principe

See also: Principe, príncipe, and Príncipe

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French principe, from Latin principium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌprɪnˈsi.pə/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: prin‧ci‧pe
• Rhymes: -ipə

Noun

principe n (plural principes, diminutive principetje n)

1. principle [from late 18th c.]

   Synonym: beginsel

Derived terms

• coöperatieprincipe

 

Related terms

• principieel

Descendants

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

Esperanto

Etymology

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

Adverb

principe

1. in principle

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French principe, from Latin prīncipium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʁɛ̃.sip/

• Audio:

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Noun

principe m (plural principes)

1. principle
2. beginning; start; commencement

   dès le principe ― from 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

• en principe
• par principe
• partir du principe
• pétition de principe

Descendants

• → Danish: princip
• → Dutch: principe
  • Afrikaans: prinsipe
  • → Indonesian: prinsip
  • → West Frisian: prinsipe
• → Norwegian Bokmål: prinsipp
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: prinsipp
• → Turkish: prensip

Further reading

• “principe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

principe m (plural principi, feminine principessa)

1. prince

Related terms

• prence
• principale
• principato
• principesco
• principio

Latin

Noun

prī̆ncipe

1. ablative singular of prī̆nceps

Portuguese

Noun

principe m (plural principes)

1. Obsolete spelling of príncipe.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian principe, from Latin princeps.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

principe m (plural principi)

1. prince

Declension

Declension of principe

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) principe	principeul	(niște) principi	principii
genitive/dative	(unui) principe	principeului	(unor) principi	principilor
vocative	principeule		principilor

Spanish

Noun

principe

1. Misspelling of príncipe.

Verb

principe

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