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prey

/pˈɹeɪ/PRAY
/pˈɹeɪ/PRAY

Meaningplunder

Common meaning: an animal hunted for food

Other meanings: to hunt

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√GHAD‘seize, get’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 107, p. 733 · scan
  2. Latinpraeda‘booty, plunder’
  3. Old Frenchpraiesource
  4. Englishmeaning shiftsbooty, plunder → an animal hunted for foodprey‘an animal hunted for food’ · today

prey also in: predatorydepredation

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin praeda ‘booty, plunder’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry praeda, p. 1416 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • praeda Latin “booty, plunder”

Related words

depredatedepredationpredatory

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