimerie de P. Causse, page 2:
      Le principe de toute souveraineté réside essentiellement dans la nation.
      The source of all sovereignty resides essentially in the nation.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Further reading

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Italian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin prīncipem (chief) (compare principio (principle) from the meaning "first").

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈprin.t͡ʃi.pe/
  • Rhymes: -intʃipe
  • Hyphenation: prìn‧ci‧pe

Noun

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principe m (plural principi, feminine principessa, diminutive principino, augmentative principóne)

  1. prince
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Further reading

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  • principe in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • principe in Treccani.it �� Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

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Noun

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prī̆ncipe

  1. ablative singular of prī̆nceps

Portuguese

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Noun

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principe m (plural principes)

  1. Obsolete spelling of príncipe.

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian principe, from Latin princeps.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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principe m (plural principi)

  1. prince

Declension

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Further reading

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Spanish

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Noun

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principe

  1. Misspelling of príncipe.

Verb

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principe

  1. inflection of principar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative