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Definition of pr. - 6 dictionary results

Pr.

1. (of stock) preferred.
2. Priest.
3. Prince.
4. Provençal.

pr.

1. pair; pairs.
2. paper.
3. power.
4. preference.
5. (of stock) preferred.
6. present.
7. price.
8. priest.
9. Computers. printer.
10. printing.
11. pronoun.

Pro⋅ven⋅çal

[proh-vuhn-sahl, prov-uhn-; Fr. praw-vahn-sal]
–adjective
1. of or pertaining to Provence, its people, or their language.
–noun
2. a native or inhabitant of Provence.
3. Also called Occitan. a Romance language once widely spoken in southern France, still in use in some rural areas. Abbreviation: Pr, Pr., Prov. Compare langue d'oc.
4. the dialect of Provençal used in Provence.

Origin:
1580–90; < MF < L prōvinciālis provincial. See Provence, -al 1
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pr.  
abbr.  
  1. pair

  2. present

    1. printed

    2. printing

  3. pronoun

pro·noun   (prō'noun')   
n.   Abbr. pron. or pr.
  1. The part of speech that substitutes for nouns or noun phrases and designates persons or things asked for, previously specified, or understood from the context.

  2. Any of the words within this part of speech, such as he or whom.


[Late Middle English pronoun, pronoune, partial translation of Latin prōnōmen (translation of Greek antōnumiā, interchange of names, pronoun) : prō-, pro- + nōmen, name, noun; see noun.]
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
pr.
  1. pair

  2. present

  3. printed

  4. printing

  5. pronoun

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