prier
See also: Prier
English
Alternative forms
- pryer
Etymology
From pry + -er.
Noun
prier (plural priers)
- A person who pries.
Anagrams
- Perri, irrep, riper
Albanian
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *per(i)-era, a prefixal verb, cognate to Hittite [Term?] (/arnumi/, “to move, to shift”), Sanskrit ऋणुते (ṛṇóti, “to arise, to move”), Ancient Greek ὄρνυμι (órnumi, “to stir up”), Latin orior (“to rise”).[1]
Verb
prier (first-person singular past tense prora, participle prierë)
- I incline, lean, turn aside
Related terms
- pjerr
References
- Orel, Vladimir (1998), “prier”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Cologne: Brill, →ISBN, page 344
French
Etymology
From Old French proiier, preier, from Latin precārī, present active infinitive of precor.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pʁi.je/
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Verb
prier
- (transitive) to pray
- (transitive) to beg, to beseech, to pray to
- Vous devez prier Dieu. You must pray to God.
Conjugation
Conjugation of prier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | prier | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | priant /pʁi.jɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | prié /pʁi.je/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | prie /pʁi/ | pries /pʁi/ | prie /pʁi/ | prions /pʁi.jɔ̃/ | priez /pʁi.je/ | prient /pʁi/ |
| imperfect | priais /pʁi.jɛ/ | priais /pʁi.jɛ/ | priait /pʁi.jɛ/ | priions /pʁi.jɔ̃/ | priiez /pʁi.je/ | priaient /pʁi.jɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | priai /pʁi.je/ | prias /pʁi.ja/ | pria /pʁi.ja/ | priâmes /pʁi.jam/ | priâtes /pʁi.jat/ | prièrent /pʁi.jɛʁ/ | |
| future | prierai /pʁi.ʁe/ | prieras /pʁi.ʁa/ | priera /pʁi.ʁa/ | prierons /pʁi.ʁɔ̃/ | prierez /pʁi.ʁe/ | prieront /pʁi.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | prierais /pʁi.ʁɛ/ | prierais /pʁi.ʁɛ/ | prierait /pʁi.ʁɛ/ | prierions /pʁi.ʁjɔ̃/ | prieriez /pʁi.ʁje/ | prieraient /pʁi.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | prie /pʁi/ | pries /pʁi/ | prie /pʁi/ | priions /pʁi.jɔ̃/ | priiez /pʁi.je/ | prient /pʁi/ |
| imperfect2 | priasse /pʁi.jas/ | priasses /pʁi.jas/ | priât /pʁi.ja/ | priassions /pʁi.ja.sjɔ̃/ | priassiez /pʁi.ja.sje/ | priassent /pʁi.jas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | prie /pʁi/ | — | prions /pʁi.jɔ̃/ | priez /pʁi.je/ | — | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
- je t'en prie
- je vous en prie
- se faire prier
Related terms
- prière
Further reading
- “prier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- périr, riper
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French proiier, from Latin precari, present active infinitive of precor.
Verb
prier
- to pray
- to implore; to beg; to beseech
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of prier
| infinitive | simple | prier | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle1 or gerund2 | simple | priant | |||||
| compound | present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | prié | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ie (i’) | tu | il, elle | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | prie | pries | prie | prions | priez | prient |
| imperfect | priois, prioys | priois, prioys | prioit, prioyt | priions, priyons | priiez, priyez | prioient, prioyent | |
| past historic | pria | prias | pria | priasmes | priastes | prierent | |
| future | prierai, prieray | prieras | priera | prierons | prierez | prieront | |
| conditional | prierois, prieroys | prierois, prieroys | prieroit, prieroyt | prierions, prieryons | prieriez, prieryez | prieroient, prieroyent | |
| (compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ie (i’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ilz, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | prie | pries | prie | prions | priez | prient |
| imperfect | priasse | priasses | priast | priassions | priassiez | priassent | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | prie | — | prions | priez | — | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679. | |||||||
| 2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180). | |||||||
Descendants
- French: prier
Norman
Etymology
From Old French proiier, from Latin precor, precārī, from prex (“request, petition, prayer”), from Proto-Indo-European *preḱ-, *perḱ- (“to ask, woo”).
Verb
prier
- (Jersey, religion) to pray
Old French
Verb
prier
- Alternative form of proiier
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of prier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | prier | avoir prïé | |||||
| gerund | en priant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | priant | ||||||
| past participle | prïé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses | present | pri | prïes | prïe | prions | prïez | prïent |
| imperfect | prioie, prïeie, prioe, prïeve | prioies, prïeies, prioes, prïeves | prioit, prïeit, priot, prïeve | priiiens, priiens | priiiez, priiez | prioient, prïeient, prioent, prïevent | |
| preterite | priai | prias | pria | priames | priastes | prïerent | |
| future | prïerai | prïeras | prïera | prïerons | prïeroiz, prïereiz, prïerez | prïeront | |
| conditional | prïeroie, prïereie | prïeroies, prïereies | prïeroit, prïereit | prïeriiens, prïeriens | prïeriiez, prïeriez | prïeroient, prïereient | |
| compound tenses | present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses | present | pri | pris | prit | prions | prïez | prïent |
| imperfect | priasse | priasses | priast | priissons, priissiens | priissoiz, priissez, priissiez | priassent | |
| compound tenses | past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | prïe | — | prions | prïez | — | ||
Romanian
prier
Etymology
Inherited from Latin (mensis) Aprīlis. Compare Aromanian aprir, prir, prilj, Albanian prill. Doublet of aprilie.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈprjer/
Noun
prier m (uncountable)
- (popular/folk usage) April (fourth month of the Gregorian calendar)
Synonyms
- aprilie (standard/most common)