German

Noun

Prise f ‎(genitive Prise, plural Prisen)

1. A pinch (of salt, flour, ...), a dash.
2. A prize (captured ship).

Declension

English

Alternative forms

• (verb) prize

Noun

prise ‎(plural prises)

1. (obsolete) An enterprise.

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2. Obsolete form of prize.

Translations

See also

• price

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: I think he must have been trying to prise open that box yonder when he was attacked. — Sax Rohmer, The Quest of the Sacred Slipper

   c. 1925: Come, force the gates with crowbars, prise them apart! — Jack Lindsay, translation of Lysistrata

   2004: Most people used pliers, scissors, rubber gloves and knives to try to prise open products. — BBC News

Translations

Anagrams

• peris, piers, Piers, pries, spire

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /priːsə/, [ˈpʰʁ̥iːsə]

Noun

prise c (singular definite prisen, plural indefinite priser)

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

Inflection

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

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈprizə/, /pris/

Etymology

From French prise.

Noun

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

1. (Belgium) electrical plug

Anagrams

• spier

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʁiz/

Noun

prise f ‎(plural prises)

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

Derived terms

• en prise
• être aux prises avec

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

Anagrams

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

Norwegian Bokmål

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

Derived terms

• overpriset

References

• “prise” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Old French

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

Descendants

• Middle French: prinse
  • French: prise