preとは

意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

From Latin prae (“in front of”); see pre-.

前置詞

pre

1. Before (something significant).

引用

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:pre.

派生語

• pre-existing

語源 2

Abbreviation of precum.

名詞

pre (uncountable)

1. (slang) Precum, Cowper's fluid, pre-ejaculate.

動詞

pre (三人称単数 現在形 pres, 現在分詞 preing, 過去形および過去分詞形 pred または preed)

1. (slang) To precum, to pre-ejaculate.

語源 3

Abbreviation of preparty.

名詞

pre (複数形 pres)

1. (slang) A preparty.
   • 2007 September 21, Ubaldi, Nina, “Lose the hype and formals can be fun”, in The Sydney Morning Herald‎^[1]:

     The formal is about 95 per cent hype and hysteria, and about 5 per cent actual formal, and the pre-formal gathering of parents and kids is about as hypey and hysterical as it gets… After the pres, the night mirrors the increasing pain of high heels as they go from shiny and exciting to plain uncomfortable.

語源

From Middle English pre-, borrowed from Latin prae-, from the preposition prae (“before”).

発音

接頭辞

pre-

1. Before; physically in front of; (anatomy) anterior.
2. Before; earlier in time.

使用する際の注意点

• This prefix is usually prefixed to words without using a hyphen (for example, prefix, predate). A hyphen is used in the following cases:
  • Where excluding a hyphen would be likely to lead to a mispronunciation of the word because "pre" appears not to be a complete syllable (for example, "pre-yaw course", which could be read as "prey aw course" if unhyphenated).
  • Always in British English before the letter e (for example, pre-existing)
  • Often in British English before other vowels (for example, pre-operative);
  • Always in all varieties of English before a character other than a letter (for example, pre-1960).

同意語

• ante-
• before
• fore-
• in front of

反意語

• after-
• post-

派生語

参考

• fore
• pre

アナグラム

• EPR, ERP, PER, Per., RPE, Rep, Rep., per, per-, per., rep