principe

See also: Principe, príncipe, and Príncipe

English

Etymology

From Italian principe. Doublet of prince and princeps.

Noun

principe (plural principi)

1. An Italian prince.

   Coordinate term: principessa

Aragonese

Alternative forms

• prencipe

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin prīncipem.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

principe m

1. prince

   Synonym: infant

2. sovereign, ruler

   Synonym: monarca

Related terms

• princesa
• principal
• principato
• principau
• principio

Further reading

• Diccionario ortografico de l'aragonés (Seguntes la PO de l'EFA)

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish príncipe.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

principe

1. prince

Coordinate terms

• princesa

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French principe, from Latin principium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌprɪnˈsi.pə/

• Audio:

  (file)

• 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

Further reading

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

Esperanto

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prinˈt͡sipe/
• Rhymes: -ipe
• Hyphenation: prin‧ci‧pe

Adverb

principe

1. in principle

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French principe, from Latin prīncipium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʁɛ̃.sip/

• Audio:

  (file)

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

Alternative forms

• prencipe

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, diminutive principino, augmentative principóne)

1. prince

Related terms

• prence
• principale
• principato
• principesco
• principio

Further reading

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

Latin

Noun

prī̆ncipe

1. ablative singular of prī̆nceps

Portuguese

Noun

principe m (plural principes)

1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of príncipe.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian principe, from Latin princeps.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈprin.t͡ʃi.pe/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

principe m (plural principi)

1. prince

Declension

Declension of principe

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	principe	principeul		principi	principii
genitive-dative	principe	principeului		principi	principilor
vocative	principeule			principilor

Further reading

• “principe”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025

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