prendre
French
verb
Definitions
- to take
- to eat; to drink
- to get; to buy
- to rob; to deprive
- (of fire) to break out
- (reflexive) to get (something) caught (in), to jam
- (in various idiomatic expressions) to gain
- to make
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French prendre inherited from Old French prendre inherited from Latin prendere (seize, take) derived from Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- (seize, take, grasp, hold).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*gʰed-
Gloss
seize, take, grasp, hold
Concept
Semantic Field
Possession
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- emprise English
- misapprehend English
- misapprehension English
- prehend English
- prender English
- reprehend English
- -ilis Latin
- apprehendere Latin
- apprehendo Latin
- apprehensionis, apprehensio Latin
- comprehendere Latin
- comprehendo Latin
- comprehensiō Latin
- hedera Latin
- praeda Latin
- praeda, praedam Latin
- prehendere Latin
- prehendo Latin
- prehensio Latin
- prehensionis, prehensio Latin
- prehensiōnem Latin
- prendere Latin
- prendere, prendo, prendō Latin
- reprehensionis, reprehensio Latin
- super- Latin
- prendere Italian
- déprendre French
- entre French
- entreprendre French
- entrepreneur French
- preneur French
- surprendre French
- éprendre French
- жуть Russian
- prender Spanish, Castilian
- sorprender Spanish, Castilian
- χανδάνω Ancient Greek
- *gʰed- Proto-Indo-European
- surpreender Portuguese
- *bigetaną Proto-Germanic
- *getaną Proto-Germanic
- entreprendre Old French
- porpresure Old French
- prenance Old French
- prendre Old French
- preneur Old French
- prise Old French
- reprise Old French
- sorprendre Old French
- surprendre Old French
- alpreni Esperanto
- depreni Esperanto
- ekpreni Esperanto
- elpreni Esperanto
- forpreni Esperanto
- kunpreni Esperanto
- partopreni Esperanto
- preni Esperanto
- repreni Esperanto
- transpreni Esperanto
- ĉirkaŭpreni Esperanto
- prinde Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- surprinde Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- întreprinde Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- prendre Norman
- prenre Norman
- desprendre Middle French
- entreprise Middle French
- esprendre Middle French
- prendable Middle French
- prendre Middle French
- repris Middle French
- surprendre Middle French
- *fragetan gmw-pro
- prender Old Portuguese
- *gendis Proto-Celtic
- sorprender Asturian
- prendre Old Occitan
- prendro Dalmatian
- pran Haitian, Haitian Creole
- pran Mauritian Creole
- prarre Bourguignon
- prend Louisiana Creole French
- prende Louisiana Creole French
- surprende Louisiana Creole French
- prender Interlingua
- prendre Franco-Provençal
- sobreprendre Old Catalan