Meaning

9 senses
  1. Someone who is preeminent in their field; a great person.

    He is a prince among men.

    König

    принцprinc

  2. The (male) ruler or head of a principality.

    Fürst

    князьknjazʹ, принцprinc

    князьknjazʹ, принцprync

  3. A male member of a royal family other than the ruler; especially (in the United Kingdom) the son or grandson of the monarch.

  4. A non-royal high title of nobility, especially in France and the Holy Roman Empire.

    Prince Louis de Broglie won the 1929 Nobel Prize in Physics.

  5. A type of court card used in tarot cards, the equivalent of the jack.

  6. The mushroom Agaricus augustus.

  7. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Rohana.

  8. (archaic, historical)A (male) ruler, a sovereign; a king, monarch.

    a male member of a royal family other than the sovereign (especially the son of a sovereign)

  9. (obsolete)A female monarch.

    Prinz, Königssohn, Königsenkel

    принцprinc, царе́вичcarévič, короле́вичkorolévič

    принцprync, царе́вичcarévyč, короле́вичkorolévyč

Examples

268 sentences
  1. I wish I were a prince.

    Хотів би я бути принцем. — deniko

    ruХотел бы я быть принцем. — Selena777

    deIch wünschte, ich wäre ein Prinz. — Alois

  2. Being a prince is not easy.

    Нелегко бути принцем. — deniko

    deEin Prinz zu sein ist nicht leicht. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. Tom is a prince.

    Том — принц. — deniko

    ruТом - принц. — odexed

    deTom ist ein Prinz. — Felixjp

  4. You're a prince, Tom.

    Ви принц, Томе. — deniko

    deDu bist ein Prinz, Tom. — Felixjp

  5. I'm not a prince.

    Я не принц. — deniko

    ruЯ не принц. — marafon

    deIch bin kein Prinz. — Felixjp

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch:
male ruler or head of a principality:
Русский
By meaning 2
son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch:
male ruler or head of a principality:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch:
(figuratively) great person:
male ruler or head of a principality:

Origin

From Middle English prince, from Anglo-Norman prince, from Latin prī̆nceps (“first head”),

From Middle English prince, from Anglo-Norman prince, from Latin prī̆nceps (“first head”), from prīmus (“first”) + capiō (“seize, take”). Cognate with Old English fruma (“prince, ruler”). Doublet of princeps and principe.

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