prise

French

noun
Definitions
  • (electrical) socket, wall socket (also prise électrique)
  • (martial arts) hold
  • hold of a climbing wall
  • grip
  • (baseball) a strike
  • a taking or capture
  • (film) a take

Etymology

Derived from Old French prise (a prize, capture, purchase, booty, a thing seized, a taking, also hold, a seizure).

Origin

Old French

prise

Gloss

a prize, capture, purchase, booty, a thing seized, a taking, also hold, a seizure

Concept
Semantic Field

Warfare and hunting

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

Emoji

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms