prase

From Latin prasius, from Ancient Greek πράσιος (prásios, “of a green colour”), from Ancient Greek πράσον (práson, “leek”).

prase (countable and uncountable, plural prases)

1. (mineralogy) A variety of cryptocrystalline of a green colour.
2. (mineralogy) A variety of chalcedony, with a green color due to inclusions of actinolite or other iron-bearing minerals.

• “prase”, in Mindat.org‎^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2025.
• “prase”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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Inherited from Old Czech prasě, from Proto-Slavic *porsę.

• IPA^(key): [ˈprasɛ]

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• Rhymes: -asɛ
• Hyphenation: pra‧se

prase n (relational adjective prasečí)

1. pig
2. (offensive) pig (person who does disgusting things)

   Ty jseš ale prase! ― You are such a pig!

• vepř, čuně, čuník

• svině
• prasnice
• kanec
• sele
• podsvinče

• “prase”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “prase”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “prase”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *porsę

prȃse n (Cyrillic spelling пра̑се, diminutive prasénce)

1. piglet

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *porsę.

• IPA^(key): /prasɛ́/, /pràːsɛ/

prasȅ or práse n

1. piglet

• “prase”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025