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Is prince a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word prince is a Scrabble US word. The word prince is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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Is prince a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word prince is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

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6-letter words (2 found)

PINCER,PRINCE,

5-letter words (6 found)

CRINE,CRIPE,NICER,PRICE,REPIN,RIPEN,

4-letter words (20 found)

CINE,CIRE,CRIP,EPIC,ERIC,ICER,NICE,PEIN,PENI,PERC,PERI,PERN,PICE,PIER,PINE,PIRN,REIN,RICE,RINE,RIPE,

3-letter words (21 found)

CEP,ERN,ICE,IRE,NEP,NIE,NIP,PEC,PEN,PER,PIC,PIE,PIN,PIR,PRE,REC,REI,REN,REP,RIN,RIP,

2-letter words (7 found)

EN,ER,IN,NE,PE,PI,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 57 words from prince according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of prince

prince

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman, from Old French prince, from Latin prīnceps (“first head”), from prīmus (“first”) +‎ capiō (“seize, take”). Doublet of princeps. Displaced native Old English æþeling.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: prĭns, IPA(key): /pɹɪns/
  • Rhymes: -ɪns
  • Homophone: prints (/pɹɪnts/) (in some accents)

Noun

prince (plural princes)

  1. (now archaic or historical) A (male) ruler, a sovereign; a king, monarch. [from 13th c.]
  2. (obsolete) A female monarch.
  3. Someone who is preeminent in their field; a great person. [from 13th c.]
  4. The (male) ruler or head of a principality. [from 14th c.]
  5. A male member of a royal family other than the ruler; especially (in the United Kingdom) the son or grandson of the monarch. [from 14th c.]
  6. 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.
  7. A type of court card used in tarot cards, the equivalent of the jack.
  8. The mushroom Agaricus augustus.
  9. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Rohana.

Usage notes

  • The female equivalent is princess.
  • A prince is usually addressed as "Your Highness". A son of a king is "His Royal Highness"; a son of an emperor is "His Imperial Highness". A sovereign prince may have a style such as "His Serene Highness".

Hypernyms

  • ruler

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Translations

Verb

prince (third-person singular simple present princes, present participle princing, simple past and past participle princed)

  1. (intransitive, rare, often followed by dummy subject it) To behave or act like a prince.
  2. (transitive, rare) To transform (someone) into a prince.

References

  • “prince, v.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Further reading

  • Agaricus augustus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Agaricus sect. Arvenses on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
  • Agaricus augustus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
  • “prince”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “prince”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • pincer

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French prince, from Old French prince, a semi-learned borrowing from Latin prīnceps.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pʁɛ̃s/

Noun

prince m (plural princes)

  1. prince

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

  • “prince”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

  • pincer

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French prince.

Pronunciation

Noun

prince m (plural princes)

  1. prince

Descendants

  • French: prince

Old French

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin prīnceps.

Pronunciation

  • (classical) IPA(key): /ˈpɾint͡sə/
  • (late) IPA(key): /ˈpɾinsə/

Noun

prince oblique singular, m (oblique plural princes, nominative singular princes, nominative plural prince)

  1. prince

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Latin prīnceps, possibly a borrowing.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɾint͡se/

Noun

prince m (oblique plural princes, nominative singular princes, nominative plural prince)

  1. prince

Walloon

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pʀɛ̃s/

Noun

prince m (plural princes, feminine princesse, feminine plural princesses)

  1. prince

Source: wiktionary.org